ORANGE, Calif. -
Fletcher Appeldorn had three goals and three assists, and
Calvin Donat and
Gavin Netherton added hat tricks, as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team pulled out a 17-14 road win over Chapman on Wednesday evening.
With the win, the Stags move to 4-1 in the SCIAC and 8-12 overall on the year, while Chapman slips to 2-3 in league play with the loss.
CMS was up 8-5 at the half, but had to respond to a 5-0 Chapman run to start the second half, which put the Panthers ahead 10-8. The Stags answered with a 4-0 run to close out the third, with Appeldorn starting the run, and Netherton scoring twice around a
Pete Ryan goal to make it 12-10 Stags.
Chapman put pressure on CMS early in the fourth, but
Jeffrey Koretz twice answered Panthers goals to make the score 13-11 and 14-12.
Weston Hartel answered another Chapman goal to put CMS ahead 15-13, and
Calvin Donat had back-to-back goals to seal it.
Connor Burks had eight saves in goal for the Stags to get the win. Hartel had two goals and two assists, while
Asher Engelberg and
Christopher Petrossian each had a goal and two assists for CMS.
The Stags will be back in action when they travel to La Verne on Saturday for an 11 a.m. contest.
