WHITTIER, Calif. -
Nick Kennedy had four goals and
Jeffrey Koretz added three as the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team earned a 12-7 road win over Whittier on Saturday at the Lillian Slade Aquatics Center.
With the victory, the Stags won its fifth consecutive game, moving to 8-1 in the SCIAC and 12-12 overall on the year, while Whittier slips to 4-5 in league play with the loss.
Weston Hartel had two goals and
Jack Bryant,
Fletcher Appeldorn and
Stryker Scales each added one apiece for CMS.
Whittier took an early 2-1 lead in the first period but CMS outscored the Poets 3-1 in the second to take a 4-3 lead at halftime. Hartel and Kennedy goals gave the Stags a 3-2 lead and Bryant scored with 4:58 left in the period.
Scales and Koretz scored two minutes into the third to give CMS a 6-3 lead but the Poets scored three goals in a row, including two from Jason Dickson and one from Ivan Cardenas to tie the game at 6-6. Kennedy and Koretz responded with back to back goals to retake an 8-6 lead and Hartel added a late goal with one second remaining to end the third to make it 9-6.
The Stags added three goals in the fourth, where Kennedy, Koretz and Appeldorn found the back of the net, all while holding the Poets scoreless the rest of the way.
Connor Burks finished with eight saves in goal for the Stags to get the win while Mike Hale had 11 saves for the Poets.
CMS will be back in action when it travels to Pomona-Pitzer on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. contest.
