Claremont, CA - The Iona College men's water polo team completed a successful weekend winning three straight and going 3-1 at the Claremont Convergence. The Gaels (9-10) came into the weekend 0-2 after falling to Concordia (CA) and #19 Cal Baptist on Thursday. The Gaels just fell short against Occidental 7-6 in their opening game before ripping off three straight wins over La Verne, California Lutheran and Cal Maritime.

In their first game of the Claremont Convergence, the Gaels faced off against Occidental. The Gaels got a great performance from sophomore Joe Przekota, who netted a pair of goals and drew two kickouts. Juniors Patrick St. Cin, Nick Velasquez and John Krzyminski each added a goal with sophomore Emre Erdogan picking up his fifth goal of the season. The Gaels, though, battled foul trouble all game as Przekota, Velasquez, and Erdogan each had multiple kickouts with Velasquez accounting for 3 of Iona's 12 kickouts. Freshman goalie Grant Keissling faced 21 shots and made 10 saves, but allowed 7 goals as the Gaels fell to Tigers 7-6.

The Maroon and Gold bounced back quickly in their second game of the day against La Verne. The Gaels got multiple goal games from three players and four players drew multiple kickouts. Przekota picked where he left off in the first game as he added 4 goals on 6 shots and drew a pair of kickouts. St. Cin notched 3 goals on 8 shots and classmate Ed Gronkowski had a pair of goals on four shots, drew 2 kickouts and added 2 steals. Nick and Andrew Velasquez each added a goal while Erdogan drew 2 kickouts and senior Brendan Barrow had an assist and three steals to go along with his 2 kickouts. Keissling had another double-digit save performance as he helped the Gaels pick up their first win of the tournament with an 11-9 victory.

Przekota and St. Cin again led the Gaels as they combined for 4 of the team's 5 goals in a 5-4 victory over California Lutheran. Nick Velasquez added another goal, his fourth of the trip to that point, and drew three kickouts to lead the Maroon and Gold. Freshman Eric Konzem got the start in goal and faced 23 shots and made 12 saves. He also added 5 steals and an assist as he picked up the victory.

Looking to finish the weekend at 3-3, the Gaels put up 16 goals and drew 10 kickouts as they downed Cal Maritime 16-11. Przekota finished his weekend with 5 more goals, 2 kickouts, a steal and an assist. St. Cin had his third multiple goal game of the tournament with a hat trick on four shots. Gronkowski, Velasquez, Krzyminski, and Erdogan each picked up a goal while seniors Brendan Barrow and Mark Rich notched their first goals of the weekend in the victory.