Nikiforos Liantziris
Jeff Kirik

Men's Water Polo Bob Shreve, Assistant Director of Athletics Media Relations

Volant Leads Golden Knights with Three Goals in Loss to Salem as Seven-Game Winning Streak Comes to an End

ERIE, Pa. – The Gannon men's water polo team saw its seven-game winning streak snapped as it wrapped up play in the WWPA Erie Classic. The Golden Knights dropped a 20-13 decision to a hot Salem team on Sunday morning. The match took place at Cathedral Prep's Hallman Aquatics Center.
 
The Golden Knights ended up winning three of their four games over the three-day tournament. They are now 12-4 overall and 1-1 in WWPA action.
 
The two teams battled to a 4-4 tie after one quarter and the score was still tied at 6-6 late in the second quarter before Salem (15-3) scored three straight goals in the final 2 minutes, 24 seconds to take a 9-6 lead at the half.  
 
The run would continue for the Tigers with two more goals to open the third quarter as Gannon's deficit grew to 11-6. The Golden Knights took advantage of the power play to break the five-goal run on Victor Volant's (Fuveau, France) goal, assisted by Nikiforos Liantziris at 6:48.
 
After trailing by as many as six goals at 15-9 Gannon closed the gap to 15-11 after three periods. Gannon would no closer, however, as the Tigers opened the fourth quarter with three straight goals.

The Golden Knights return to action on Saturday, November 2 competing in the Penn State Behrend Invitational. 

Gannon Scoring: Victor Volant (Fuveau, France) (3 goals-1 assist); Nikiforos Liantziris (2 goals-3 assists); Dillon Shaw (2 goals); Matthew Harkrader Jr. (1 goal-2 assists); Rajmund Farsang (1 goal-1 assist); Petar Markovic (1 goal-1 assist); Ben Fribourg (1 goal); Alexandros Kotskar (1 goal); Alvaro Marco (1 goal)
Gannon Goalie:  Alvaro Marco (10 saves-20 goals allowed-32 minutes).
 
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Players Mentioned

Victor Volant

#12 Victor Volant

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6' 5"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Victor Volant

#12 Victor Volant

6' 5"
Freshman
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