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Villanova, PA: Cal
Maritime dropped a pair of heartbreakers today
at the Villanova Invitational, losing to NCAA
Division I team Fordham 10-8 in the morning, and
falling to host Villanova 14-13 in the afternoon
game. The Keelhaulers will face the University
of Pennsylvania Quakers in the 5th
place game on Sunday morning.
In the first game, the Rams
and Keelhaulers played a tight game back and
forth the entire match, neither team able to
pull away from the other. Fordham led 4-3 after
the first quarter, and the game was tied at 6 at
halftime. The Rams managed to take a 10-7 lead
after three, but the Keelhaulers managed to shut
them down the rest of the way. Unfortunately,
CMA managed only one goal in the fourth,
dropping the game 10-8. “The game was quite
physical and very intense from start to finish.
Even though we came up short, it was probably
the best game that we have played in the four
years that I have been at CMA,” claimed Coach
Timm Torchiana. “The team gave everything they
had in the game.” Jr Evan Markstrum again lead
all CMA scorers with three goals, and Cole Van
Gundy, Lynn Langdon, Fletcher McCue, Nick Beene,
and Adron Beene tallied one each. Sr Goalie
Blake Amon played a great game in the cage for
the Keelhaulers.
1 2 3
4 F
Lehigh 4
3 4 0 10
Cal Maritime
3 3 1 1 8
Overall record: 1 – 1
After a very short rest,
CMA returned to the pool to face host
Villanova. The Wildcats stormed to a 5-2 lead
in the first period, before the Keelhaulers
managed to get back into the game. CMA
outscored Villanova 5-1 in the second quarter to
take a 7-6 lead at halftime. “We were just flat
in the first quarter. I think that we were just
physically and emotionally exhausted after the
Fordham game, and it took some time to get going
again,” according to Coach Torchiana. Villanova
came back to tie the game at 10 after 3, and
managed to outscore Maritime 4-3 in the last
quarter to win 14-13. “By the end of the game,
we were just running on empty tanks.” Still,
Coach Torchiana was very pleased with the
effort; “In the past couple of seasons, we would
have folded in those situations, but today we
didn’t back down at all. Fordham was very
physical, and in the past that would have been a
problem for us. I think that we finally figured
out how to play to win today.”
Jr Evan Markstrum scored 6
for the Keelhaulers, with Jeff Balistreri
tossing in two, and Kristen Swader, Cole Van
Gundy, Lynn Langdon, Nick Beene, and Adron Beene
scoring one each. Sr Blake Amon had another
strong game in the nets for CMA. According to
one coach, Amon is clearly the best goalie at
the tournament.
1
2 3 4
F
Villanova 5
1 4 4 14
Cal Maritime
2 5 3 3 13
Overall record: 1 – 2
NOTES: Could it be home
cooking? In the Villanova game, Villanova had
13 man advantages (20 second power plays) to one
for Cal Maritime…..Villanova coach Dan Sheridan
is also Commissioner of the Collegiate Water
Polo Association…..Sheridan indicated that in
his mind, CMA was clearly a National Top 20
team, perhaps better than most teams on the East
Coast…..after tomorrow’s game, CMA heads to
Pasadena next week for the Cal Tech Classic.
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