ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The Connecticut College men's water polo team hit the road for three MPSF games, dropping all three contests over the weekend.
Game 1: JHU 18, Conn 9
Conn opened the scoring a minute and a half into the contest, as Ethan Hipsky (Glastonbury, Conn.) made it 1-0. Hopkins answered with the next two goals, before a tally from Laird Welch (Carmel, Calif.) evened the score at 3:48. The Blue Jays ended the quarter with three more goals to lead 5-2 after one.
Hopkins continued the run to start the second quarter, notching the first three goals to extend the lead to 8-2. The Camels answered with three of the final four goals, as Jack Dillon (Philadelphia, Pa.) scored twice, while Zach Dixon (Wayne, Pa.) tallied late, as the Blue Jays led 9-5 at the break.
Hopkins outscored Conn 5-1 in the third quarter, with the Camels only goal coming from Dillon, as the Blue Jays led 14-6 heading to the fourth. Conn battled back with three goals in the final frame, as Dillon notched two more goals, with the third coming from Welch. However, Hopkins netted four times to come away with the 18-9 win.
Game 2: PSB 12, Conn 11
Game 3: Austin 18, Conn 9
Austin started quickly, jumping out to a 3-0 lead midway through the opening quarter. Conn answered with back-to-back tallies from Dillon and Welch to make it 3-2, before a late goal from the Roos had Austin in front 4-2 after one.
Welch cut the deficit to one, early in the second quarter, but the Roos used a 4-0 run to push the lead to 8-3. Andrew Rose (Dresher, Pa.) ended the run for the Camels, but two late goals from Austin had the advantage at 10-4 at the break.
Austin struck first in the third quarter, but Conn got two straight goals as Benjamin Turner (Bellaire, Texas) and Keegan Kosiba (Birmingham, Mich.) made it 11-6. However, the Roos ended the quarter with the final four goals to lead 15-6 heading to the fourth.
The teams played even in the final quarter, as both sides tallied three goals. The Camels got two goals from Paul Podrebarac (Friendswood, Texas) and one more from Turner to fall 18-9.
Conn (5-18, 2-5 MPSF) wraps up the regular season on Thursday night, as the Camels travel to Norton, Mass. to take on Wheaton at 7:00 p.m.
