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Big comeback win for Stags against Sagehens on Senior Night

Big comeback win for Stags against Sagehens on Senior Night

CLAREMONT, Calif. – In the final regular season match for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps men's water polo team, the Stags overcame a two goal deficit to ultimately beat Pomona-Pitzer 12-9 on Wednesday evening in Axelrood Pool. CMS finishes their conference schedule 7-1 to sit in second place for the upcoming SCIAC Tournament.

The Sagehens started the match very aggressive in the water and scored in the first minute and a half. It was not until junior Adam Hilborn (CMC) broke the dry spell and scored the first CMS goal, almost seven minutes into the game.

With two goals in the second quarter, freshman Noah Deer (CMC) had a big game for the Stags.

In the first half, every time the Stags evened the score, PP pulled ahead. The first score of the third quarter gave Pomona-Pitzer a two goal advantage at 8-6. From that point, CMS went on to score five unanswered goals to take a commanding 11-8 lead. These goals were scored by five different players with sophomore Ellison Taylor (CMC) kicking it off. Junior Daniel Cogan (CMC) and junior Tanner Cullen (CMC) scored in the third quarter and then sophomore Eric Bakar (CMC) scored in the last second of the quarter to go up 10-8.

Freshman Peter Tilton (CMC) brought it home and scored the final two goals of the game in the fourth quarter.

In the third and fourth quarters, the CMS defense held Pomona-Pitzer to just one goal in each period. Senior goalie James Kelly (CMC) led from the net, saving numerous shots on frame and managing the defensive play.

The seniors honored before the game were: Kelly, Mark Nietzel, Charles McGregor, and Scott Anderson.

CMS next plays in the SCIAC Tournament, hosted by Redlands, Nov. 21-23.

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