SANTA CLARA, Calif. – No. 18 Santa Clara men's water polo closed the regular season in style on Sunday with an 18-13 victory over Air Force at Sullivan Aquatic Center. The Broncos conclude the regular season with a 14-12 overall record and a 3-4 mark in WCC play.
Senior
Charlie Engs was unstoppable in the victory, tallying a career-best six goals to go with an assist for seven total points. The Broncos also saw hat tricks from
Imme van der Schaaf and
Ashton Brown.
The game was dead even in the early stages with the score tied at 4-4 at the end of the first period, but Santa Clara took charge from there with a 6-1 second-half advantage to take a commanding 10-5 lead into the halftime break. SCU never lost the lead in the second half, outscoring the Falcons 5-4 in the third quarter and tacked on three more goals – all off the hand of
Charlie Engs – to prevent any hopes of an Air Force comeback.
The victory was Santa Clara's seventh-straight over Air Force in the all-time series.
A total of nine Broncos were honored during a pregame senior day ceremony –
Charlie Engs,
Thomas Wisdom,
Charlie Kosinski,
Reece Hammond,
Julien Chow,
Jason Alietti,
Grant Roesch,
Luke Baird and
Harrison Labrosse.
SCU will host the 2026 WCC Championship Nov. 20-22 at Sullivan Aquatic Center. The Broncos will learn their seed and game time in the coming days.
