THE GAME FACTS

• Final Score: Gannon 21, Salem 15

• Records: Salem (9-8), Gannon (7-6)

• Location: McKendree Metro Rec Plex - O'Fallon, IL.

• Date: Oct 11, 2025

GAME 2

• Final Score: Augustana 11, Gannon 9

• Records: Augustana (5-4), Gannon (7-7)

• Location: McKendree Metro Rec Plex - O'Fallon, IL.

• Date: Oct 11, 2025

O'FALLON, IL - Saturday morning marked a titanic moment in the men's water polo season: a victory over WWPA top team Salem. Gannon snapped a seven game skid against the Tigers, and picked up a key conference win. Gannon would split the days games after a loss to Augustana in the afternoon tilt.

THE KNIGHT CAP 

• Dominant Start: Gannon scored the first five goals of the game and never looked back. Nikiforos Liantziris (Athens, Greece/) tallied the first goal and Petar Markovic (Belgrade, Serbia/) scored twice during the 5-0 sprint. 

• Even Dozen: Gannon had a six goal lead at the half (12-6), and once led by as many as nine goals. The Golden Knights outshot the Tigers, 39-37. 

• Victor's Victory: Victor Volant (Fuveau, France/) led the team with six goals on the morning. Alexandros Kotskar (Voula, Greece/Athinaiki Agogh) added four, as did Dillon Shaw (Salt Lake City, Utah/Skyline). 

• Special Teams: Gannon was tremendous in special teams; GU was 5-11 on the powerplay, and held Salem to just a 2-14 mark in the game.

• Closing push: Gannon would outscore Salem 7-3 in the fourth period after the Tigers had closed the gap to 15-13.

• Tight Throughout: The teams were tied 6-6 heading into the third period. Augustana would outscore GU by one in each of the final two periods for the win.

• Balanced scoring: Gannon had three players find the back of the net twice (Rajmund Farsang, Petar Markovic (Belgrade, Serbia/), Victor Volant (Fuveau, France/)). Six total players had goals in the game. 

• Chasing History: He set the programs all-time scoring record in the WWPA Erie Classic, and he is nearing history again. With five total goals on Saturday, Alexandros Kotskar (Voula, Greece/Athinaiki Agogh) is just one goal away from tying, and two from breaking the program's all-time goal record of 287. He stands at 286. 

THE NEXT GAME

The Golden Knights wrap up the WWPA Bearcat Clash tomorrow (Sunday) at 10:00 am vs Ottawa, and 12:40 pm against McKendree.

This story was written using the support of AI.