CBU Ends Aggie Roundup with Strong Games Against Pacific and Redlands

Saturday, September 18

Davis, Calif.

10 AM

California Baptist University

2-8

Pacific

3-3

California Baptist

Pacific

Photo by: Andrew Shortall

CBU Ends Aggie Roundup with Strong Games Against Pacific and Redlands

9/18/2021 2:44:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

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By: Andrew Shortall, Director of Athletics Communications

DAVIS — California Baptist University men's water polo ended the Aggie Roundup with two strong performances on Saturday.

The 19th-ranked Lancers finished a goal off their first top-10 win of the season in a 13-12 loss to seventh-ranked Pacific before they knocked off Redlands, 16-10, to end the weekend. CBU's record moves to 3-8 this season while the Tigers move to 3-3 and the Bulldogs drop to 1-8.

CBU will have next week off to prepare for its Western Water Polo Association debut this season. It comes in a road game against conference and water polo newcomer Biola on Thursday, Sept. 30, at 1 p.m. The Lancers will also face Concordia that day at 7 p.m. and then play four games in the Gary Troyer Tournament (Oct. 1-2).

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But 4⃣ first-half goals for PJ McDonough!#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/zOrSPJ48vx
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) September 18, 2021

PJ McDonough and Zach Lowery both had big days Saturday. McDonough totaled seven goals with hat tricks in both games, while Lowery had 10 points, with five goals and five assists, and four steals. Tristan Felberg also had 21 saves over a game and a half in the cage.

The Lancers trailed Pacific 7-4 at halftime and came back to keep things interesting right until the final buzzer. The Tigers still led by three, 13-10, with 4:30 left in regulation, but CBU shut them out the rest of the way and ended the game on a 2-0 run after goals from Riley Bumgardner and McDonough with 3:14 and 26 seconds to play, respectively.

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Zach Lowery gets his hat trick in style, with the cross-cage, bar-in goal.#LanceUp⚔️ pic.twitter.com/0fxAAiycib
— California Baptist Men's Water Polo (@LancerWaterPolo) September 18, 2021

McDonough finished with three goals in the game, while Lowery had six points (three goals, three assists), a drawn ejection and steal on Pacific. Felberg had another great game in goal with 14 saves and a 51.9 save percentage.

Redlands actually jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the first three minutes of Saturday's finale. The Lancers then scored the next seven goals to take a strong 8-3 lead into halftime. McDonough went off for all four of his goals in the first half, while Caleb Teraoka scored a pair before halftime, as well.

Felberg had seven saves and a steal in the first 16 minutes, while Cabot Ferguson logged six saves in the second half. Lowery filled up the stat sheet with two goals, two assists and three steals versus the Bulldogs, while Cameron Cullen and Teraoka each scored twice in the game.