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/ Men's Water PoloIn Two Wins at the Aggie Roundup, Baron Takes Over As USC’s Career Saves Leader
September 16, 2017 | Men's Water Polo, Features
Senior goalie McQuin Baron sets the new program record, now with 856 career saves to his name.
DAVIS, CALIF. — The No. 2 USC men's water polo team tacked up two decisive wins on day one at the Aggie Roundup, hosted by UC Davis. During the day's work, USC senior goalie McQuin Baron took over as the Trojans' career saves leader in collecting 12 more saves across the two wins to edge into the top spot on USC's all-time list. After posting seven saves in USC's 16-3 win over No. 15 Cal Baptist in the morning matchup, Baron checked in for the first half of USC's eventual 25-5 win over MIT. In USC's first-ever meeting with MIT, Baron broke USC's career saves record with his final save of the half. Today's two wins improves the Trojans to 7-0 overall on the year.
USC had nine scorers account for its first nine goals of the game against Cal Baptist. By the final buzzer, Matt Maier, Marko Vavic, Thomas Dunstan and Bryce Hoerman had doubled up on their early goals, while Daniel Leong checked into the scoresheet and tallied a pair of his own. USC held a slim 3-2 lead early in the second period, then scored three in a row to take a 6-2 lead at halftime. The Lancers' final goal of the game would come early in the third, making it 7-3 before the Trojans poured on the last nine goals of the game to close things out with authority. Senior goalie McQuin Baron went the distance in the cage, finishing with seven saves to bulk up his career count to 851 — just four goals away from all-time saves leader Joel Dennerley's 855.
By halftime of the next game — a first-time clash against MIT — Baron had broken through. While the USC offense clicked off a 15-1 lead, Baron hauled in five saves, matching the record with his fourth and then setting the new high-water mark in taking over as USC's all-time saves leader with his fifth of the game and 856th of his Trojan career.
The career day continued, as Baron's fellow senior Lachlan Edwards hammered home five goals. Back-to-back strikes from Edwards made it a career-high five for the Aussie early in the third in taking the Trojans to a 16-2 lead over MIT. Also hitting big numbers in the eventual 25-5 USC win was Danny Leong, who drummed up four goals, and senior captain James Walters with a hat trick. With 12 goals among them, Edwards, Leong and Walters led a group of 13 Trojan scorers in the win over MIT.
Tomorrow (Sept. 17), USC will play two more games as a part of the action at the Aggie Roundup. At noon, USC faces Santa Clara, followed by a 3:30 p.m. clash with No. 6 Long Beach State. Both games will be played in Davis, Calif.
USC Career Goalie Saves (since 1984)
1. McQuin Baron 2014-present 856
2. Joel Dennerley 2008-11 855
3. Kevin Stringer 1985-87 675
4. Richard McEvoy 1996-99 638
5. Andrew Tinseth 1991-94 629
6. Bozidar Damjanovic 2000-03 614
7. Brendan Grubbs 1993-96 598
8. Adam Shilling 2004-07 523
9. Sean McCloskey 1988-91 437
10. Brent Kimball 1987-89 426
2017 AGGIE ROUNDUP
Game One
#2 USC 16, #15 Cal Baptist 3
Sept. 16, 2017 | Davis, Calif.
USC 3 - 3 - 4 - 6 = 16
CBU 1 - 1 - 1 - 0 = 3
SCORING:
USC — Marko Vavic 2, Bryce Hoerman 2, Grant Stein 2, Matt Maier 2, Thomas Dunstan 2, Danny Leong 2, Blake Edwards, Lazar Pasuljevic, Matteo Morelli, Marin Dasic.
CBU — Tanner Shore, Jonny Lotero, Caleb Rogers.
SAVES: McQuin Baron (USC) 7, Matt Miller (CBU) 9 [1st half], Gabe Thorne (CBU) 6 [2nd half].
Game Two
#2 USC 25, MIT 5
Sept. 16, 2017 | Davis, Calif.
USC 9 - 6 - 4 - 6 = 25
MIT 1 - 0 - 1 - 3 = 5
SCORING:
USC — Lachlan Edwards 5, Daniel Leong 4, James Walters 3, Sam Slobodien 2, Matt Maier 2, Grant Stein 2, Blake Edwards, Lazar Pasuljevic, Marin Dasic, Bryce Hoerman, Tim Leong, Mihajlo Milicevic, Matteo Morelli.
MIT — Evan Kim 2, Clyde Huibregtse 2, Peter Calveresi.
SAVES: McQuin Baron (USC) 5 [1st half], Will Rubschlager (USC) 5 [2nd half], Hayden Niederreiter (MIT) 3 [1st half], Miguel Lamar (MIT) 1 [2nd half].
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