CLAREMONT, Calif. — Mount St. Mary’s University fell to Division III No. 1-ranked Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, 13-4, and Division III No. 9 University of La Verne, 18-16, on the final day of the 2026 Gary Troyer Tournament.
The losses drop the Mountaineers to 7-12 for the season.
Aleksandar Radosavljevic recorded a total of 11 goals in the two games, while Aaron Tarr was another key offensive player, having also scored a hat-trick against La Verne. James Robinson recorded his first collegiate goal versus La Verne.
In the first quarter of the game at CMS’ Axelrood Pool, the Mount was held scoreless going into the second quarter trailing 4-0. Max Economy completed a pass from Radosavljevic to put the Mountaineers on he scoreboard prior to Radosavljevic converting a feed from Jack Fox to keep pace with the Stags in trailing 6-2 at halftime.
Mount St. Mary’s mustered solo goals in both the third and fourth quarters, while permitting two and five strikes in the frames, respectively, to fall 13-4. Radosavljevic was credited with both goals in the second half as he converted a pass from Economy in the third quarter and struck again in the fourth quarter.
Radosavljevic finished with three goals and an assist, Economy scored once with a helper and Fox dished out an assist to support a three save effort by goalkeeper Milan Miskolczi.
Competing at Pomona-Pitzer College’s Haldemann Pool, the Mountaineers survived first quarter fireworks against La Verne as both teams scored six times in the opening span with the Leopards leaping out to an 12-11 halftime thanks to a 6-5 scoring advantage in the second quarter.
Giacomo Graff scored off an assist from Tarr to put the Mountaineers on the scoreboard in the opening frame. Radosavljevic deposited a shot in the net on a five-meter attempt and followed it up with a natural marker. Giannis Skliras converted a feed from Radosavljevic and Tarr pumped in his first goal of the day with an assist credited to Skliras as the Mount held their own in a back-and-forth first quarter. Tarr scored the final goal of the quarter off a Nick Harper pass to knot the score at six-all following eight minutes of non-stop action.
Radosavljevic added two more tallies to commence the second quarter, Will Matthews found Tarr for another strike, Matias Miranda lined in a five-meter penalty shot and Robinson fired in his first collegiate goal with help from Radosavljevic to account for their team’s offense in trailing 12-11 entering halftime.
Both teams kept slugging in the third quarter as Darrion Phelps found the back of goal to start the half. The rest of the goals that came in the remainder of the third and all of the fourth were scored by Radosavljevic as La Verne outscored the Mountaineers 3-2 in the third quarter to open up a 15-13 lead going into the fourth quarter. The Leopards kept the Mount at bay the rest of the way as both teams notched trios of tallies over the final eight minutes of regulation in allowing La Verne to escape with a 18-16 win.
Radosavljevic (eight goals, two assists) Tarr (three goals, one assist), Graff (one goal), Skliras (one goal, one assist), Miranda (one goal), Robinson (one goal), Phelps (one goal), Matthews (one assist) and Harper (one assist) inflicted the offensive damage for Mount St. Mary’s to support an eight save effort by goalkeeper Matthew Royer.
Information courtesy Mount St. Mary’s University Athletics Communications
