700 club beckons Newland

UC Irvine men’s water polo coach Ted Newland, who won his first game

as the Anteaters’ coach in 1966, captured his 700th career victory

Saturday night with an 18-6 group-play win over Redlands in the

Triton invitational at UC San Diego.

Newland’s Anteaters defeated La Verne, 20-0, in the first game as

the school’s only men’s water polo coach improved to 699-331-5

lifetime. Dan Noon and David Foley scored four goals each for UCI,

which provided Newland with his milestone victory in the next round

against Redlands.

Newland, in his 39th season at UCI, leads all collegiate water

polo coaches in wins.