Holl Scores Six In Victory Over Wheaton; Lions Finish 1-1 on First Day of Erie Invite
The Penn State Behrend men’s water polo team earned a 19-8 win over Wheaton (MA) and fell to Mercyhurst on day one of the Erie Invitational on Saturday, hosted at the Erie Prep Center.
ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's water polo team earned a 19-8 win over Wheaton (MA) and fell to Mercyhurst on day one of the Erie Invitational on Saturday, hosted at the Erie Prep Center.
Match One
Score: Penn State Behrend 19, Wheaton (MA) 8
Records: Penn State Behrend (2-0), Wheaton (MA) (0-3)
Key Moments:
* Eight different Lions were able to find the back of the in Behrend's first game of the two-day invite
* Jack Holl (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) netted a game-high six goals on nine attempts with a first half hat trick
* Holl's first half hat trick helped Behrend grab a 7-2 advantage over Wheaton after two quarters of play
* Evan Blasky (Rockford, MI/Rockford) notched four goals, while Will Aikens (La Grange Park, IL/Lyons Township) recorded a hat trick
* Karol Nowak (Barrington, IL/Barrington) was the other multi-goal scorer for the Lions with two goals
* Freshman Atticus Bowman (Albuquerque, NM/Volcano Vista) dished out a game-high 10 assists
* On the defensive side, Leo Nikolic (Bethesda, MD/Walt Whitman) tallied five steals, while Dylan Hayslip (Flower Mound, TX/Marcus) had four takeways
* Behrend's trio of goalkeepers in Ethan Friedman (Valley Center, CA/Valley Center), Leyton Vrono (Murrieta, CA/Murrieta Valley), and Andy Zhuri (Houston, TX/Stratford) combined for 17 saves in the opening game victory
Match Two
Score: Mercyhurst 19, Penn State Behrend 12
Records: Mercyhurst (2-7), Penn State Behrend (2-1)
Key Moments:
* Nikolic and Hayslip each scored a hat trick against the Lakers
* Sophomore Robert Bakh (Issaquah, WA/Gibson EK) delivered two goals for the Lions
* Other goal scorers for Behrend were Holl, Blasky, Freddy Browarski (Austin, TX/Westwood), and Harsh Nigam (East Grand Rapids, MI/East Grand Rapids)
* Friedman finished with 12 saves in net, while Bowman recorded two assists and two steals
Up Next:
* Behrend finishes off the Erie Invite with two more games tomorrow against Connecticut College at 10:30 a.m. and Gannon at 3 p.m.