LA VERNE, Calif. - The final quarter of Sunday's third place game proved the difference in a 9-7 loss to Redlands. Cal Lutheran men's water polo finished fourth in both the SCIAC Championship Tournament and the final conference standings.
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The Kingsmen and Bulldogs were tied 1-1, 4-4 and 6-6 at the end of the first three quarters respectively. Redlands outscored Cal Lutheran 3-1 in the fourth to provide the final margin.
Senior Brandon Gross led the CLU offense with three goals in the final contest of his collegiate career. He finishes with 199 career goals ranking second best in program history.
Carter Baldwin added two goals and drew three of the team's six earned exclusions. Max Zappas contributed a pair of drawn ejections and scored once against the Bulldogs.
CLU goalkeeper Danny Mock made 10 saves and finished the year with 189 stops. The mark ranks fourth in single-season program history.
Cal Lutheran finishes its season 15-11, 6-4 SCIAC and in fourth place for both the final conference standings and the SCIAC Championship Tournament. The team's 15 wins this season is a new program record improving upon the original mark of 14 victories back in 2008.
Pomona-Pitzer defeated Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in the SCIAC Championship title game 7-4 and also earned the overall conference crown.