Sept. 25, 2010
Cambridge, Mass. -
With two conference matches in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Fordham water polo looked to have a great chance to start Northern Division play at 3-0 with matches against Harvard and MIT. The Rams opened the day with a 13-5 win over Harvard, but dropped a 13-10 decision at MIT to earn a split of their conference matches.
With the split, Fordham is 8-8 overall, 2-1 in the CWPA Northern Division.
In the opening match of the day, the Rams opened with a 4-0 lead in the first quarter and did not look back, finishing with a 13-5 win over the Crimson.
Mikey Edwards and Ali Arat led the Fordham charge with three goals each, while Ben Clinkinbeard had two tallies. Ryan Hultman, Daniel Muñoz, Martin de Jong, Nicholas Allen, and Victor Bautista Medina closed out the Fordham scoring with one goal each.
In net, Christian Flessner made five saves to go with three steals in three quarters of play, while Eric Mullery saw his first action in net with two saves in the final quarter.
In the nightcap, MIT and Fordham were tied at eight all before the Engineers closed out the game with five of the last seven goals to win the game by a 13-10 count.
Arat was the lone multi-goal scorer for Fordham, netting four markers, while Hultman, Andrew McKernin, Edwards, Muñoz, de Jong, and Muller each had one.
Flessner ended the match with seven saves in net.
The Fordham water polo team will next be in action on Sunday, October 3rd, when it hosts two CWPA matches against Brown University at noon and Connecticut College at 3:00 PM.
