EMMITSBURG, MD (November 8, 2026) – Mount men's water polo rally fell short in the final seconds against Wagner, falling 17-16. This moves their record to 11-16 overall and 5-7 in the MAWPC.
 
Freshman Luka Urosevic led the team in goals, scoring four, followed by senior Aaron Tarr who scored three. Urosevic scored two impressive behind the back shots to get around his defender and the goalie, while Tarr helped lead the team to a tie of 16-16 shortly before penalty shots were awarded to both sides that determined the result of the game with only eight seconds left.

In the first quarter of the game against Wagner, the Mount scored three goals. First, senior Jack Fox dented the twine. Then after a short run by Wagner, Urosevic scored twice in a row with one of the shots being a behind the back shot into the cage. Heading into the second, the Mount was down 7-3. After the first goal of the second was scored by Wagner, the Mount went on a 5-0 run. Danko Kesic would be the Mountaineer who started the scoring run, followed by a goal from Tarr. Then Kesic sent another ball into the cage, followed by Will Matthews grabbing the ball off a rebounded shot to beat the goalie with a quick shot in. After this, Giannis Skliras found the back of cage. The final goal of the second from the Mountaineers came from Neven Cerkez, adding a tally by his name on the scoresheet. At half, the Mount was down 11-9 to the Seahawks.
 
In the third, Urosevic scored his second behind the back shot of the game to start the quarter. Then Skliras found the back of the cage again, shortly followed by Aleksandar Radosavljevic scoring his first goal of the game. Urosevic then scored one more goal after receiving a pass from Radosavljevic. Going into the final quarter, the Mount was down 15-13. In the final quarter, Tarr dented the twine after a minute of play. Then in response to a Wagner goal, Cerkez beat the goalie and shortly after, Tarr scored on a penalty to tie the game. A minute later two penalty shots were awarded, one to each team, with Wagner scoring their penalty. In the end, the Mount fell to Wagner 17-16.
 
Wagner 17, Mount St. Mary's 16

Team                          1    2    3    4     F 
Wagner                      7    4    4    2    17
Mount St. Mary's   3    6    4    3    16
 
Goals: Urosevic 4, Tarr 3, Kesic 2, Skliras 2, Cerkez 2, Fox 1, Matthews 1, Radosavljevic 1
 
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The Mountaineers will return to action in two weeks, where they head to the MAWPC Championships as either the fourth or fifth seed on starting on Friday November 20^th.