PASADENA, Calif. – The University of Redlands Men's Water Polo team made a statement Wednesday night rolling Caltech on the road 20-6 as they improve to 5-15, 2-4 SCIAC.

The Maroon and Grey have now won four of their last six and are currently creeping up the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) standings. 

After leading 6-2 at the break the Bulldogs then poured it on outscoring the Beavers 14-4 in the second half.  

Michael Maher (Fremont, CA) and Ron Givishi (Albany, CA) gave UR an early lead at 2-1 and Bradley Clinton (Cypress, CA) and Drake Moody (Camarillo, CA) closed out the 1^st Quarter giving Redlands a 4-2 advantage.  The deficit increased to four after Tor Cole (Malibu, CA) and Max Wagener (Piedmont, CA) connected as the Bulldogs held the Beavers scoreless over the second period.  In the second half UR pulled away putting up six goals in the 3^rd Quarter.  But it wasn't before seeing CIT rally to get within one at 6-5 with 4:51 remaining in the period.  After that Redlands outscored Caltech 14-1, which included an 8-1 effort across the final eight minutes.

Over the final 3:51 of the 3^rd Quarter the Bulldogs managed to score six goals all coming from Gvishi.  Gvishi then led off the final frame finding the back of the goal for his seventh in a row.  Two minutes later he kept the streak going with his eighth and then saw it come to a close as Elliot Sesma (Corona, CA) dented the twine for his first of the game that moved the score to 15-5.  The final five goals for the Bulldogs that secured the win came from Jack Ryan (Ventura, CA), Thomas Byrne (Superior, CO), Luca Buono (Palm Desert, CA), and Emerson Kropp (Denver, CO).

Gvishi led the offense with a game and career high nine goals on 12 shots.  Kropp was the only other Bulldog in double figures with two goals.  Cole added a goal, three assists and four steals, and Moody added a goal, two assists, and two steals.             

Redlands finished the night with 40 shots, shooting .500%, going 6-for-9 on powerplays and converting two 5-meters.  Brandon Khalil (Bakersfield, CA) and Jason Gates (San Jose, CA) combined for the win.  Khalil played one quarter picking up two saves and Gates finished off the lopsided victory collecting nine saves and posting a .692 save percentage.    

Redlands remains on the road next week when they travel to take on Occidental College in a huge SCIAC showdown on Saturday, October 16 beginning at 11:00am.  They will remain out in Los Angeles to take on Cerritos College in an exhibition beginning at 2:00pm.