ANNAPOLIS, Md. (November 19, 2021) – Mount St. Mary's men's water polo had to face the top seeded Fordham Rams head on to open the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference East Championships. It was a rude welcome on their first trip, as the Rams defeated the Mountaineers, 20-6.
 
After a quiet first half, Jason O'Donnell emerged as the scoring leader with the lone multi-goal game. Marko Kruska was busy all day battling the high powered Fordham offense, but managed 10 saves along the way.
 
Fordham jumped out to a 5-0 run to open the game. Michael Lemishko broke the ice with a goal from the top position. The Mount made a run in the second quarter, cutting the deficit to two. But the Rams countered with a 3-0 run to lead 9-4 at half.
 
The third quarter erased any doubts that the top seed would prevail. Fordham extended their run, scoring four consecutive goals until O'Donnell fired home a shot in a 6-on-5. The eighth-seeded Mountaineers mustered one more goal to round out the contest, but the Rams tacked on six for good measure.
 
Mount St. Mary's still aspires for a fifth place finish at the MAWPC Championships, facing the loser of Bucknell and Wagner at 1:30 p.m. Saturday (Nov. 20).
 
Fordham 20, Mount St. Mary's 6
 
Team                 1    2    3    4
Mount St. Mary's      1    3    1    1
Fordham              5    4    5    6   
 
Mount St. Mary's Goals: O'Donnell 2, Wallace-Whitfield 1, Lemishko 1, Horan 1, Cieplik 1