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No. 17 Bucknell Men's Water Polo Wins High-Scoring Affair at George Washington, 19-13
10/8/2009 8:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
Oct. 8, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 17th-ranked Bucknell men's water polo team played a rare Thursday evening game and came away victorious, defeating league rival George Washington in a high-scoring 19-13 affair. The Bison were led by Howie Kalter (Durham, N.H./Phillips Academy Andover), who registered a career-high six goals, while goalie Nick Donahue (Brooklyn, N.Y./Lawrenceville) stopped a career-high 17 shots in the winning effort.
Trailing 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, Bucknell exploded for 13 goals in the middle two periods and cruised to the six-goal win, its third over the Colonials this season. In those three contests the Bison have outscored George Washington (7-15, 0-3 CWPA Southern Division) 48-27.
Bucknell's goal total was its most since it registered 21 against Queens in 2004, and the 32 combined goals were the most in a Bison game since a victory over Slippery Rock in 2000 by the same 19-13 margin.
Donahue had an outstanding game in goal with his career-high 17 saves. It marked the most stops for a Bucknell goalie since Trevor Mullins' 17 saves opposite Johns Hopkins in 2004. Remarkably, Donahue only played the first 28 minutes before Matt Napleton (Oak Park, Ill./Fenwick) relieved him in the middle of the fourth quarter.
Kalter, whose previous career high for goals had been four, was one of eight Bison goal scorers in the game. He and Sean Coghlan (Chicago, Ill./Brother Rice), who registered a career high of his own with five goals, combined for 11 of Bucknell's 19 scores.
Coghlan (5g, 1a), Kalter (6g) and Richie Hyden (Melbourne, Australia/Greenwich (Conn.)) each had six points in the contest as Hyden scored only one goal, but dished out a career-high five assists. The junior now has 108 career assists, 17 shy of 10th place in program history. Overall, Bucknell (11-6, 5-1 CWPA) recorded 18 assists on its 19 goals.
Bucknell, which is tied for 17th in the latest national rankings with Navy, has now won seven of its last eight games.
The Bison played the Colonials on Thursday because they will be flying to California Friday to compete in the UCI Invitational this weekend in Irvine, Calif. Bucknell will open up the tournament against No. 3 USC Saturday at 2:10 p.m. Eastern. It will be the 10th ranked opponent the Bison will have faced this season and it will be the fourth top-five foe.
BUCKNELL 2 7 6 4 -19
GEORGE WASHINGTON 3 2 3 5 -13
Goals: Kalter (6), Coghlan (5), Richley (2), Ang (2), Thompson, Hyden, Stupp, Barnett.
Assists: Hyden (5), Reamey (3), Richley (2), Donahue (2), Nelson, Coghlan, Ang, Schwartz, Stupp, Fiske.
Field Blocks: Caillouette, Richley, Hyden, Schwartz, Stupp.
Ejections Drawn: Coghlan (2), Hyden, Barron, Stupp.
Saves: Donahue (17 svs., 9 ga., 28:22 min.), Napleton (3 svs., 4 ga., 3:38 min.).
Steals: Kalter (3), Coghlan (2), Thompson, Barnett.
Sprints: Coghaln (0-3), Barron (1-1).
Record: 11-6, 5-1 CWPA Southern Division
