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November 19,
2006
Water Polo Loses First Two in WWPA
Tourney
Poets Enter Tournament #9 Seed
Chris Villanueva '09 scored six goals in the tournament, but
no. 9 seed Whittier College lost their first two games and won the third
in the Western Water Polo Association Tournament on November
17-19. The Poets lost 12-7 to no. 8 UC-Santa Cruz in game one and
10-5 to the no. 5 University of Redlands before bouncing back to beat
the no. 10 University of La Verne 12-10 in the final game of the
tournament. |
Chris Villanueva '09 |
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Villanueva scored one goal
against Santa Cruz, two versus Redlands and had a hat trick and two
assists in the win over La Verne. Cody Platcher '07 scored
five times in the tournament. He tallied three goals in the loss
to Santa Cruz and scored twice and added two assists against La Verne.
All-SCIAC performer, Jake Zerbe '07 scored four times in the
three games. He scored two goals against Redlands and La Verne.
he led the team with 49 goals this season. He also drew four
penalties in each of those games. Zerbe is now the Whittier
College all-time leader in drawn penalties. Matt Brammer '09
made 38 saves in the tournament. |
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