CLAREMONT, CA. — Pomona-Pitzer men's water polo fell 22-14 to No. 4 UC Irvine before taking down Mount St. Mary's 18-13 Saturday at home on the final day of the Gary Troyer Tournament. 
 
Season Impact: The results move the Sagehens to 7-7 on the season, including 4-0 in SCIAC play.
 
Sagehens 14, UC Irvine 22
 
The Anteaters defeated Pomona-Pitzer in the Sagehens' first game of the day despite a team-high four goals from Logan Colman and a pair each from Zach Whitfield and Connor Sullivan. Liam Byrne added nine saves and a steal in goal. 
 
Whitfield put the Sagehens on the board in the first period off an assist from Sullivan. Sullivan added a score of his own but the Anteaters held an 8-3 lead after the opening period. Sullivan, Colman and Chase Barman added goals to the scoresheet, as the Sagehens trailed 12-6 at the break. 
 
A Conrad Hugar score made it 13-8 for UCI in the third. Max Distaso and Andrew Plaschke found the back of the net for back-to-back scores, making it 15-10 for the Anteaters. Colman, Whitfield, Hughes and Indigo Lee added goals but UCI came away with the 22-14 win. 
 
Sagehens 18, Mount St. Mary's 13
 
Pomona-Pitzer came out of the gate hot, with Whitfield putting the Sagehens up 4-1 in the first. A score from Colman made it 7-3 Sagehens at the end of the first. Mount St. Mary's mounted a comeback in the second period, opening with a 4-0 run. But Barman, Perna and Whitfield scored to give the Sagehens a four-goal lead, 12-8. 
 
Colman scored back-to-back goals before Plaschke added two of his own to extend Pomona-Pitzer's lead, 18-11. Mount St. Mary's added two more but it was the Sagehens that secured the 18-13 win. 
 
Up next, the Sagehens take on SCIAC foe Occidental at home on Wednesday, Oct. 9, at 7:00 p.m. PT.