PASADENA, Calif – Caltech Men's Water Polo hosted NCAA Division III's No. 1 Pomona-Pitzer Saturday morning at Braun Pool on senior day.
Prior to the match Caltech honored its seniors Shuhul Mujoo (San Jose, Calif. / Evergreen Valley), Eric Verheyden (Bend, Ore. / Summit), Hebu Patil (Bellevue, Wash. / Interlake), Justin Hong (Pasadena, Calif. / Pasadena), Kaleb Dy (Walnut, Calif. / Walnut), Joshua Braun (Bakersfield, Calif. / Garces Memorial), Alexi Stapf (Santa Barbara, Calif. / San Marcos) and Axel Haydt (Austin, Texas / Westlake) for their contributions to Caltech throughout their athletic and academic careers.
Haydt opened the scoring in the second quarter, assisted by Braun. Sophomore Noah Van Beurden (Perkasie, Pa. / Pennridge High School) followed later in the quarter, assisted by Haydt. Freshman Alexander Alexandrov (Atlanta, Ga. / Chamblee High School) closed out Caltech's scoring in the third quarter, assisted by Braun.
Mujoo played the first half in net, making 4 saves. Freshman Tim Zhang (Brea, Calif. / Troy High School) took over in the second half, finishing with 2 saves. Stapf led the team defensively with two steals.
Caltech will travel to Claremont, Calif. to face Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Saturday Nov. 7 at 11 a.m.
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