Lions Best Wheaton; Fall To Austin In Saturday Water Polo Action At W&J

WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's water polo team trumped Wheaton (MA) and fell to Austin in its first two games at Washington & Jefferson on Saturday.

Match One
Score: Penn State Behrend 20, Wheaton (MA) 6
Records: Penn State Behrend (4-6), Wheaton (MA) (0-7)

Key Moments:

* Behrend was led by senior Connor Bradley's (Collegeville, PA/Perkiomen) four goals on five shot attempts against the Lyons
* Jack Holl (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich), Freddy Browarski (Austin, TX/Westwood), and Robert Bakh (Issaquah, WA/Gibson EK) each recorded a hat trick in the Lions first game on Saturday
* Other Lions to find the back of the net were Evan Teeter (Erie, PA/McDowell) (two goals), Nick Thompson (Hudsonville, MI/Hudsonville) (two goals), Will Aikens (La Grange Park, IL/Lyons Township), Adrian Tolczyk (Park Ridge, IL/Maine South) and Dylan Hayslip (Flower Mound, TX/Marcus)
* Thompson tallied a team-high three steals, while fellow freshman Atticus Bowman (Albuquerque, NM/Volcano Vista) dished out a game-high 13 assists
* In net, goalies Leyton Vrono (Murrieta, CA/Murrieta Valley), Ethan Friedman (Valley Center, CA/Valley Center), and Andy Zhuri (Houston, TX/Stratford) combined to make 21 saves in Behrend's fourth win of the year

Match Two
Score: Austin 9, Penn State Behrend 5
Records: Austin (4-5), Penn State Behrend (4-7)

Key Moments:

* Holl led the way with another hat trick, finishing with six goals on the first day of competition at Washington & Jefferson
* The senior netted two of his three goals in a fourth quarter comeback attempt that came up short for Behrend
* Bakh and Aikens each chipped in a goal apiece against the Kangaroos
* On the defensive end, Holl also recorded a team-high three steals
* Friedman finished with three saves in net for the Lions

Up Next:

* Behrend finishes off action at Washington & Jefferson with two games tomorrow against Augustana and the host W&J. Sunday's game vs. Augustana begins at 9:30 a.m.