Early Begin Not Sufficient As Males’s Water Polo Falls To No. 3 USC

LOS ANGELES, Calif.- The Princeton males’s water polo crew resumed its fall break journey with a matchup with the USC Trojans.

#13 Princeton 13, #3 USC 15

Finn LeSieur began the sport with again to again objectives for the Tigers to get out to a fast 2-0 lead. Tigran Sennett scored the third tally for Princeton because the crew led the Trojans 3-2 after the primary eight minutes of play.

USC scored 4 within the second body to take a one aim lead heading into the halftime break.

Sennett discovered the again of the cage for the second time within the contest to assist Princeton work to chop into the USC lead. The two squads traded objectives earlier than LeSieur scored his third aim for the hat trick with only one second to play within the third, setting the rating at 12-9.

The Trojans took a 5 aim lead, however the Tigers labored their method again to inside two with 4:10 to play because of a aim from Ádám Peocz on the six on 5 alternative. 

Princeton outscored USC 4-3 within the closing quarter of play, with Taylor Bell and Peocz every scoring a pair. The two groups once more went forwards and backwards however the rating finally stood at 15-13 in favor of USC.

LeSieur and Peocz led the Princeton offense with three objectives a chunk. 

Goals: LeSieur (3), Peocz (3), Bell (2), Sennett (2), Luke Johnston, Enrique Nuño, Tas Palcza

Up Next 

Princeton will proceed the street stretch with its second assembly of the season with the UC Irvine Anteaters. The recreation is ready for Wednesday at 6:00 PM PT/9:00 PM ET.