LEWISBURG, Pa.- Bucknell women’s water polo (9-6) heads west for its annual spring break trip to California and begins the expedition with a game against Occidental on Wednesday. The contest is scheduled for 3 p.m. (ET)/12 p.m. (PT) and will be streamed on FloSports.

The Opening Sprint

What: Game at Occidental

Where: De Mandel Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)

When: March 11

Watch: FloSports

The Inside “Herd” on the Bison


Bucknell sits at 9-6 overall after winning two games against LIU and UC Merced and dropping a contest to #21 Wagner at the Harvard at Brown Invite. 
The Orange & Blue started the Invite with a hard-fought 16-10 defeat to Wagner.
The Bison edged LIU 13-11 for the second win of 2026 over the Sharks and easily dispatched UC Merced 15-6. 
Olivia Hopper leads the team with 37 goals and 79 points. 
Her twin sister Ashley Hopper sits second with 20 goals.and Addison Wedding. 
Three Bison are tied for third place with 17 goals – Gwen Kallmeyer, Bella Schraa, and Addison Wedding. 
Tamara Torkos has supplied 157 saves and played every single minute in the cage. 
Two freshmen have reached double-digits in goals: Olivia Garcia (16) and Lin Naraoka (16). 

Opposition Overview


Occidental is 3-13 with a three-game losing streak. The Tigers are not strangers to the Bison, having traveled to Lewisburg for the Bucknell Invitational. However, the two teams did not face each other. Occidental is 0-6 against Division I squads. Isabella Wilde leads the team with 23 goals.

Up Next

Bucknell continues its road trip with the Aztec Invite starting on Friday.Â