Men's Water Polo | September 7, 2018

ERIE, Pa. - The La Salle University men's water polo team will take a trip to the opposite side of the State of Pennsylvania for the Laker Invitational this weekend. The two-day tournament is hosted by Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pa. The Explorers will face Salem, Gannon, Washington & Jefferson and the host Lakers.

ABOUT LA SALLE

• The Explorers opened the season at the ultra competitive Navy Open last weekend, and narrowly lost the opening contest of the event to Lindenwood in overtime, 12-10.
• Sophomore Daniel Domotor scored four times in that contest, with classmate Karl Miller also finding the back of the net twice.
• Freshman Esteban Rodriguez tallied his first career goal in the contest against nationally-ranked George Washington.
• La Salle faced two teams ranked in their respective Top 25 polls last weekend, as the Colonials were slotted No. 18 and Johns Hopkins was ranked No. 2 in the Division III poll.

SCOUTING SALEM (0-4)

• The Tigers also participated in the Navy Open last weekend, dropping all four of their matches.
• Salem suffered losses to Fordham, George Washington and Wagner before dropping a narrow 17-16 match to Lindenwood.
• Michael Rojas and Robert Juhas had three goals apiece in the loss to the Seahawks.

SCOUTING GANNON (2-0)

• The Golden Knights downed Penn State Behrend and Washington & Jefferson last weekend in Pittsburgh.
• Riley Hinkley registered eight goals and a pair of assists in those two contests.
• Gannon went 18-8 last season and a perfect 7-0 in league play, including three victories over the Explorers.

SCOUTING WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON (1-2)

• The Presidents hosted the season-opening W&J Invitational last weekend, going 1-2 over two days.
• The lone win for Washington & Jefferson came against Penn State Behrend.
• Goalkeeper Nick Spehar made 12 stops to pick up the victory.

SCOUTING MERCYHURST (2-0)

• The Lakers went 2-0 last weekend at the W&J Invite, defeating Penn State Behrend and Washington & Jefferson.
• Brennan Russell finished with four goals in the victory over Penn State Behrend, while Connor Schmitz had four in the other win over W&J.
• Mercyhurst went 11-13 overall a season ago, including a 6-1 record in conference.