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No. 7 Men's Water Polo Rolls Over Navy, 16-6

Davis, Calif. - The No. 7 Pacific men's water polo team moved to 2-0 at the Aggie Shootout with a 16-6 win over No. 18 Navy.

Pacific received hat-tricks from Krisztian Laczkovics, Tim Reeves and J.T. Sarmento. Reeves set a career-high with his three goals, while Sarmento tied his career-best, equalling the three he tallied against MIT last year.

Sean Grady added two goals while Casey Fleming, Matt McKaig, Ikko Saito, Ben Stevenson and Simon Vogel also tallied.

After Sean Grady opened the scoring, Air Force's Will Weggeland tied the game, Ben Stevenson put Pacific in front, and Tim Reeves finished inside to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead.

Thomas Patterson converted a penalty shot to narrow the gap to 3-2 before Pacific added a goal to take a 4-2 lead at the end of the quarter.

Grady converted a 6-on-5 for Pacific on the first possession of the second quarter. Simon Vogel added a market as the Tigers stretched the lead to 6-2. On the counter-attack, Ikko Saito pushed the lead to five and Casey Fleming added a counter-attack goal of his own for an 8-2 advantage.

Laczkovics tallied three-straight goals and J.T. Sarmento finished a 6-on-5 opportunity as the Tigers led 12-2 at halftime as Pacific outscored the Midshipmen 8-0 in the second quarter.

In the second half, Matt McKaig opened the scoring for Pacific, before Robert Sutherland finished for Navy. Sarmento converted for his second goal of the game, but the Tigers allowed a 6-on-5 and Jack Finch finished for the Midshipmen.

Reeves answered a David Huber goal as Pacific maintained a 10-goal lead. After a Navy goal by Patrick Geer, Sarmento completed the hat-trick in the waning seconds for the Tigers.

Brady Moore played the first half in goal, making eight saves, while Chris Hughes entered at halftime and posted three saves, including a 6-on-5 stop.

Caleb Lintz started in goal for Navy and posted three saves, while Tyler Barker added three in the second half.

The Tigers improve to 8-3 on the season, while Navy falls to 9-5. Pacific will wrap their Aggie Shootout appearance against Cal Lutheran at 4:30 p.m. 

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Players Mentioned

Casey Fleming

#7 Casey Fleming

Defender
6' 7"
Redshirt
Sean Grady

#5 Sean Grady

Attacker
5' 10"
Senior
Chris Hughes

#1 Chris Hughes

Goalkeeper
6' 1"
Redshirt
Krisztian Laczkovics

#3 Krisztian Laczkovics

Attacker
6' 0"
Junior
Matt McKaig

#8 Matt McKaig

Utility
6' 2"
Redshirt
Brady Moore

#1 Brady Moore

Goalkeeper
6' 4"
Junior
Tim Reeves

#2 Tim Reeves

Two-Meter Offense
6' 0"
Freshman
Ikko Saito

#13 Ikko Saito

Attacker
5' 10"
Junior
J.T. Sarmento

#4 J.T. Sarmento

Two-Meter Defense
6' 5"
Junior
Ben Stevenson

#9 Ben Stevenson

Attacker/Defender
6' 4"
Sophomore
Simon Vogel

#10 Simon Vogel

Two-Meter Offense
6' 3"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Casey Fleming

#7 Casey Fleming

6' 7"
Redshirt
Defender
Sean Grady

#5 Sean Grady

5' 10"
Senior
Attacker
Chris Hughes

#1 Chris Hughes

6' 1"
Redshirt
Goalkeeper
Krisztian Laczkovics

#3 Krisztian Laczkovics

6' 0"
Junior
Attacker
Matt McKaig

#8 Matt McKaig

6' 2"
Redshirt
Utility
Brady Moore

#1 Brady Moore

6' 4"
Junior
Goalkeeper
Tim Reeves

#2 Tim Reeves

6' 0"
Freshman
Two-Meter Offense
Ikko Saito

#13 Ikko Saito

5' 10"
Junior
Attacker
J.T. Sarmento

#4 J.T. Sarmento

6' 5"
Junior
Two-Meter Defense
Ben Stevenson

#9 Ben Stevenson

6' 4"
Sophomore
Attacker/Defender
Simon Vogel

#10 Simon Vogel

6' 3"
Freshman
Two-Meter Offense