Warriors continue to fight and gain experience

 

We have our first game on the morning against the hosts of the tournament CBU. We start our morning determined to pick up a few wins in the tournament. We start off slow and give CBU momentum from the beginning letting the score 6 unanswered goals. We try everything through the next two quarters, but CBU had a good defensive strategy. With little left in the players tanks they decide to step it up in the 4th quarter out scoring CBU 4-1. We fall short of CBU 17-6. Luca Silvestre lead the warriors with 5 goals while Ognen Cerkez tagged on a great 11 saves. 

 

#8 Luca Silverstri - 5 Goals, 1 Assist

#3 Djordje Mitrovic - 1 Goal

#1A Ognjen Cerkez - 11 saves

 

As the Warriors are ready to take on Fresno Pacific we have a raise in energy. We fight hard through the first half struggling to extend our lead but find ourselves up at half by 1 goal. We finally gain some good momentum going on a 3-0 stretch in the 3rd quarter giving us a 4 goal lead heading into the 4th. In the 4th quarter the warriors struggle to keep the momentum as we get some questionable exclusions. Fresno was able to outscored us 6-2 and tie the game up. As we head to overtime we are determined to get a stretch of goals again. But sadly they outscored us by 1 causing us to lose the right game 14-13. Vincenzo Inguanta and Luca Silvestre lead the Warriors as they both picked up a hat trick with a follow up of 5 assists from Casey Hammond. 

 

#8 Luca Silvestri - 3 Goals, 1 Assist

#10 Vincenzo Inguanta - 3 Goals, 1 Assist

#5 Casey Hammond - 1 Goal, 5 Assists

#2 Collin Moore - 2 Goals

#9 Mark Merai - 2 Goals

#7 Callum Norman - 1 Goal

#11 Inigo Gonzalez - 1 Goal, 1 Assist

 

We played our first game against Concordia. This is one of our biggest rivals since we share the same aquatics center in Irvine, CA. As we lost to them the first time we played them. We came in ready for redemption. The first half the Warriors come out strong and were only trailing by one. We got outscored 3 to 5 in the 3rd quarter but outscored them in the 4th quarter 3 goals to 2. We lost by two goals with the final score of 9-11. Luca lead the warriors shooting 7-11 from the field as Roberto Barrera tallied a huge 11 blocks. 

 

#8 Luca Silvestri - 7 Goals

#2 Collin Moore - 1 Goal

#3 Djordje Mitrovic - 1 Goal

#7 Callum Norman - 2 Assists

#5 Casey Hammond - 1 Assist

#11 Inigo Gonzalez - 1 Assist

 

We have lost our 3rd game of the tournament and weren't ready to leave the tournament empty handed. We play Chapman university as our last game of the 4 game tournament at CBU. We started out very shaky as we trailed 6-1 in the first quarter. We weren't going home without a fight. The warriors outscored the panthers in the second quarter only allowing them 2 goals and in just a few minutes we are trailing by two goals. The warriors only let Chapman score 7 goals after their slow start and we're able to outscored them every other quarter. But because of our slow start we end up falling short once again 13-11. Overall the weekend was not satisfying because we weren't able to add any wins to our record, but we're able to gain lots of experience learning from our mistakes. Every game we seem to get better which soon will help us gain some momentum. Next Friday we play Cal Lutheran and the day after we play Chapman at their home.

 

#8 Luca Silvestri - 4 Goals

#7 Callum Norman - 2 Goals

#3 Djordje Mitrovic - 2 Goals

#2 Collin Moore - 1 Goal

#9 Mark Merai - 1 Goal

#10 Vincenzo Inguanta - 1 Goal

#1A Ognjen Cerkez - 11 Saves