FULLERTON, Calif. — Fresno Pacific closed out the Fullerton Mini with a final match against Cal Lutheran on Saturday morning. The Sunbirds finished with 26 shots, three power-play goals and one penalty-shot goal. Despite scoring three goals in both the second and fourth periods, the Kingsmen pulled ahead of the 'Birds 8-14.
Cal Lutheran scored first at 4:43 of the first quarter before the Sunbirds answered on
Jordan Lambert's power-play goal at 4:16, but Cal Lutheran followed with two more goals later in the quarter. The Sunbirds added second-quarter goals from
Ryder Stermer on a penalty shot at 5:51,
Giacomo Hernandez at 3:13 and
Ryan Scott at 0:01, while Cal Lutheran scored three times in the quarter to keep the offense moving. In the third, Stermer scored again at 6:03 after an early Cal Lutheran goal, but the Kingsmen then put together four consecutive scores to widen the gap. Cal Lutheran opened the fourth with three more goals before the 'Birds closed the game with consecutive goals from Lambert,
Tristin Fox, and
Mason Curry.
Stermer scored two goals on six shots, drew two exclusions and won a sprint. Lambert added two goals on three shots and recorded a field block.
Chase Hammes posted 10 saves and collected two steals.
Jesse Bryan finished with two assists and drew an exclusion.
Fresno Pacific men's water polo is 2-10 overall.
NEXT UP: The Blue and Orange travel to the Lancer Invite in Riverside, Calif. The Sunbirds will open the tournament against University of Toronto on Friday, September 25 at 4pm.
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