Hammonds and Presley score five points each as the Tritons top Biola, 15-7
The 10th ranked UC San Diego men's water polo team scored the first three goals on Thursday night at Canyonview Aquatic Center, reeled off six straight in the second quarter and beat Biola 15-7 in its next to last game of the regular season.
LA JOLLA: UC San Diego started fast and finished its argument in the second quarter. The 10th ranked Tritons beat Biola 15-7 on Thursday night at Canyonview Aquatic Center, improving to 17-9 with one regular season game left to play. The Eagles, playing their final regular season game, dropped to 14-16.
The Tritons scored the first three goals inside the opening four minutes, on a power play strike by Liam Amburgey followed by Lucas Pearce and Davidka Skov. Micah Hernandez scored first for Biola, converting a man up chance with 3:03 left in the quarter. Amburgey then added his second goal at 2:11 to make it 4-1, and Noah Ryznar answered for the Eagles with just over a minute left in the first quarter.
Six straight goals in the second quarter
Hernandez scored again very early in the second quarter to bring Biola within a single goal at 4-3. UC San Diego answered with six goals in a row to move ahead 10-3. Presley scored three times in that stretch, and the burst began with his two goals in succession. The Tritons outscored Biola 8-3 in the quarter, the Eagles' fourth goal arriving with 1:55 left before halftime and the score at the break 12-5.
The scoring settled after halftime, UC San Diego scoring twice in the third quarter and once in the fourth against one Biola goal in each. Halfway through the fourth quarter, Lachlan Rossi scored on the power play to make it 15-6. That nine goal margin was the widest of the night, before Biola closed the scoring with the final goal.
Christian Hammonds and Presley contributed five points apiece, Hammonds on two goals and three assists and Presley on his hat trick and two assists. Nine Tritons scored at least once, UC San Diego held a 31-20 advantage in shots, and Hammonds has now scored in all 26 games he has played. Hernandez and Jayden Rose each scored two goals for Biola. The Tritons end their regular season on Saturday by hosting 20th ranked Saint Mary's at 1 p.m., with six Tritons celebrated on Senior Day starting at 11:40 a.m., and the Big West Championship follows at Long Beach State on November 20-22.
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