The University of La Verne men's water polo team competed in Cal Baptist University's annual Lancer Invitational this weekend facing Fresno Pacific University, Whittier College, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges, and the University of Redlands. The Leopards finished 0-4 on the weekend.

On Friday La Verne took on Fresno Pacific.  After a close match, the Leopards lost 10-8. The Sunbirds took the initial 1-0 lead, but the Leopards scored the next 3 consecutive goals to put them ahead 3-1. 

In the fourth period the Leopards found themselves in the lead with a score of 8-5. But the Sunbirds rallied and ultimately scored 5 goals to finish out the game 8-10.

La Verne faced Whittier College in their second matchup of the day. The Leopards went up 1-0 with only a few seconds elapsed on the clock after a goal by junior utility Jonathon Jarvis. Whittier retaliated with a goal moments later to tie the score. Sophomore attacker Bryan Jimenez scored 2 goals (5 goals on the day) for the Leopards but La Verne was unable to garner the win, losing 7-13.

On Saturday, the Leopards competed against Claremont-Mudd-Scripps for the second time this season. La Verne found themselves evenly matched with CMS until the third period when the Staghens posted 5 goals to the Leopards' 1. Unable to rally, the Leopards finished out the game 5-12. La Verne goalkeeper Daniel Newell provided the Leopards with 6 saves on the day.

The Leopards faced off against University of Redlands for the final match of the tournament. As the game progressed La Verne grew in strength - adding at least one goal each period. But the fierce Bulldog offense put up 6 goals in the third period which concluded the match in their favor. La Verne 10 Redlands 17. 

La Verne (0-10, 0-0 SCIAC) will compete at home against Mount San Antonio College on Saturday at 11:00am.