Lancers Pull Off Two One-Goal Victories in Home Doubleheader

Saturday, October 30

Riverside, Calif.

12 PM

California Baptist University

15-13, 4-2

Santa Clara

12-12, 2-4

Santa Clara

California Baptist

Photo by: Zac Zeman

Lancers Pull Off Two One-Goal Victories in Home Doubleheader

10/30/2021 7:59:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

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By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

RIVERSIDE – California Baptist University men's water polo ground out two one-goal wins at home on Saturday, with an 11-10 Western Water Polo Association victory over Santa Clara and a 10-9 win over 16^th-ranked Pomona-Pitzer.

The 17^th-ranked Lancers have now won three-straight games to improve to 16-13 overall this season and 4-2 in the WWPA. Santa Clara drops to 12-12 and 2-4, while the Sagehens had their nine-game winning streak stopped and dropped to 19-8.

There were a number of highlight performances for CBU on Saturday. PJ McDonough scored a fourth-quarter hat trick, including the eventual winner with 77 seconds left in the game, and a game-high four goals to lead the Lancers to the opening win over the Broncos.

Take a look at PJ McDonough's fourth quarter hat 🎩 trick that secured CBU's one-goal win over Santa Clara. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/tppWZ0CEEH
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 30, 2021

Zach Lowery also had two goals and four assists on Santa Clara, while Caleb Teraoka added two goals and two assists in the victory.

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That's a tough goal for Caleb Teraoka, and a beauty of an assist from Zach Lowery!#LanceUp⚔ pic.twitter.com/PkGv0hDlEy
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 30, 2021

Tristan Felberg was the star of the nightcap with 14 saves in the cage against Pomona-Pitzer.

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Tristan Felberg put together a great game with 14 saves in the one-goal win over Pomona-Pitzer. Here are some of our favorites. #LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/zsaMLJGTOl
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 31, 2021

Joseph Griffin provided the game winner with 33 seconds left in regulation, while Teraoka had two big second-half goals on Pomona-Pitzer.

JOSEPH GRIFFIN FOR THE GAME!

His goal with 33 seconds left locks up the one-goal victory for CBU over No. 16 Pomona-Pitzer.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/MRq6jorlBf
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) October 31, 2021

The Lancers will play two more WWPA games in the final week of the regular season and both are at home. CBU will first host Concordia on Thursday at 6 p.m. and will then welcome in Air Force on Saturday for a noon contest.

CBU will look to finish strong and secure the highest seed possible for the WWPA Championships, which will be played Nov. 19-21 at UC Davis.

The Aggies are the only undefeated team left in the conference at 6-0. Loyola Marymount is currently in second at 5-1 in conference, while Air Force (5-2) and UC San Diego (4-2) all have just two WWPA losses like CBU (4-2). Santa Clara (2-4), Fresno Pacific (2-5), Concordia (1-5) and Biola (0-8) round out the WWPA standings.