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Men's Water Polo Falls at Stanford 15-4
October 01, 2004 | Men's Water Polo
Oct. 1, 2004
Palo Alto, Calif. - The Princeton men's water polo team fell to the nation's top-ranked team, Stanford, 15-4 Friday afternoon at Stanford's Avery Aquatic Center. Sophomore Chris Kelsh led the Tigers with a pair of goals.
Stanford's Tony Azevedo scored three of his five goals in the first period as the Cardinal jumped to an 8-2 first period lead. Greg Crum added three goals including Stanford's first goal of the game at 6:10 of the first period.
Peter Varellas added a pair of goals for Stanford which upped its season record to 8-1. Kelsch scored two goals for Princeton which fell to 10-2. Sophomores Nicholas Seaver and Ben Reitz also scored for Princeton.
Princeton opens play on Saturday at the NorCal Tournament at Pacific with a 9:20 a.m. game against UC Santa Barbara. The Tigers will also play later in the day against either USC, Redlands or Air Force, depending on how the tournament unfolds.
Princeton (10-2) 3 0 0 1 = 4 Stanford (8-1) 8 3 2 2 = 15Stanford Scorers: Azevedo 5, Crum 3, Varellas 2, Wiesen 1, Hopkins 1, Tyre 1, Bury 1, Garton 1 Princeton Scorers: Kelsch 2, Seaver 1, Reitz 1 Goalie Saves: Taylor (S) 4, Stockstill (S) 1, Hohener (S) 1, Carlson (S) 4; Sabatini (P) 5; Syverson (P) 2