BALTIMORE, Md. – The Wheaton College (Mass.) men's water polo team fell to Austin College, 22-11, this morning at host Johns Hopkins University's Barbara & Jerry Procton Pool in Baltimore, Md.
The Lyons dip to 1-11 on the season, while the Kangaroos improve to 4-9.
Austin outshot Wheaton, 42-29, and boasted 12 different scorers in the game.
Junior attacker Spyros Rampsomanikis (Corfu, Greece) led the Lyons with five points, including a pair of goals and three assists. First year attacker Stefan Kecman (Chevy Chase, Md.) added a pair of goals, two steals and a field block and sophomore center defender Hudson Kosiba (Birmingham, Mich.) netted two goals. Sophomore goalie Nic Boyer (Toledo, Ohio) turned away 10 of 28 shots in 24 minutes, before yielding to first year Leo Upson (Woodside, Calif.), who stopped two of six shots in four minutes of action.
Junior attacker Preston Fiala (Deer Park, Texas) scored a game-high five goals to go with a pair of steals for the Kangaroos. First year attacker Aaron Mendoza (Boerne, Texas) tallied five points, including three goals and two assists in addition to a drawn exclusion. Sophomore attacker Owen Altermatt (Boerne, Texas) also racked up five points, including a pair of goals. Junior attacker Adrian Halberg (New York, N.Y.) scored twice and added an assist for Austin. Junior goalie Caleb Maddox (Mesquite, Texas) denied seven of 17 shots and sophomore Donovan Lupul (Bakersfield, Calif.) allowed a goal.
The Kangaroos raced out to a 6-1 lead in the first five minutes of the contest behind six different scorers, including Altermatt's score to give them a five-goal advantage with 3:20 to play in the opening quarter. Rapsomanikis scored the lone marker for Wheaton during the stretch.
The Lyons scored four of the next seven goals with four different scorers, including sophomore center Charles Jacoby (Reading, Pa.), who cut the deficit to 9-5 with 7:43 to go in the third period. Austin put together a 6-1 run, fueled by four goals from Fiala, to increase its advantage to 15-6 with 2:31 left in the quarter.
Wheaton scored four of the next five goals, capped by a marker from junior utility player Brian Otto (Escondido, Calif.) to pull the Lyons to within 16-10 with 5:26 showing in the fourth quarter. The Kangaroos ripped off the next five goals to pull away with a 21-10 margin for their largest lead after a Halberg marker with 76 seconds left in the contest.
The teams traded goals to end the game with Wheaton sophomore attacker Ayden Guess (Alvin, Texas) and Halberg each scoring.
The Lyons return to the pool when they travel to New London, Conn. to take on Connecticut College on Wednesday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m., while Austin returns on November 7 when it faces Wheaton again at 10:00 a.m. in Rock Island, Ill. at Augustana College.
