ORANGE, Calif. – The Chapman University men's water
polo team went 2-1 with wins against La Verne and Caltech before
dropping a tough afternoon match against No. 4 Whittier College
12-9 on Saturday at the Allred Aquatics Center.
Whittier (3-6) has won the last four meetings with Chapman,
last losing 11-3 in 2008.
With a 7-2 halftime lead against Whittier, it looked as if Chapman
was going to end that streak Saturday. Chapman controlled the first
half, in particular the second quarter, when they built their lead
from 2-1 to the halftime score. Senior drivers
Chase Parlee and
Stephen Neville combined for
five of the seven goals in the first half. Parlee finished the game
with five scores and had 11 in two games on Saturday.
Then in the second half, Poets' freshman attacker
Erick Gonzalez took over and scored the first
three goals of the third quarter which narrowed the Panthers'
lead to 7-5. In the fourth quarter, after the teams traded goals,
Whittier ran off four-straight scores to take a 10-8 lead en route
to the win. Gonzalez had two of the goals during the crucial fourth
quarter run by the Poets and finished with a game-high eight
scores. He had the first five scores of the game for Whittier.
Junior utility Keary Schlactus also had a pair of
important second half goals for Whittier.
Against Caltech (0-5), Chapman gave up the first goal of the game
to sophomore utility
Jack Blackwood but took over
after that scoring the next four goals to take a 4-1 lead. After
Caltech narrowed the score to 4-3 with 35 seconds remaining in the
first quarter on a goal by junior
Adam Khan,
Chapman scored 10-straight goals over the remainder of the first
half to take a commanding lead en route to the 23-4 win. Chapman
junior driver
Jordan Randall led all scorers with
four goals. A trio of new faces for Chapman also had a large impact
as freshmen
Jack Cutler and
Brett Carter along with transfer
David Carson
each had three goals. In net, sophomore goalie
Ryan Huffman had five blocks in his first start of the
season.
In the morning match, Chapman scored three goals in the fourth
quarter to a pull out a 13-9 over the University of La Verne (2-8).
With a one goal lead heading into the fourth quarter Parlee and
Neville put the game out of La Verne's reach as they combined
to score the final three goals of the game. Parlee finished with a
game-high six goals and two assists while Neville set the table for
the offense with three scores and five assists. Sophomore goalie
Taylor Roszkos had several big second half stops
and tallied 13 for the game.
by Chris Watts
Sports Information Assistant
ULV Boxscore: http://chapmanathletics.com/sports/mwaterpolo/2010-11/files/ulv-cu.pdf
