Box Score Score: No. 8 UC Davis 25, American River College 6
Location: Davis, Calif. (Schaal Aquatics Center)
Records: UC Davis 3-2, American River College 2-1
The Short Story: UC Davis men's water polo opened home with a 25-6 victory over American River College Beavers, with redshirt junior
Andrew Hitchcock and redshirt freshman Tommy Kiesling lighting up the cage, tallying four goals each.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- This win was a full team effort, with 13 different players adding to the scoreboard.
- Hitchcock and Kiesling led the Aggies in goals
- Reshirt seniors Will Nomura and Tyler Mrkaich, graduate student Aleix Aznar Beltran, redshirt junior Adam Ting, sophomore Timothy Kerr, junior Waylon Fox, all had a pair of goals in the game
- Kerr and Mrkaich totaled up three assists each to push the offense in a positive direction.
- The Aggies were also successful finding the net on all four of their powerplay opportunities.
- Hitchcock garnered two impressive field blocks in a row in the fourth period as the Beavers scrambled for points.
- Redshirt Freshmen Goalkeepers Baxter Chelsom and Brady Simon split minutes to defending the cage to a rate of allowing only three goals per half.
UP NEXT: UC Davis next gets the Aggie Roundup started with that tournament running over the weekend from Sept. 14-15. The Aggies host No. 5 California at 8 a.m. to get things going and they will face West Valley College at 11 a.m.
