BRONX, New York – The Salem men's water polo team advanced into the semi-final round of their conference championship weekend. The tigers had to take down Fordham University (1^st seed) on Saturday in order to advance to the gold medal match which sadly they were unable to do. The tigers were unable to snag the 3^rd place title from George Washington in their Sunday game. This means the men placed 4^th (of 11) overall in the Mid Atlantic Water Polo Conference. This is a fantastic achievement from our men's team and a great close to their season.
 
Salem Vs. Fordham (8-19)
In their Saturday game against Fordham the men know they were up against tough competition. Salem had matched up against the rams twice before in the season and were unable obtain a win either time. In the 1^st quarter of Saturdays game Fordham opened with a fiery offense scored 7 goals to the tigers 2. They continued to build on this lead taking the score to 11-5 at half time. This lead proved to be too far a stretch for the tigers to catch and the game ended 19-8. Marko Zivojinovic led the tigers with 3 goals, 1 assist and a drawn exclusion, Ivan Zivojinovic closely behind him scoring 2 goals, 1 assist and 4 drawn exclusions. Nikola Krstonoic added 2 goals and two blocks and Nikola Cvetkovic tallied 1 goal, 2 steals and a drawn exclusion. Manuel Soto Estela rounded the team out adding 1 goal and 2 drawn exclusions to the board.
 
Salem Vs. George Washington (16-23)
In their last game of the season the tigers were matched up against George Washington and were competing for 3^rd in the conference. The tigers had also faced GW twice in the season already and were twice unsuccessful at taking them down. In today's game the tigers came out strong in the first quarter and scored 3 goals to match GW's 3. At half time Salem was still in a tight match up as the score was 9-10 to GW. Even at 3 quater time the tigers were only trailing by 2 goals; it was in the last quarter the men had run out of steam – GW scored 7 goals to Salem's 2 and won the game 23-16. Ivan Zivojinovic led the tigers with a total of 7 goals, Chad Rowley was close behind scoring 5. Marko Zivojinovic, Manuel Soto Estela and Nikola Krstonoic rounded out the tigers each tallying 1 goal.
 
4^th Overall in the Mid Atlantic Water Polo Conference is an incredible achievement for the Men's water polo program. They have had a fantastic year, making history more than once and taking down highly regarded Division 1 teams that the program had yet to. Coach Rob Bullion has put in such hard work to ensure the men were able to perform as well as they have this season and should be ecstatic at their seasons results. This weekend has bought the Men's season to a close however they will be back in action next fall.