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Coaches Dennis (left) and Eric Ploessel
Coaches Dennis (left) and Eric Ploessel
Posted: Oct 14, 2009

Back above .500 with 22-6 win over Caltech

Box Score

ORANGE, Calif. - A season-high 14 different players scored a goal for the Chapman University men's water polo team as the Panthers cruised to a 22-6 win over California Institute of Technology at the Allred Aquatics Center on Wednesday afternoon. Chapman's win pushed its record to 10-9 and back over the .500 mark for the first time since the opening weekend of the season.

After a 20-minute delay to start the game, the Panthers didn't delay in scoring its first goal against Caltech as senior utility Alex Mulé got Chapman on the board with just over a minute gone by in the first quarter. Chapman built its lead to 3-0 on goals by junior utility Steve Neville and Mulé before Caltech got its first goal by their junior captain Paul Fleiner making the score 3-1. After four consecutive goals by the Panthers, Fleiner added his second goal for Caltech bringing the score to 8-2.

With an 8-2 lead, Chapman ran off six-consecutive goals over the final few minutes of the second quarter and early stages of the third quarter highlighted by junior utility Derek Yegan's first goal of the season. Caltech (0-6) narrowed the score to 14-3 on a goal by sophomore D Adam Kahn. After two Chapman goals, Kahn connected again for the Beavers as time expired in the third quarter bringing the score to 16-4.

The fourth quarter was highlighted by freshman driver Colin DeMartini's first career goal and three goals from senior Matt Cullen which doubled his season total. Freshmen Ross Harper and Chris Humphreys also added fourth quarter goals.

Chapman goalies Randy Rosales and Ryan Huffman combined for five blocks in the win. For Caltech, Kahn and Fleiner each had three goals.  

 

Score by Quarters                     1          2          3          4          Final    

Caltech (0-6)                              1          1          2          2          6

Chapman (10-9)                         6          5          5          6          22        

 

Caltech Goals: Fleiner (3), Kahn (3)

CU Goals: Cullen (3), Mulé (3), A. Huffman (2), Humphreys (2), Neville (2), Waechter (2), DeMartini, Harper, Kahoush, McElvaney, Rafla-Yuan, Ruiz, Tornambe, Yegan,

CU Goalie Blocks: Rosales (2), Huffman (3)