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Men's Water Polo

#18 Water Polo Finishes Undefeated in MAWPC Play

Rams Take Down Johns Hopkins, 19-11, to Extend Team Record Win Streak to 15

Box Score Baltimore, Md. – (November 6, 2022) – Sunday saw 11 different Rams find the back of the net, as the 18th-ranked Fordham water polo team finished off MAWPC play with a perfect 16-0 record, defeating John Hopkins, 19-11, in Baltimore.
 
Fordham is now 23-6 overall and extended its team record win streak to 15 contests.
 
After an even first quarter with each team scoring four times, the Rams netted the first three goals of the second quarter to pull out to a 7-4 edge.  Jacopo Parrella scored early with the man advantage, while Lucas Nieto Jasny and Christos Loupakis followed with tallies on consecutive possessions.
 
Johns Hopkins got back within one at 7-6, but the Rams closed with the final three goals of the second quarter, two of which came from Luca Silvestri, for a 10-6 halftime lead.
 
Fordham then put the game out of reach with a seven-goal third quarter, as six different Rams scored in the period, led by two goals from Nir Gross.
 
For Fordham, Gross and Parrella each had three goals to lead the offense, while Silvestri, Loupakis, George Papanikolaou, and Jasny each had two.  The remaining markers came from Jason Hiremath, Nacho Ariste, Victor Schultz, Mark Katsev, and Balazs Berenyi.  In net, Thomas Lercari made 11 saves over three quarters of work.
 
Fordham will close out the regular season on Friday, November 11th, with a 7:30 PM home match against St. Francis Brooklyn.
 
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