Men's Water Polo Goes 4-0 at Convergence Tournament
This weekend the Sagehens co-hosted the annual Convergence Tournament, and won all four of their games, taking them to an overall 8-10 record, 6-0 at home. They defeated Fordham 14-9, Harvard 11-8, Santa Clara 10-9, and Gannon 13-8.
Most impressive was their upset of #11 Santa Clara University. The Sagehens came out hard against the Broncos, and never backed down, though they went into the second half trailing 3-5. They came back strong and won the second half 7-4, clinching victory. Goalie Kyle Pokorny protected his house with 9 blocks, while the offense was led by Ryan Balikian, who had 4 goals. Goals were also scored by David Lee, Jaron Moler, Matt Ward, Cody Moore, Mark Hudnall, and Jason Cox. The Sagehens are looking very strong, and continue to improve with every game.
- Head Coach Alex Rodriguez
Balikian Named WWPA Player of
the Week
RYAN BALIKIAN - Pomona-Pitzer
Pomona-Pitzer junior Ryan Balikian led his team to a four game
sweep
at the Claremont Convergence this past weekend to earn WWPA
Men's
Player of the Week honors for Oct. 7. He totaled 15 goals over
four
games, putting 4 goals on the board in the Sagehens' impressive
10-9
upset over No. 11 Santa Clara. He also scored 4 goals against
Harvard
and Gannon, with a hat trick against Fordham. Balikian finished
the
weekend with 15 goals, 8 steals, and 5 field blocks to lead Pomona
to
its best record at the Convergence in program history.
2009 Division III Poll (October 7 -
Week 5)
Rank Team
Sept. 30 Poll Points
1 Pomona-Pitzer
Colleges
3 100
2 University of
Redlands
2 95
3
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges
4 87
4 Whittier
College
5 86
5 Johns Hopkins
University
1 80
6 Chapman
University
7 77
7 California Lutheran
University
6 68
8 MIT
8 66
9 Occidental
College
9 61
10 Washington & Jefferson
College
RV 44
RV University of La
Verne
10 11
