VWPL Night #9: Game Recap

As the final week of the regular season finished off last night, the underdog teams proved that they wanted to come out strong. With the Seahawks beating the Tritons 11-10, it made for a very entertaining start to the night. The Ducks went full force in the 4th quarter to be secure the win against the Vikings with a final score of 13-8. 

Final Rankings Prior to Championships

Rankings as of 4/3: 

1st Place: Ducks (24 points)

2nd Place: Seahawks (21 points)

3rd Place: Vikings (9 points)

4th Place: Tritons (0 points)

Leading Scorer of the Week: Dragan Bakic

With a total of 5 goals against the Vikings, the Duck's captain led the them to a 13-8 win. This is Bakic's 5th time as leading scorer of the week this season.

Leading Goalie Blocks of the Week: Matt Huiras

With 9 blocks on the night, Matt Huiras proved to be a defensive threat despite suffering a loss to the Seahawks by a single goal 11-10.

Seahawks Barely Hold On in Victory Over the Tritons

Tritons went out swinging for the fences in their last night of regular season play. Star of the scoreboard was Thomas Dietrich and the Patriot Joe Orr led the pack offensively with 3 goals each. In the Triton cage, Matt Huiras led the night with 9 blocks. It was an impressive night of team play for the Tritons, but the typical snipers on the Seahawks took care of business on their end.

The Seahawks showed everyone that they could distribute their force in the pool with 8 players scoring. The Austrian Manuel Zorn, the “Bio teacher” during the day Mike Heberle and the 5-timer Andrew Reego all contributed 2 goals on the night.

The competition increased until the very end of this match-up. For the Tritons, Joey Rossi, Andrew Silvas, Andy Brooks and Michael Kemether all added one goal. It was the last minute lob goal by Berkley Price that sealed the game for the Seahawks. Casey McMahon, Tim Urrea, Jake Hastie, and Kevin Schuh all contributed with one goal as well for the Seahawks.

It will be exciting to see how the Spring Season of Valley Water Polo League ends up, as the Semi Finals start next week Wednesday April 10th. The first place Ducks take on the fourth place Tritons @7pm. Following will be the second place Seahawks against the third place Vikings @8pm. The winners of these two matches will go on for the Championship trophy on Saturday April 13th @1:30pm!

Ducks Start Slow But Make a Splash in the 4^th Quarter

Even though the standings heading into the playoffs were solid for the Ducks, the Vikings held on strong for 3 quarters during Wednesday night's games at St. Mary’s High School.  Team Captain Shane Mahoney of the Vikings started off the night with a power play goal within the first minute of gameplay.  Jacob Castro quickly responded with a goal to put the Ducks and Vikings tied 1-1.  Andrew Vieira then finished off the first quarter with his first of 2 goals on the night, helping the Vikings with the lead 1-2.

The 2^nd quarter began with a slew of ejections by both teams.  Mike Haley scored his first of 2 goals in the game halfway through the 2^nd on a power play opportunity.  Captain Dragan Bakic kept the Duck’s momentum going with his first of 5 goals on the night. Nico Villegas made sure that the Vikings were still contenders with a quick goal to tie up the game 3-3. However, Todd Hosmer made sure the Ducks were on top by the end of the 2^nd quarter with a goal in the last 30 seconds to give them the lead at halftime with 4-3.

The score remained extremely close in the 3^rd quarter with Bakic scoring his 2^nd goal of the night.  Christian Foss shot from the outside to bring the Vikings within 1 goal once again.  Mike Haley scored his 2^nd goal of the night in response to the close score.  Andrew Vieira finished off the quarter with an outside shot bringing the Vikings only 1 goal short of a tie.

In the 4^th quarter, the Ducks decided they did not enjoy playing a close game.  Bakic scored 2 back to back goals within 1 minute with a quick power play response from Shane Mahoney.  With only 1 ejection during the 4^th quarter, the Ducks outscored the Vikings with multiple goals.  The remaining scorers in the 4^th quarter for the Vikings included Nate Varosh and Cole Mahoney.  The Ducks had a plethora of contributors in their 13-8 win with goals coming from Todd Hosmer, Dragan Bakic, Phil Berolzheimer, and David Brock. Goalie blocks for the night for Charlie Hamilton of the Ducks were 8 and Garrett Richey held his own with 5 blocks. Congratulations to both teams for a very competitive game!

4/3 Results

Tritons	Goal	Assist	Ejection	Steals	Goalie Blocks	Field Blocks
1. Matt Huiras	0	0	0	0	9	0
2. Michael Kemether	1	0	1	0	0	0
3. Jon Drake	0	0	1	0	0	0
4. Joe Orr	3	0	1	0	0	1
5. Derek Clappis	0	0	0	0	0	0
6. Chip Hanker	0	0	0	0	0	0
7. Glenn Hanker	0	0	0	0	0	0
8. Joey Rossi	1	2	0	1	0	0
9. Matt Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0
10. Andy Brooks	1	0	1	0	0	0
11. Michael Silvas	1	1	0	0	0	0
12. Joe Dietrich	0	0	0	0	0	0
14. Thomas Dietrich	3	0	0	0	0	0
Total	10	3	4	1	9	1
Seahawks	Goal	Assist	Ejection	Steals	Goalie Blocks	Field Blocks
1. Steve Barrington	0	0	1	1	7	0
2. Calvin Watt	0	0	0	1	0	0
3. Jake Hastie	1	0	0	0	0	2
4. Mike Heberle	2	0	0	0	0	0
5. Jason Wensley	0	1	1	0	0	0
6. Andrew Reego	2	0	0	1	0	1
7. Kevin Schuh	1	1	1	1	0	0
8. Tim Urrea	1	0	0	1	0	0
9. Nick Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0
10. Manuel Zorn	2	0	1	0	0	0
11. Berkley Price	1	0	0	0	0	0
12. Casey McMahon	1	0	0	0	0	0
13. Nick Burruel	0	0	0	0	0	0
14. Casey Thomas	0	0	1	0	0	0
Total	11	2	5	5	7	3
Vikings	Goal	Assist	Ejection	Steals	Goalie Blocks	Field Blocks
1. Garrett Richey	0	0	0	0	5	0
2. Sine Oung	0	0	0	0	0	0
3. Chris Maldonado	0	0	0	0	0	0
4. Cole Mahoney	1	0	0	1	0	0
5. Shane Mahoney	2	0	0	0	0	0
6. Frederick Ferrer	0	0	0	0	0	0
7. Andrew Vieira	2	0	2	1	0	0
8. Nate Varosh	1	0	0	1	0	1
9. Nicolas Villegas	1	0	0	0	0	0
10. Christian Foss	1	0	1	0	0	0
11. Jonathan Sotelo	0	0	0	1	0	0
12. David McKeever	0	0	0	0	0	0
13. Charlie Cariati	0	0	0	0	0	0
15. Jeff Hoornaert	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	8	0	3	4	5	1
Ducks	Goal	Assist	Ejection	Steals	Goalie Blocks	Field Blocks
1. Charlie Hamilton	0	0	0	0	8	0
2. Mike Maroney	0	0	1	0	0	0
3. Phil Berolzheimer	2	1	2	0	0	0
4. F.J. Dietrich	0	0	0	0	0	0
5. Todd Hosmer	2	0	0	0	0	0
6. Jeff Bergman	0	0	0	0	0	0
7. Mike Haley	2	0	2	0	0	0
8. Kurt Kautz	0	0	0	0	0	0
9. David Brock	1	0	0	0	0	0
10. Dragan Bakic	5	0	0	0	0	0
11. Jacob Castro	1	1	0	0	0	0
12. Ryan Dingler	0	0	0	0	0	0
14. Sam Drake	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	13	2	5	0	8	0