LA HABRA, Calif. — In the final roadtrip of the regular season, Fresno Pacific men's water polo (6-17, 2-3 WWPA) fell to Biola (14-15, 4-2 WWPA) 16-9 on Friday. The Sunbirds finished with 30 shots to Biola's 28 and scored five power-play goals, matching Biola's power-play total.
Both teams entered the match, battling for the No. 2 west seed in the WWPA Championships. Biola opened with three straight first-quarter goals before the Sunbirds got on the board when
Colton Parks scored at :09 off a
Tristin Fox assist.
Luke Young followed with a power-play goal at 7:34 in the second, and after Biola answered, Fox scored at 5:24 from Young to keep the Sunbirds involved in the exchange. Biola then put together four consecutive goals before
Jesse Bryan scored on a power play at 1:01 to close the Sunbirds' second-quarter scoring.
In the third, Fox scored at 7:10 after an early Biola goal, but Biola followed with five straight goals before
Ryder Stermer scored at 1:20. Stermer added a power-play goal at 7:01 in the fourth, and the Sunbirds later got goals from Young at 3:12 and Stermer at :31 as Biola finished with a 16-9 scoring advantage.
Stermer scored a hat trick on eight shots, added an assist and recorded two steals. Young finished with two goals and two assists on five shots. Fox scored twice, added an assist and drew six exclusions.
Yanti Quijada tallied two assists and drew one exclusion.
The Sunbirds are 6-17 overall and 2-3 in WWPA play.
NEXT UP: Fresno Pacific wraps up regular season play on Saturday, November 7th. The 'Birds will go head to head against the reigning WWPA Champions, Concordia University Irvine at 1pm.
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