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Whittier College

Men's Water Polo

Poets open with a pair of wins at Chapman

ORANGE, Calif. - The No. 4 Whittier College men's water polo team opened its season with a pair of wins on Saturday afternoon at Chapman University. In the first game the Poets defeated Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference foe La Verne, 14-11, in a non-conference match-up and turned around to beat Chapman University, 11-9, in the night cap.

Senior transfer Alex Perry led the purple and gold in the first game with six goals. He added two more in the second contest.

Another transfer, Uriel Villa, put together a solid debut for Whittier has he tallied four goals on the afternoon; three of which came against Chapman in the third quarter. Villa also led the Poets with a hat tricks worth of assists against La Verne.

Whittier (2-0) got at least one goal from seven different players against La Verne as both Jordan Van Norman and Cameron Lew found the back of the net twice.

Rilesh Desai finished the double-header with a total of six assists.

Other goal scorers on the afternoon include Chet Schuster, Brandon Babot, Damon Chandler and Will Jackson.

The Poets return to action next weekend as they travel to face Loyola Marymount at 10:30 a.m. They also have an exhibition game against Pepperdine.

 

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Players Mentioned

Alex Perry

#9 Alex Perry

Utility
6' 1"
Senior
Brandon  Babot

#11 Brandon Babot

Center
6' 4"
Junior
Cameron Lew

#4 Cameron Lew

Attacker
6' 0"
Sophomore
Jordan Van Norman

#6 Jordan Van Norman

Center
6' 3"
Junior
Rilesh Desai

#3 Rilesh Desai

Attacker
5' 11"
Junior
Uriel Villa

#2 Uriel Villa

Utility
5' 9"
Sophomore
Will Jackson

#13 Will Jackson

Attacker
6' 4"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Alex Perry

#9 Alex Perry

6' 1"
Senior
Utility
Brandon  Babot

#11 Brandon Babot

6' 4"
Junior
Center
Cameron Lew

#4 Cameron Lew

6' 0"
Sophomore
Attacker
Jordan Van Norman

#6 Jordan Van Norman

6' 3"
Junior
Center
Rilesh Desai

#3 Rilesh Desai

5' 11"
Junior
Attacker
Uriel Villa

#2 Uriel Villa

5' 9"
Sophomore
Utility
Will Jackson

#13 Will Jackson

6' 4"
Junior
Attacker