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Bulldog Men’s Water Polo Splits in Saturday Doubleheader

The University of Redlands men’s water polo team crushed Caltech, 20-3, on Saturday morning at the Thompson Aquatic Center before dropping a 5-7 decision to Cal Baptist University later on in the afternoon.

Freshman driver Matt Zaggy (University City, MO) paced the Bulldog offense against Caltech, burying four goals. Sophomore driver Jordan Suazo (Oceanside, CA) offered a troika of scores while freshman driver Patrick Roth (Salt Lake City, UT), senior center Ben Taylor (Porterville, CA) and senior driver Taylor Swyers (St. Louis, MO) each rattled the back of the cage on two occasions. In addition, junior center Miran Terzic (Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina), senior driver Marc Hicks (Granada Hills, CA), sophomore driver Jeff Parsons (Newark, CA), senior driver Erik Grosshans (Oxnard, CA), senior central defender Ian Starkie (Arroyo Grande, CA), freshman driver Alex Dow (Temple City, CA) and junior driver Drew Fischer (Highland, CA) all contributed goals to Redlands’ victory.

Tending the Bulldog net, freshman goalkeeper Jessie Gunther (Perris, CA) made six saves.

In the Cal Baptist contest, Grosshans led the Bulldogs with two scores, but a strong defensive front put on by the Lancers kept the Maroon and Gray’s offense in check. Senior driver Brent Dotters (Porterville, CA), Starkie and senior center Ryan Floersch (San Jose, CA) each posted scores as well.

Senior goalkeeper Teddy Trowbridge (Mercer Island, WA) stopped a game-high 10 shots in between the posts for Redlands.

Caltech dropped to 0-11 (0-5 SCIAC) with the loss while Cal Baptist moved to 20-6 with the win.

Redlands (12-16, 4-1 SCIAC) hosts Occidental College next on Wednesday at 7 p.m.