California Baptist University
14-13, 3-2 wwpa
Loyola Marymount
8-11, 4-1 wwpa
Barnett's Six-Goal Game Leads CBU to Win at No. 14 Loyola Marymount
10/28/2021 4:50:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
The 17th-ranked Lancers handed the Lions their first loss in the Western Water Polo Association this season on a score of 19-17 at the Burns Center. CBU improves to 14-13 overall and 3-2 in the WWPA, while LMU drops to 8-11, 4-1.
LANCERS WIN❗️
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 28, 2021
CBU hands #⃣1⃣4⃣ LMU its first loss in @TheWWPA this season. Hunter Barnett matched his career-high with 6 goals in the win, while Zach Lowery had 6 points (3 goals, 3 assists), PJ McDonough had 4 goals and an assist and Tristan Felberg had 12 saves.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/QofaUzz8Pa
CBU was led by its seniors, including Barnett. His six goals matched his career high and are tied for the 12th most in CBU's single-game history. Fellow seniors Zach Lowery and PJ McDonough both had hat tricks in the win, as well, Lowery put up three goals and five assists and McDonough finished with four goals, two assists and two steals.
Zach Lowery is feeling it‼️#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/mfwQwnUyAB
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 28, 2021
Sophomore Caleb Teraoka also had two goals, including CBU's final score of the game, and two assists. Tristan Felberg put together a strong run of play to post 15 saves in the cage.
Hunter Barnett has gone off and has a first-half 🎩 trick to help give CBU a three-goal lead at Loyola Marymount. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/xCad0noMi6
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 28, 2021
California Baptist raced to an 8-4 lead in the first half and led by as many as five, 11-6, a minute and a half into the third quarter. LMU made things interesting and rallied all the way back within a goal, 14-13, with six minutes left in regulation.
The Lancers put the game away with a 4-0 run that came on two goals from Barnett and one each from McDonough and Cameron Cullen (three assists). It gave CBU an 18-13 lead with three minutes to go.
PJ McDonough rises for goal #️⃣4️⃣ for him today. The assist is Zach Lowery's third of the game. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/vXPDZvq3Qk
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 28, 2021
ON A RUN
McDonough has now scored in all 24 games he's played in this year. That scoring streak is tied for the second-longest in CBU's single-season history with Logan Mena (2018). Aaron Steiger owns the longest single-season scoring streak at 38 games set back in 2010.
McDonough has actually scored in his last 39 games overall, as he scored in all 12 games in the 2020-21 campaign and the final three games of 2019. McDonough earned All-WWPA First Team honors and NCAA Division I Second Team distinction last season, which made him the first Lancer to earn First or Second Team All-American status in Division I.
A LOOK AT THE WWPA STANDINGS
Thursday's win kicks off a crucial run of play for CBU, as it heads into the home stretch of the conference season. UC Davis currently leads the WWPA standings at 14-6 overall and 6-1 in conference. LMU (8-11, 4-1) is right behind the Aggies , while the Lancers are now tied with UC San Diego (10-8, 3-2) for third place.
Fresno Pacific (6-18, 2-3); Santa Clara (11-11, 1-3); Concordia (7-12, 1-4) and Biola (1-19, 0-8) round out the rest of the conference standings with a week and a half left in the regular season.
UP NEXT
CBU is back in WWPA action against Santa Clara at the Lancer Aquatics Center on Saturday at noon. The Lancers will wrap up the weekend with a non-conference home game against 16th-ranked Pomona-Pitzer.
The Lancers are looking to capture the highest seed possible for the upcoming WWPA Championships at UC Davis (Nov. 19-21).
Team Stats
Caleb Teraoka
7:31
Blazo Mitrovic
7:07
Zach Lowery
6:40
Blazo Mitrovic
6:29
Tyler Harvey
5:37
Hunter Barnett
5:13
PJ McDonough
1:28
PJ McDonough
0:40
David Carrasco
0:00
Hunter Barnett
7:43
Zach Lowery
7:14
Zach Lowery
6:27
Tyler Harvey
3:29
Luke Chandler
1:26
Hunter Barnett
1:02
Joseph Griffin
7:34
Hunter Barnett
6:21
David Carrasco
5:56
Matt Olsen
5:38
Augie Renezeder
5:05
Blazo Mitrovic
3:22
Angel Sanchez
1:14
Alexandros Athymaritis
0:53
PJ McDonough
7:32
David Carrasco
7:19
Alexandros Athymaritis
6:36
David Carrasco
6:00
PJ McDonough
5:31
Hunter Barnett
4:57
Hunter Barnett
4:22
Cameron Cullen
3:03
David Carrasco
2:49
Luke Chandler
1:29
Luke Chandler
0:57
Caleb Teraoka
0:24
David Carrasco
0:07
