Pictured Above: Senior Ciaran Wolohan (Photo Credit: Stew Milne)
Boston, MA – The Wagner men's water polo team dropped a pair of contests on the first day of the Harvard Invite. In a low-scoring, hard-fought contest, the Seahawks were edged by No. 18 Bucknell, 6-5, before falling to No. 11 ranked Princeton, 14-11.
Bucknell 6, Wagner 5
In the opening match for the Green & White, the deciding goal came with just four seconds remaining in the final period as the Seahawks fell to Bucknell, 6-5.
Wagner trailed 5-3 at the end of the first half after getting two goals from freshman driver
Jasmin Kolasinac (Belgrade, Serbia / King's College) and one goal from senior utility
Ciaran Wolohan (Manly, Australia / St. Aloysius College [Golden West College]).
The Seahawks faced a two-goal deficit after both teams were held off the board in the third quarter.
Entering the fourth and final period, junior utility
Devin O'Donnell (Pointe-Claire, Quebec / Selwyn [San Diego Mesa College]) netted a pair of goals that knotted the game at 5-5 as his tying-marker came with just nine seconds showing on the clock.
The Bison found the back of the net for the go-ahead score with four seconds left.
Junior goalkeeper
Cameron Woldt (San Diego, CA / Serra High School [San Diego Mesa College]) was credited with 10 saves in the contest.
Princeton 14, Wagner 11
In the second match of the day, Wagner fell to No. 11-ranked Princeton, 14-11, despite having six Seahawks finding the back of the cage.
Nomura led the way for the Seahawk offense with four goals, while Wolohan and freshman
Jack Leighton (Lake Forest, CA/El Toro) each scored twice in the setback.
Kolasinac, junior
James Grady (Boca Raton, FL / Boca Raton [San Jose State University]), and junior
Teo Dadic (Dubrovnik, Croatia / Gimnazija Dubrovnik [Long Beach City College]) each had a goal in the contest.
Wolohan added three assists, three steals, and four drawn exclusions, while Woldt stopped seven shots on goal.
The Green & White will conclude the two-day Harvard Invitational as they square off against the No. 12 St. Francis Brooklyn on Sunday, October 15 at 3:30 PM.
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