TEMPE, Ariz. – No. 11 Arizona State water polo brought in nine freshmen on its roster for the 2026 season, over a third of its roster. The Malmsten Invitational was the first opportunity for head coach Petra Pardi to assess how the freshmen would perform, as they had five games to determine how they would gel.
“I was very nervous at (the) beginning of the offseason what it would look like for us to have so many new faces on the team,” Pardi said.
Those freshmen had 25 of 88 Arizona State’s (5-0) goals as the Sun Devils won all five of their games beating Cal Baptist (3-2), No.