VILLANOVA, Pa. – The early-season road trips continue for Villanova as the team heads to California for a nine-game set, starting with the Convergence Tournament this weekend.

The two-day event will pit Villanova (4-7) against four different teams. Villanova takes on Santa Clara (5-7) at 2:15 p.m. EST and Cal Lutheran (1-7) at 6 p.m. EST on March 3 from the Axelrood Pool on the campus of Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. March 4 will take the team to Occidental's De Mandel Aquatics Center to face Occidental (0-9) at 2:40 p.m. EST and Fresno Pacific (6-8) at 5:20 p.m. EST.

This is the second consecutive year that the team in taking part in the event that hosts a field of 27 participating programs playing in a total of 53 games over the two days. In their first return to the event last year since 2019, the 'Cats went 3-1 on the weekend, winning by a 54-33 scoring margin.

Before this weekend, Villanova has faced Santa Clara four other times, the most recent meeting being at last year's tournament where Villanova won 11-5. Saturday's contest with Cal Lutheran will be the 10^th between the two sides and the first since 2017. Since 2008, Villanova trails the series by a slight 4-5 margin with all four of those wins coming in the last four games.

Villanova and Occidental have not gone toe-to-toe since 2019 when Villanova extended its winning streak to three games with a 15-6 victory at the Claremont Convergence Tournament. Since 1998, Villanova leads the series with the Tigers 6-4. Saturday will be the fifth meeting all-time with Fresno Pacific in a series where Villanova trails 1-3. The 'Cats have not seen a win since Feb. 28, 2015 with the Sunbirds winning both of the last two meetings.

More information along with live video and live scoring links can be found at the tournament central page.