Loyola Marymount University Athletics

BRIEFLY... Lior Ben David played one season of collegiate water polo at LMU in 2024 after transferring from San Jose State University.
 
AT LMU...
2024
Senior… Played in 26 games… Finished third on the team with 84 points… Scored 26 goals… Second on the team with 58 assists, two off the team-leader… Ranked second in the GCC in assists and ninth overall in points… Added 27 steals and 11 field blocks… Recorded five multi-goal games, including three goals in the season opener against Cal Lutheran (January 20) and in the conference game against CBU (April 13)… Added four assists against the Lancers (April 13)  for seven points… Recorded five assist games against both #14 UC San Diego (February 16) and #25 CSUN (February 23)… Totaled four assists in the GCC Tournament Semifinal win over #23 San Diego State (April 27)… Named Second Team All-GCC… Named to the GCC All-Academic Team.
 
BEFORE LMU…
 
SAN JOSE STATE
AWARDS: 

• MPSF All-Academic team (2021, 23)
• 6-8 Sports All-Academic Athlete (2023)
• Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) national scholar-athlete (2020, 21)
• A 2021 San Jose State University President's Scholar (2021)

Junior - 2023: 

• Led the team in scoring with 39 goals throughout the season. 
• Scored a season high of six goals against LMU (1/28/23)
• Scored on a 6-on-5 with 5:37 left on the clock in the second quarter for the team's first goal of the match against No.2 Stanford at the MPSF championship (4/28/23)

Sophomore - 2022: 

• The leading scorer at the Cal Cup invitational scoring five goals.
• Scored two goals and added two assists against No.17 Indiana. 
• Tallied six goals against LMU at the Hawaii Invitational. 
• The leading scorer for the Spartans with 35 goals. 

Freshman - 2021:

• Saw action in 16 matches.
• Increased her goal scoring to six.
• Credited with a season-high two goals in back-to-back matches in the Santa Clara win (3/7) and at No. 3-Stanford (3/13).
• Had the most opening-quarter sprint wins on the team with 12 in 31 sprints.
• Fourth on the team in steals with 10.
• Single-match career best three steals vs. No. 13-Indiana (4/17).

Freshman (COVID) - 2020:

• Appeared in 14 matches.
• Scored four times during the season.
• Began her college career scoring twice vs. #3-UC Irvine in the Cal Cup (1/27).
• Also scored once against #5-UC Irvine (2/1) and #5-Arizona State in the Barbara Kalbus Invitational (2/21).

MORE ON LIOR: A business administration major with an emphasis on information systems and technology... A member of the Israeli national women's water polo program since 2012... Fluent in Hebrew.