Behrend Lions Water Polo Beats Connecticut and Places Third at Division III Eastern Championships
The
Behrend Lions men's water polo squad defeated Connecticut College
8-6 to earn a third place finish at the Division III Eastern
Championships on Sunday in the Junker Center Pool. This marks
Behrend's highest finish in program history.
With the match locked up at five, Behrend (2-15) worked for three goals in the fourth period to pick up the win as Derek Sieber (Erie/McDowell), Mitchell Dwelley (Carlsbad, CA/Palomar Junior College) and Jacob Bernstein (Sierra Madre, CA/Pasadena) stepped up with clutch goals. Leading the offense with a pair of goals apiece was Leandro Azevedo (Miami, FL/Miami Beach) and Andre Pranckevicius (Miami, FL/Miami Beach).
Behrend's first-year goalie Jacob Hayden (Greensburg/Hempfield) made seven key saves in goal. Connecticut College was led again by By A.J. Breccetti's three goals.
Sunday's Eastern Championships title game features the top two seeds in Johns Hopkins and MIT. That game is schedule for 11:30 a.m. Sunday. The game determining the fourth and fifth place finish at the tournament has Connecticut playing Washington and Jefferson at 1:00 p.m.