Men's Water Polo Falls in MPSF East Semifinals

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The Penn State Behrend men's water polo team fell 25-8 to Johns Hopkins in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) East semifinals on Saturday at Stanford University.

Score: Johns Hopkins 25, Penn State Behrend 8
Records: Penn State Behrend (8-19), Johns Hopkins (21-6)

Noteworthy:

* The Lions will face No. 7 Austin in the third/fourth place game
* The Blue Jays and Lions split the first four goals in the first two minutes of the game
* From there, Johns Hopkins used an 11-goal run to close the first half and grab a 13-2 halftime lead
* Behrend tallied three goals in the third and three more in the fourth, but could not overcome the first-half deficit
* Owen Kroh, Nick Thompson and Atticus Bowman each score
* Thompson also added three assists
* The Lions converted 2-of-9 power plays and posted eight saves and two steals

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action tomorrow at 1 p.m. against Austin in their final game of the season