Pictured Above: Senior Second-Team All-MAWPC Seletion Ciaran Wolohan

Kolasinac, Wolohan Earn MAWPC All-Conference Honors

Annapolis, MD – The Wagner men's water polo team (13-16) edged Navy (8-16) in the first round of the Mid-Atlantic Water Polo Conference (MAWPC) Tournament on Friday at Lejeune Hall and will now face top-seeded Bucknell on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

The Green & White, who have now reached the semis for the first time in the two-year history of the program, opened up a 3-1 lead in the first period with back to-back-goals by freshman Jasmin Kolasinac (Belgrade, Serbia / King's College).  The Seahawks rallied off two more to advance the lead to 5-1 on goals from junior Teo Dadic (Dubrovnik, Croatia / Gimnazija Dubrovnik / Long Beach City College) and freshman Jack Leighton (Lake Forest, CA / El Toro).  Just before the conclusion of the second quarter, the Midshipmen were able to cut the Seahawk lead to one, 5-4, after scoring a pair of unanswered goals. 

Leighton added his second goal of the game in the third quarter to put Wagner back on top by two at 6-4  A penalty shot goal from Navy would put the Midshipmen back within one, before Leighton would answer with his third goal, extending the Green & White lead to 8-6 entering the final period of play.
 
The fourth and final stanza was a back-and-forth affair. Navy was the first to net, making it an 8-7 game, before Dadic would find the back of the net for the ninth and final Wagner goal with 4:27 left to play. Navy answered, cutting the Wagner lead to one with 2:51 remaing and the Seahawks' defense took over from there in preserving the 9-8 win.

Junior Cameron Woldt (San Diego, CA / Sierra / San Diego Mesa College was stout in goal all game long, coming up with 14 saves in the win. 

The victory improves the Seahawk record to 3-0 vs. the Midshipment this season. On September 9, Wagner earned an 11-10 win in a neutral site game played at at the Princeton Invite. On October 1, the Green & White knocked off the Middies by a count of 15-6. 

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