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2011 Men's Water Polo Roster

1 Christian Flessner

  • Position Goalkeeper
  • Height 6-0
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Naperville, Ill.
  • Highschool Naperville North

Biography

FlessnerVertical2011: Split time with Noah LeBeau as the Rams' goalkeeper... Posted 117 saves in 41 quarters of action... Played 16 games in goal and two in the field... Added three assists and 11 steals... Registered a season-high 14 saves at #14 Princeton (10/22)... Recorded 13 saves in games against Santa Clara (9/11) and Harvard (9/24)... Had nine stops in an overtime game against Navy "B" (9/17)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team.

2010: Was again the Rams' top netminder, playing all but seven quarters during the year... Had a goals against average of 9.57, making a school record 266 saves... Also had 11 steals, two assists, and three penalty blocks... Named CWPA Northern Division Defensive Player of the Week once... Made nine saves in the opener against George Washington (9/4)... Had nine stops, including two penalty blocks, against Diablo Valley (9/4)... Made 11 saves and dished out two assists against #18 Bucknell (9/5)... Had 10 saves in matches against #13 Santa Clara (9/11), Queens College (9/15), Mercyhurst (9/17), and #16 Concordia (Ca.) (10/8)... Posted 12 stops against Johns Hopkins (9/19) and MIT (11/7)... Recorded 11 saves in matches against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (10/7) and Harvard (11/6)... Had five saves and three steals at Harvard (9/25)... Ended the season with a season-high 13 saves against #17 Bucknell (11/19)... Named to the ACWPC All-Academic Team and the CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team.

2009: Was the Rams' top netminder as a sophomore... Had a goals against average of 8.77, making 241 saves, which is the second-most in school history... Also added 21 steals, one assist, and four penalty blocks... Opened the season with 10 saves and a steal against Toronto (9/5)... Had nine saves, a steal and an assist versus George Washington (9/12)... Made 11 stops vs. Harvard (9/13)... Posted 10 saves in games against Connecticut College (9/18) and Princeton (9/19)... Totaled nine saves and a career-high four steals versus Harvard (9/19)... Registered 13 saves versus MIT (9/19)... Made a career-high 15 saves versus Queens to go with a steal and a penalty block (10/14)... Tallied 13 saves in an overtime win over Iona (10/28)... Made 14 saves in an overtime loss to Johns Hopkins (11/20)... Named CWPA Northern Division Player of the Week following his performance at the Eastern Championship.

2008: Appeared in four matches as a freshman, serving primarily as the back-up netminder... Made seven saves to go with one assist and two steals... Had three saves, an assist, and a steal versus Connecticut College (10/16)... Posted four saves and a steal against Salem International (10/26).

Before Fordham: Four-year varsity water polo player at Naperville North High School... Served as a team captain... Member of the All-Sectional team... Set school records for saves in a game, saves in a season, and fewest goals against in a single season.

Major: Psychology with a minor in Computer Science.
 
CAREER HIGHS
Saves: 15, vs. Queens (10/14/09)
Penalty Blocks: 2, vs. Diablo Valley (9/4/10)
Assists: 2, vs. Bucknell (9/5/10)
Steals: 4, vs. Harvard (9/19/09)
 
CAREER TOTALS
Year GP Saves GAA Assists Steals Pen.Blk
2008 4 7 4.27 1 2 0
2009 29 241 8.77 1 21 4
2010 32 266 9.57 2 11 3
2011 18 117 11.61 3 11 0
TOTALS 83 631 9.39 7 45 7

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Historical Player Information

  • 1A

    2008Freshman

    Goalkeeper
    6'0"
    1A
  • 1

    2009Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    6'0"
    1
  • 1

    2010Junior

    Goalkeeper
    6'0"
    1
  • 1

    2011Senior

    Goalkeeper
    6'0"
    1