Varsity Water Polo vs. Deerfield Academy

The Eaglebrook Water Polo team earned their first win of the season with an 11-8 defeat of Suffield Academy on Wednesday.  The boys had just lost to the same Suffield squad four days ago 6-16 so it was a great turnaround!

Coach Yarworth shortened the playing rotation and not as many people played in the game, but it was the contribution of every team member in Monday's and Tuesday's practices that led to the win!  The Eagles came out firing in the first quarter, creating many scoring opportunities, and jumping out to a 4-1 lead.  Two-meter man DD C. '23 found the back of the net to open the scoring and Andy S. '22 and Anderson D. '23 also scored. The team played tremendous defense and shut off the Suffield counterattack as they traded scores to maintain their three goal lead 7-4 at the half.  DD and Andy scored early in the third quarter to extend the lead to 9-4 and Eaglebrook played strong defense to close out the game in the 4th quarter with DD adding two more markers. Strong up and down the pool play by Winnie W. '22, Bodie L. '24, Jeffrey L. '23, and Myles G. '23 allowed the offense and defense to follow game plan to result in the team effort. Goaltender Ben L. '24 showed his marked improvement as he went the distance with many great saves and outlet passes.  Next up for Eaglebrook is a match-up with Deerfield Academy on Saturday.