CAMBRIDGE, MA - The Iona College men's water polo team dropped its third contest of the year to Fordham by a score of 12-9 at the 2009 Men's Eastern Championship hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Rams never trailed in the game opening up a 2-0 lead by the end of the first period and carried a 5-1 advantage into halftime.
Iona was never able to overcome the deficit as the Gaels closed to within 5-3 and 6-4, but a late run by the Rams in which Fordham outscored Iona 4-1 during the final 4:42 of the third period gave the Rams a 10-5 lead through 24 minutes of play.
The Rams put the game away in the first four minutes of the fourth period as Tim Simo netted a tally at 6:41. Matt Joslyn countered with a man-up score at 6:18 and Seth Tasman chipped in an advantage score of his own at 5:16 to move the Gaels to within 11-7.
Iona attempted to rally back into the contest with a man-up score at the 1:01 mark as Joslyn flipped in his game-high fifth marker of the day, but the Fordham defense would yield only one more score when Cody Siemeck uncorked a blast from the wing for the 12-9 final.
The Gaels next take on MIT at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday in the seventh place game.
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Final |
Iona College
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9 |
| Fordham University |
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12 |
Fordham Goals: Mikey Edwards (4); Tim Simo (2); Martin de Jong (2); Andrew McKernin; Jakob Muller; Daniel Munoz; Victor Bautista Medina
Iona Goals: Matt Joslyn (5); Seth Tasman (2); Cody Siemeck; Joe Przekota;
Saves: Fordham - Christian Flessner (6) ; Iona - Eric Konzem (1), Erik Lilly (1)
Exclusions: Fordham - 9 ; Iona - 4
Advantage Opportunities: Fordham - 3-for-4 ; Iona - 6-for-9
Sprints: Fordham - 3-for-4 ; Iona- 1-for-4
Referees: Val Vasilchikov, Humberto Navarro
