LEWISBURG, Pa. — The beat goes on for the No. 10-ranked Fordham University water polo team as the Rams racked up 41 goals to take down Mount St. Mary’s University, 21-5, and host Bucknell University, 20-9, in Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) action during the Bucknell Invitational.
Clashing with the Mountaineers of Mount St. Mary’s, the Rams opened the match by scoring the first nine goals of the game, which came from seven different players. Tyler Fahey and James Oriskovich each posted pairs in that stretch with Andras Toth, Marco Napolitano, Lucas Nieto Jasny, Barnabas Eppel and Luca Provenziani having the others.
Fordham stayed ahead by a wide margin throughout the rest of the contest, as defensively they only gave up two goals in the second and third quarters and one in the fourth.
Eppel and Nieto Jasny both had hat-tricks with Oriskovich, Paul Armingol, Fahey, Provenziani and Csongor Bartuszek notching two goals apiece.
In net, Thomas Lercari played the first quarter and a half, making four saves, while Kristof Magony had three saves in just over quarter of action with Reggie Robles having two stops in the same amount of time.
In match two, Fordham posted its eighth straight win over Bucknell.
Similar to their earlier match, the Rams jetted out to a big lead at 7-1 after the first quarter and never looked back.
Nieto Jasny was the big scorer, netting five markers to go with two steals, while Toth posted four goals with pairs of assists and steals. George Papanikolaou added a hat-trick and two assists with Jacopo Parrella and Eppel each having two goals. Lecari got most of the work in goal, recording eight saves and three steals over three and a half quarters of play.
Information courtesy Fordham University Athletics Communications
