No. 16 Bucknell Men's Water Polo Drops Two Sunday Contests at Princeton Invite

PRINCETON, N.J. -- The Bucknell University men's water polo team fell in two games to ranked opposition on Sunday afternoon to close out a tough slate the Princeton Invite over the weekend.

The Bison (3-5) dropped the first game, 18-10 to the host and 12th-ranked Tigers before falling in the second contest to No. 3 Stanford.

Game One: No. 12 Princeton 18, No. 16 Bucknell 10
The homestanding Tigers used a 9-1 run to start the game en route to taking an 18-10 win in the first game of the day for the Bison. Princeton kept a healthy lead in the remainder of the contest.

After two straight Princeton goals to start the game, Bucknell's Ethan Jones responded with a goal of his own at the 5:55 mark of the first quarter. However, the Tigers scored seven straight goals to extend their lead to 9-1, and pulled away for the 18-10 win.

Josh Yardley scored three times for the Bison in the defeat, while Jones and Andu Vlasceanu each added two goals.

Game Two: No. 3 Stanford 16, No. 16 Bucknell 4

Stanford used an eight-goal third quarter to pull away from a closely-contested first half in the second game of the day. Bucknell once again found a response after going down 2-0 early on, this time courtesy of Hasan Mogultay. Mogultay scored with 5:36 to go in the first quarter to cut the Cardinal lead to one before another goal by Stanford with 2:05 to go maintained the two-goal advantage.

Bucknell kept things close in the second, pulling within two, 4-2, on a goal by Yardley with 2:49 to go in the first half, but the Cardinal buckled down in the third, scoring half of its goals in the game during the period to take a 16-4 win.

Mogultay scored three of Bucknell's four goals in the defeat, while Yardley added Bucknell's other goal.

Bucknell returns to Kinney Natatorium on Saturday and Sunday for four games as part of the Bison Invite.

No. 16 Bucknell Men's Water Polo Drops Two Sunday Contests at Princeton Invite

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Players Mentioned

Ethan Jones

Hasan Mogultay

Andu Vlasceanu

Josh Yardley