California Baptist University
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps
Lancers Close Out Gary Troyer Tournament
10/5/2019 10:54:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
The Lancers were led by two-goal effort from Kyle Johnson and Logan Mena in a one-goal, 8-7 loss to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps to open the day. Joseph Galgani then netted himself a second-half hat trick in a 10-7 loss to 18th-ranked Pomona-Pitzer in the evening. Gabe Thorne had 24 saves on the day to cap off an impressive week in the cage.
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— CBU Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 5, 2019
Gabe Thorne keeps up his strong play at the Gary Troyer Tournament with this one-on-one save. The goalie had 41 saves in two games yesterday.#LanceUpâš” pic.twitter.com/DweSUdmRJL
CBU will host its Lancer Joust next weekend. The Lancers open with two games on Friday against Ottawa (Arizona) at noon and then a Western Water Polo Association contest versus Fresno Pacific at 6 p.m. On Saturday, they will host Austin at 10 a.m. and Ottawa at 11:30 a.m.
All four games will be statted live on The FOSH and streamed on Youtube.com/CBULancers. The Lancers go into the four games with a 5-11 record, while CMS and Pomona-Pitzer improved to 7-7 and 9-5 on the year, respectively.
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— CBU Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 5, 2019
CBU scores another big goal near the buzzer. This time Nick Johnson scores from WAY out to put the Lancers up 6⃣➖5⃣ going into the fourth quarter.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/O1zZlJE1UU
In Saturday's opener, CBU held a 7-5 lead with 6:42 to play with the Stags after back-to-back goals scored by Christian Britton and Nick Johnson. CMS managed to finish the game on a 3-0 run to capture the 8-7 victory in their home pool.
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— CBU Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 5, 2019
Christian Britton hammers this one home to give CBU some insurance, up 7⃣➖5⃣ in the fourth quarter.#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/waGOoqz7DO
CBU also led 5-3 13 seconds into the second half after consecutive scores from Mena and Riley Bumgardner. Thorne finished with 13 saves.
The Sagehens jumped out to a five-goal lead, 7-2, in the first half of Saturday's finale. The Lancers responded with a 3-0 run thanks to two goals from Galgani and Bumgardner to cut their deficit to 7-5 with 5:03 left in the third quarter. Pomona-Pitzer scored the next two goals to take back momentum and go up four, 9-5, with 9:29 to play.
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— CBU Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 6, 2019
Matt Diacono muscles home the goal from center after CBU gets a second opportunity on a rebound!#LanceUpâš” pic.twitter.com/mQ9gKsKvdV
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