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Oct 29, 2008

No. 13 Bulldog Men’s Water Polo Takes Two Games


The No. 13 University of Redlands men’s water polo team won two games on Wednesday, Oct. 30, taking a 12-7 decision against Chapman University and a 24-1 rout against Caltech.

Against Chapman, sophomore defender Andrew Smith-Jones (Annapolis, MD) netted three goals to lead the Bulldogs offensively. Senior driver Andrew Becskehazy (Miami, FL), junior center Brendan Meaney (Palm Desert, CA) and junior utility player Jim Kehrig (Danville, CA) scored two apiece while junior utility player Ian Starkie (Arroyo Grande, CA), freshman driver Mark Yerkes (Orlando, FL) and junior utility player Ryan Floersch (San Jose, CA) each posted one goal.

Both Starkie and junior center Ben Taylor (Porterville, CA) scored five goals each to lead the team over Caltech by a 24-1 final. Also adding multiple goals were junior driver Taylor Swyers (St. Louis, MO), freshman driver Cabot Ferrill (Poway, CA), freshman driver Jeff Parsons (Newark, CA) and freshman defender Tyler Harp (San Bernardino, CA). Providing one goal apiece were Yerkes, junior driver Brent Dotters (Porterville, CA), freshman driver Ben Ballard (Riverside, CA), freshman driver Billy Brightenburg (Long Beach, CA), junior defender John Floersch (San Jose, CA) and senior defender Jon Rielly (Vista, CA).

Redlands (20-7, 4-0 SCIAC) hosts both the University of La Verne and UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., respectively.