Sept. 10, 2008

Los Angeles, CA -- Sophomore Tibor Forai led Loyola Marymount to a third place finish at the 2008 Triton Invitational last weekend and his efforts have earned him Western Water Polo Association Player of the Week honors. In addition, the Lions moved two spots in the latest national College Water Polo Rankings, sitting at No. 6 heading into their home opener this weekend.

Forai led the Lions to a 3-1 record over the weekend, helping the Lions to wins over three ranked opponents. He opened the weekend with four against No. 17 Cal Baptist, two in the win over No. 6 UC Santa Barbara, one in the sudden-death 10-9 heartbreaker against No. 2 USC, and then three in the 12-8 win over No. 9 Long Beach State. He finished the weekend leading the Lions with 10 goals, six assists and seven steals.

The performance also has the Lions at its highest ranking in three seasons as they head into a weekend series with No. 2 USC and No. 5 Pepperdine. The Waves also moved up two spots with a second place finish at the Triton Invitational.

Cal, USC, Stanford University and the UCLA retained their positions at No. 1, No. 2, 3 and 4, respectively, from the preseason poll, while Pepperdine University jumped two spots to No. 5 after ranking seventh in the preseason. LMU, the University of California-Irvine, Long Beach State University, the University of California-San Diego and the University of California-Santa Barbara ranked No. 6-10 to round out an All-California Top 10.

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