Mountie Men’s Water Polo falls to Oxy, 16-12, in non-conference action

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(Pasadena, CA) The Mt. SAC Men's Water Polo team continued its non-conference action of upper-division college programs on Wednesday (September 21) at Occidental College.

Oxy, which competes in NCAA DIII, held off the Mounties with a strong second half, scoring nine goals and came out a 16-12 winner.

The Mounties (6-8) were led by freshman Brandon Fabrega with five goals on 10 shots, which both remain tops in the state.

Aidan Murphy (3), Jasper Wang (2), EJ Lynch and Zack Ewing also scored for the Mounties.

Trailing, 7-4, after the first half, the Mounties were outscored 9-8 to fall to the Tigers by four.

The Mounties hit the road again with four games this weekend at the Cuesta College tournament.

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