POUGHKEEPSIE, New York – Marist Water Polo comes up short in the MAAC Championship match, losing to Wagner, 14-13, in an overtime thriller. The Red Foxes season comes to an end as they finished the regular season 24-5.
Kednell De Beer led the charge with six goals in the match, while four other Red Foxes also found the back of the net with at least one goal apiece.
- Marist took an early lead, scoring three goals in the first quarter while only allowing one goal to Wagner.
- In the second quarter the Seahawks fought right back to bring it within one to trail 5-4 going into halftime.
- After the half the Red Foxes regained control and scored another four goals to make it 9-7 going into the fourth quarter.
- It was a back and forth battle in the fourth and Wagner managed to tie things up and send the game into overtime.
- In the first overtime half both teams would fight hard to score one goal and leave it tied.
- Once again both teams found the back of the net once to keep the game tied at 13 headed into second overtime.
- The Wager Seahawks would capitalize and score the winning goal in the second overtime to win the match by a final score of 14-13.
The Red Foxes finish the season falling short in the MAAC Championship. In the regular season they went 24-5 overall and had an outstanding 8-0 conference record. In the MAAC Tournament they beat La Salle in round one before losing to Wagner in the title match.
