Gaels and Marauders win big on Day 1 of OUA Water Polo Championship

KINGSTON, Ont. (November 25, 2016) - The Queen's Gaels and McMaster Marauders opened up the 2016 OUA Men's Water Polo Championship with high scoring wins over the Ottawa Gee-Gees and Western Mustangs respectively on Friday night at the ARC Pool.

DAY 1
Queen's 17, Ottawa 4
The Gaels opened up the 2016 OUA Championship at home against the Ottawa Gee-Gees and put on a show for the home fans at the ARC pool. Led by Alexander Cox-Twardowski, Queen's easily took down the Ottawa Gee-Gees with a 17-4 win. Cox-Twardowski scored three in the first, two in the second and added one in both the third and fourth to total seven goals in the game to lead all scorers.

Up 4-0 after the opening period the Gaels added three more in the second before Filip Matic was able to get Ottawa on the board down 7-1. From there it was too little too late for the Gee-Gees as the Gaels added another 10 before it was all said and done to win 17-4.

Robby Arundel also filled up the score sheet for the Gaels adding four markers of his own while the four Gee-Gees goals were split between Matic and Amar Jasarbasic.

The Gaels now advance to the OUA semifinal where they will take on the number one overall seed Toronto on Saturday at 1:50pm. For the Gee-Gees they will take on Western in the fifth place game at 5:20pm.

Western 5, McMaster 14
After holding just a 2-1 lead to open the game in the first period the Marauders exploded for nine straight goals in the second and third frames to take a commanding 11-1 lead. From there a four goal effort in the fourth period wasn't enough to get the Mustangs back in the game and McMaster took the win with a decisive 14-5 score.

The Marauders earned the victory with a balanced attack offensively, nine different scorers got themselves on the score sheet for McMaster who were led by a three goal effort from Colin Colterjohn.

Western had a two goal effort from Maksym Koval while Daniel Lilko drew a red card and disqualification in the fourth period.

With the win, McMaster now advances to the OUA semfinal where they will meet the Carleton Ravens at 3:00pm on Saturday afternoon. Western will meet the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the fifth place game at 5:20pm.