PASADENA, Calif. – Caltech Men's Water Polo hosted No. 9 Occidental College Saturday morning at Braun Pool, showing resilience against the strong SCIAC rival in a 20-6 final score.
Senior
Eric Verheyden (Bend, Ore. / Summit) opened the scoring in the first quarter. Freshman
Patrick Feng (Redmond, Wash. / Interlake High School) followed later in the period, assisted by senior
Alexi Stapf (Santa Barbara, Calif. / San Marcos).
Junior
Carl Crum (San Carlos, Calif. / Sacred Heart Preparatory) scored a power-play goal in the second quarter, also assisted by Stapf, and added a second goal in the third quarter assisted by sophomore
Noah Van Beurden (Perkasie, Pa. / Pennridge High School).
Freshman Alexander Alexandrov (Atlanta, Ga. / Chamblee High School) scored in the fourth quarter, assisted by senior
Kaleb Dy (Walnut, Calif. / Walnut), and senior
Joshua Braun (Bakersfield, Calif. / Garces Memorial) closed out Caltech's scoring with a power-play goal, assisted by freshman
Zaid Munir (Yakima, Wash. / Eisenhower High School).
Senior
Shuhul Mujoo (San Jose, Calif. / Evegreen Valley) played all 32 minutes in net, finishing with 6 saves.
Head Coach
Jon Bonafede and the Beavers will rest up before their road match at La Verne on Wednesday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m.
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