LEWISBURG, Pa. — The No. 5-ranked Fordham University water polo team defeated Bucknell University, 24-13, and Mount St. Mary’s University, 19-5, in Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) action as part of the Bucknell Invitational.
Fordham is now 8-1 on the season, 3-0 in the MAWPC.
Taking on the host Bison, Fordham claimed an 8-5 lead in the first quarer led by a pair of goals from Luca Silvestri.
The Rams extended the lead in the second quarter to push ahead 13-7 as Andras Toth netted his first two goals of the game.
The Rams put the hammer down in the third quarter with another eight-goal frame to push the lead to 11 at 21-10.
Fordham’s sophomore tandem of Toth and Luca Provenziani once again led the offense. Provenziani netted four goals, eight assists and four steals, while Toth had three goals, seven assists, five steals and two blocks.
Silvestri, Barnabas Eppel, Soren Jessen and Diego Tresa also had hat tricks in the match.
Matthew Bonello DuPuis notched seven saves and two steals in goal.
Facing Mount St. Mary’s, the match was all Rams from the get-go, as Fordham scored the first nine goals of the game before the Mountaineers responded with 5:29 left in the second quarter.
Fordham led 12-2 at the half and scored three times in the third quarter and four times in the fourth quarter for the 19-5 final.
Toth notched a game-high seven goals to go with two steals, while Tresa had three goals and two steals.
Reid Thorson, Silvestri and Provenziani also had two goals apiece.
Kristof Magony had seven saves in net over three and a half quarters, while Panayiotis Giannas reeled in three saves over the final four minutes.
Fordham has now won 47 consecutive regular season MAWPC matches. Including the MAWPC Championship, the Rams have 58 straight wins over teams from the MAWPC.
In the all-time series, Fordham has now defeated Bucknell 10 consecutive times and improved to 11-0 all-time against Mount St. Mary’s.
Release courtesy Fordham University Athletics Communications
