The No. 18 Santa Clara men's water polo team fell twice, first
to No. 8 Loyola Marymount, 8-6, and then to No. 15 UC Davis, 7-4,
today in the final day of competition in the 2010 NorCal
Invitational.
Both games were tightly contested and were good early-season
tests for the Broncos against conference opponents.
Against Loyola Marymount, the Broncos built momentum with a 3-1
lead after the first eight minutes, but the Lions answered back in
the second quarter, tying the game, 4-4, at halftime.
Santa Clara was held scoreless by LMU in the third quarter and
found themselves down by three with one quarter to go. The
Broncos took the fourth quarter, 2-1, but their comeback attempt
fell short.
Senior Nick
Poggetti had a strong game with two goals. Also scoring was
senior Mitch Klipa
and juniors James Case,
Daley
Meistrell, and Brett
Zylstra. Junior goalie Michael
Wishart saved six shots.
In the afternoon match, the Aggies took control in the middle of
the game, scoring five goals to the Broncos' two in the second and
third quarters after a 1-1 knot ended the first eight
minutes. Santa Clara received goals from four different
players in the game and one goal each quarter. Scoring was
Meistrell, Case, Poggetti, and sophomore Patrick
Weiss. Wishart had six saves.
The Broncos, now 4-5 overall, will get a chance to avenge its
loss to UC Davis, playing them again in just six days to open the
Aggie Shootout in Davis, Calif.
