SALEM, W.Va./WASHINGTON, Pa. — Washington & Jefferson College suffered Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC)-West Region defeats at the hands of Salem International University (19-2 L), Monmouth College (14-12 L) and McKendree University (18-15 L).
On Friday, September 22, the Presidents took a 19-2 loss at Salem International with Nick Spehar (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) and Troy Smith (San Marcos, Calif./San Marcos) accounting for W&J’s scores in the second and third quarters, respectively.
Returning home to host the remainder of a MAWPC-West Region weekend at home in the Henry Memorial Natatorium, Washington & Jefferson could not solve fellow Division III program Monmouth which captured a 14-12 victory on Saturday, September 23.
Smith scored six goals to lead the W&J attack, scoring once in the first period, twice in the third and three times in the fourth.
Ian Geister (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) recorded a hat trick as he scored one goal in the first quarter and two in the second. Tyler Francis (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley), Spehar and Dylan Gwinn (Baltimore, Md./Mount St. Joseph) each notched single tallies to round out W&J’s scorers against the Fighting Scots.
Squaring off with first-year varsity program McKendree, W&J was unable to keep pace with the Bearcats to take an 18-15 setback.
Smith scored five goals in the game, including at least one in each quarter, highlighted by two in the third. Chonghwi Yoon (Seoul, South Korea/Pennington School (N.J.)) also had a strong game, scoring once in the second and fourth quarters and twice in the third to total four goals.
Spehar recorded a hat trick in the game, scoring once in the first, second and fourth quarters, while Francis and Gwinn both racked up single goals.
Release courtesy Washington & Jefferson College Athletics Communications
