PRINCETON, N.J. - The No. 13
Santa Clara men's water polo team rebounded from last
night's tough loss against Princeton, winning twice on the
second day of the Princeton Invitational. The Broncos
defeated George Washington, 14-4, and Fordham, 13-9, in
overtime.
Senior Stephen Hobbs had an excellent day, scoring three goals
against the Colonials and four on the Rams.
Also scoring against George Washington was sophomore Patrick Weiss with three goals, junior James Case with two, and with one
goal each was junior Brett Zylstra, junior Daley Meistrell, junior
Marcus Akerland, senior Josh Luebke, freshman Theo Nasser, and
freshman Tucker Carlson. Junior goalie Michael Wishart had
seven blocks in three quarters, along with a steal and an
assist. Sophomore goalie John Nash picked up one save in the
fourth quarter.
In the second match against Fordham, the Broncos were taken to
overtime by the Rams, but exploded for four goals in extra time for
the win. Along with his four goals, Hobbs also registered
drew four kickouts. Case had a stellar game as well, scoring
four goals of his own. Also scoring was Akerland with two,
senior Mitch Klipa with two, and Zylstra with one.
A five-assist, two-kickouts drawn performance by Meistrell
helped pace Santa Clara, while Aklerand added two assists, three
steals, and two KOD. Head coach Keith Wilbur credited
Klipa's great defensive play as another huge contribution to
help the Broncos' win.
"It's a different environment, playing on the East
Coast," said Wilbur. "I'm really proud of
the effort our guys gave today and I thought they really came
together as a team today. It was good to face a little
adversary early in the season and to pull out that overtime
win. Hopefully that will help us further into the season.
The Broncos will close out tournament play tomorrow with three
games, the first against Harvard, the second against Johns Hopkins,
and a finale against the New York Athletic Club.