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Perrone, Angelopoulos Sweep Weekly MPSF Awards
9/14/2026 5:29 PM | Men's Water Polo
Bears Take Home Player, Newcomer Of The Week Honors
BERKELEY– Sophomore attacker Tomas Perrone and freshman center Ilias Angelopoulos of the No. 4 California men's water polo team swept the weekly MPSF awards, as announced by the conference Monday. Perrone was named the MPSF Delfina Player of the Week while Angelopoulos took home MPSF S&R Sport Newcomer of the Week honors.
After missing the first two weeks of the season to help lead Team Spain to a silver medal at the U20 European Championships, Perrone came back and made an immediate impact on the Golden Bears in his weekend debut. The sophomore had a seven-goal, 11-point weekend scoring on a .636 clip to lead Cal past No. 10 Pacific 18-7 at home and No. 6 UC Davis 19-7 on the road. He was 5-for-5 with 4 assists, including a first quarter hat trick, against the Aggies and chipped in two goals in his season debut against the Tigers.
Angelopoulos played a key role in Cal's two dominant top-10 wins as well as the rookie netted a pair of second-half goals against Pacific before going 3-for-3 versus the Aggies to earn his first career hat trick. Two of the goals came on back-to-back possessions in the first quarter as a part of a 6-1 opening run that UC Davis could not overcome.
Both Bears were first-time collegiate award winners.
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After missing the first two weeks of the season to help lead Team Spain to a silver medal at the U20 European Championships, Perrone came back and made an immediate impact on the Golden Bears in his weekend debut. The sophomore had a seven-goal, 11-point weekend scoring on a .636 clip to lead Cal past No. 10 Pacific 18-7 at home and No. 6 UC Davis 19-7 on the road. He was 5-for-5 with 4 assists, including a first quarter hat trick, against the Aggies and chipped in two goals in his season debut against the Tigers.
Angelopoulos played a key role in Cal's two dominant top-10 wins as well as the rookie netted a pair of second-half goals against Pacific before going 3-for-3 versus the Aggies to earn his first career hat trick. Two of the goals came on back-to-back possessions in the first quarter as a part of a 6-1 opening run that UC Davis could not overcome.
Both Bears were first-time collegiate award winners.
STAY POSTED
For further coverage of Cal men's water polo, follow the Bears on X (@CalWaterPolo) and Instagram (@calmwaterpolo).
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