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Men's Water Polo Drops Final League Game of Year to No. 10 Princeton, 9-7
10/31/2015 9:47:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
PRINCETON, N.J. – Sean Daley scored three goals and dished out two assists and Bucknell led by one goal after the first period, but Princeton outscored the Bison 4-1 in the second quarter en route to a 9-7 victory in men's water polo action Saturday at DeNunzio Pool. Even with the loss, the Bison clinched the No. 2 seed in the CWPA Southern Division as they won the three-way tiebreaker with Johns Hopkins and Navy, who also finished the regular season 4-4 in conference play.
No. 14 Bucknell (13-9, 4-4 CWPA) led 3-2 after the first period, but No. 10 Princeton (16-4, 8-0 CWPA) scored four unanswered goals and held the Bison scoreless for more than nine minutes as they took a 6-4 lead into halftime.
Princeton scored the first goal of the second half to take a 7-4 lead, equaling its largest advantage of the game. The Tigers also led 9-6 in the final period before Jeff Hagen rounded out the scoring for the Bison with his only goal of the game.
R.J. Moore scored one goal and had two assists for Bucknell, which had just four six-on-five opportunities in the contest.
Charlie Niehaus recorded nine saves for the Bison, who will host Mercyhurst Sunday at 1 p.m. in a non-league game. It is the final contest of the regular season for Bucknell, which hosts the Southern Championships next weekend.
BUCKNELL 3 1 2 1 -7
PRINCETON 2 4 3 0 -9
Goals: Daley (3), Bolanca, Moore, Hagen, Stupp.
Assists: Moore (2), Daley (2), Babic.
Ejections Drawn: Hunter (2), Daley, Hagen.
Steals: Daley (3), Babic (3), Aleksic (2), Moore (2), Djordjevic (2), Bolanca, Hagen.
Saves: Niehaus (9 svs., 9 ga., 32:00 min.).
Sprints: Stupp (1-2), Daley (0-2).
Bucknell Record: 13-9, 4-4 CWPA.
