Males’s Water Polo – Solar, Nov. 21, 2021
DAVIS, Calif. – UC Davis recaptured the Western Water Polo Affiliation (WWPA) title with a 14-9 win over California Baptist within the WWPA Championship sport on Sunday afternoon at Schaal Aquatics Heart.
The Aggies obtain an computerized berth into the Nationwide Collegiate Water Polo Championship, Dec. 2-7 at Spieker Aquatics Heart. The Aggies face Golden Coast Convention champion Lengthy Seashore State within the quarterfinals on Thursday, December 2 at 12pm. The winner strikes on to the semifinals to tackle USC. Click on right here for the full bracket.
Logan Anderson scored a game-high 4 objectives, WWPA Participant of the 12 months Nir Gross added a hat trick and Match Most Worthwhile Participant Aaron Wilson registered 9 saves because the top-seeded and No. 11-ranked UC Davis (18-8) by no means trailed of their dethroning of defending convention champion No. 3-seed CBU (20-14).
It marks UC Davis’ fourth title within the final six seasons and palms again a WWPA crown that the 2019 champion Aggies weren’t in a position to defend as a result of opting out of the 2020-21 season.
All-Match Groups
First Crew
MVP: Aaron Wilson, Jr., UC Davis
Calder Hilde-Jones, Sr., UC San Diego
Robert Halligan, Gr., Loyola Marymount
Tyler Harvey, So., Loyola Marymount
Zach Lowery, Gr., California Baptist
PJ McDonough, Gr. California Baptist
Nir Gross, Sr., UC Davis
Logan Anderson, Jr., UC Davis
Second Crew
Bodhi Bowden, Fr., Fresno Pacific
Kenny Wulf, Jr., Biola
Jeff Runyan, Sr., Concordia
Grant Snyder, Jr., Air Drive
Zach Fales, Fr., Santa Clara
Karlo Krmek, Sr., UC San Diego
David Carrasco, Sr., Loyola Marymount
Joseph Griffin, Jr., California Baptist
Aleix Aznar Beltran, So., UC Davis
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Sport abstract courtesy of ucdavisaggies.com.
UC Davis wanted solely 63 seconds to interrupt the scoreless impasse as Gross scored down low for his first of the day and Holden Neach adopted that up two minutes later with a rating for a 2-0 lead. The Lancers clawed one again, however Aznar beltran and Gross closed out the primary interval with scores for a 4-1 benefit after the primary eight minutes.
CBU answered the bell and opened the second quarter with a pair of objectives by Hunter Barnett to make it a one-goal contest earlier than Anderson scored his first to cease the bleeding. Zach Lowery discovered the again to the cage on the 3:18 mark of the quarter to carry the Lancers again to inside one, however objectives by Neach and Levi Murtaugh allowed the Aggies to inch away, giving the house crew a 7-4 lead on the break.
Each groups traded objectives within the third, with Anderson finishing the hat trick on the 3:25 mark for the 10-6 lead with one interval to play and the Aggies turned away any hopes of a CBU comeback from there. Will Nomura scored twice within the fourth, whereas Murtaugh and Anderson every tacked on yet one more to their respective totals to ice the victory and set off the celebration.
UC Davis held a 35-34 benefit in pictures, however hit on 40 p.c of its makes an attempt to only 27 for the Lancers. The Aggies additionally stifled the CBU powerplay, holding the Lancers to only 3-for-10 with a person benefit and denying a 5-meter try within the fourth quarter.
