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Bucknell Drops Heartbreaker to Navy in Men's Water Polo, 5-4
10/14/2005 8:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
Oct. 14, 2005
ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The No. 17-ranked Bucknell men's water polo team jumped out to a 4-0 first-half lead against No. 13 Navy, but could not pull off the upset as the Midshipmen scored the final five goals of the game for a 5-4 win in MacDonough Hall Friday night.
The Bison led 4-0 in the second quarter, and 4-1 at halftime, but could not hold off Navy, which tied the game at 4-4 with 2:59 left in the fourth quarter. The Mids, who are 16-6 overall and stand first in the CWPA Southern Division with an 8-1 mark, scored the game-winner with just 36 ticks left on the clock. Andrew Plumb, who has 26 goals this season, tallied the winning score for Navy.
Outside of jumping out to such a big lead, the highlight of the night for Bucknell was the play of goalkeeper Trevor Mullins (Orinda, Calif./Palo Alto). The senior made 12 saves to increase his season total to 161.
Four different players scored goals for the Bison as Gabriel Heiber (Aventura, FlaMiami Beach), Jason Rechel (Columbus, Ohio/Thomas Worthington), Josh Sunday (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) and Kyle Roslyn (Philadelphia, Pa./William Penn Charter) each netted single goals. Heiber, Roslyn, Brad Roslyn (Philadelphia, Pa./William Penn Charter) and Mark Masterson (Kihei, Hawaii/Marin) each contributed assists. The Bucknell offense was just 0-for-3 on six-on-five opportunities.
Bucknell, which climbed to 17th in the latest national rankings, fell to 8-14 this year. It also fell to 4-3 in CWPA Southern Division play. Two of those league losses have come to Navy as the Mids upended the Bison 11-6 at Kinney Natatorium earlier this fall.
With the loss to Navy, Bucknell fell to 2-11 against teams ranked in the top 20 this season.
The Bison continue their busy weekend Saturday with another game at Navy's MacDonough Pool. They will face Salem International at 5:30 p.m. Bucknell is 2-0 against the Tigers this year.
BUCKNELL 3 1 0 0 -4
NAVY 0 1 1 3 -5
Goals: Heiber, Rechel, Sunday, K. Roslyn.
Assists: B. Roslyn, Masterson, Heiber, K. Roslyn.
Ejections Drawn: Robinson, Heiber, Sunday.
Saves: Mullins (12 svs., 5 ga)
Steals: Masterson (2), Heiber.
Sprints: Rechel (3-4).
Record: 8-14, 4-3 CWPA.
