Pictured Above: Junior András Bimbó-Szuhai
 
New Rochelle, NY – After only posting four first half goals, the Wagner men's water polo fell to the Iona Gaels by the score of 16-12.

Iona 16, Wagner 12
The Gaels stormed out of the gates to begin the match and found the back of the net only 22 seconds into the game, before taking an eventual 3-0 lead. Wagner would answer with two goals in the period, from Matthew Miller and Olivér Fodor, but Iona would notch two more scores, ending the period leading 5-2. 
 
The second stanza was more tightly contested, but Wagner still only managed to find the back of the net twice in the period, compliments of Miller's second of the day and freshman Nicolas Butelet. The Gaels would add three more goals in the period to enter the halftime break up 8-4. 
 
In the second half, both teams played at an even pace, scoring eight goals each in the 30 minutes. Wagner would cut the lead to as little as one at 12-11, but eventually fell 16-12. András Bimbó-Szuhai scored his only goal of the day in the second half, while the rest of the Seahawks goals were scored by Miller and Fodor, they would finish the game with six and four goals, respectively.
 
The Gaels were led by junior Andrew Brozovic's five goals, along with Patrick Hudak and German Rodriguez's pair of hat-tricks. Brett Hofer would add two goals of his own, while Quinn Lloyd, Phil Wachowski, and Mohamed Refaat each added one apiece.

WHAT'S NEXT FOR WAGNER
The Green & White will travel to Boston, MA to compete in the Harvard Invitational over the weekend. Wagner will begin play on Friday as they square off against Brown for the third time this season at 8:00 p.m. 

On Saturday, the Seahawks will play a pair of matches, going up against Bucknell at 10:15 a.m. and MIT to conclude the day at 3:15 p.m. The three-day tournament concludes on Sunday as Wagner takes on St. Francis Brooklyn at 1:00 p.m.
 
All Harvard Invitational games will be streamed on ESPN+.

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