THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. —The No. 11-ranked University of California San Diego men's water polo team won its fifth-consecutive game on Wednesday afternoon, defeating Cal Lutheran, 16-6, at Samuelson Aquatics Center.
Redshirt sophomore Calder Hilde-Jones led the way for UC San Diego (6-1), finishing with three goals and one assist. Sophomore Connor Turnbow-Lindenstadt, the reigning Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Player of the Week, added two goals, two assists and two steals, and redshirt junior goalkeeper Sam Thompson added seven saves, one assist and one steal.
In addition, junior Skyler Munatones, redshirt junior Kacper Langiewicz and junior Cooper Milton scored two goals apiece, while senior Alessandro Valania and junior Noah Carniglia each recorded two assists.
The Tritons scored five goals in both the first and second periods en route to a commanding 10-4 advantage at halftime. Leading 12-5 at the end of the third, UC San Diego put the game away with fourth-quarter goals by sophomore Michael Gelnak, Langiewicz and two from Hilde-Jones.
Up next, the Tritons play at No. 7 UC Santa Barbara on Thursday afternoon beginning at noon.
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With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in the summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's pre-eminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent. A total of 78 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post-Graduate Scholarships. In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
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