ERIE, Pa – The Division I Mount St. Mary's men's water polo team scored 14 goals in the second half, seven in each quarter to defeat Penn State Behrend 28-14 in non-conference action on Friday night in the Junker Center Pool.

Score: Mt. St. Mary's 28, Penn State Behrend 14
Records: Mt. St. Mary's (5-3), Penn State Behrend (0-9)

Key Moments

* The Mountaineers and Lions had one goal separate them after the first quarter
* Devin Lockard (Edgewood, WA/Puyallup) made a save on the opening drive by Mt. St. Mary's
* The Mountaineers scored on a man-up opportunity and tallied another goal less than a minute apart for a 2-0 lead
* Ryan Kenney (Skippack, PA/Perkiomen Valley) registered the Lions first goal off an assist from Aleksander Nowaczek (Los Angeles, CA/La Canada)
* Mt. St. Mary's manage to get another goal but Behrend tallied back-to-back goals and got another save from Lockard to knot the game at 3-all
 * The Mountaineers took a three goal lead that was cut down to one by the end of the first quarter
* Ryan Carpico (Skippack, PA/Perkiomen) and Jack Holl (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) scored the final two goals of the quarter to make it 6-5
* Mt. St. Mary's grabbed a four-goal lead in the second quarter on two occasions
* Holl posted three goals in the second quarter, including the last goal before halftime
* Kenney tallied his second goal and then aided in the final goal by Holl with a pass to Eli Anderson (Encinitas, CA/San Diequito), who blasted a shot that was deflected to Holl for rebound goal with 16 seconds remaining
* The Mountaineers clamped down on defense and only allowed four goals while adding 14
* Lockard made his final save of the game on a penalty shot in the fourth quarter taken by Nate Hopkins with less than two minutes left
* Holl finished with five goals, while Eugene Kruger (Pleasanton, CA/Foothill) and Kenney tallied three apiece

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action on Friday against Gannon in the Junker Center. Game begins at 6 p.m.