The Santa Ana College Men's Water Polo team hosted Fullerton College in their last home match of the season on Wednesday afternoon.
The Dons were excited for their first home match of the season but ended with a loss against the OCC Pirates.
Dons men’s water polo falls in the second half to the Gauchos and lost the Orange Empire Conference Match at 16-8.
The Dons fall to Riverside Community College in home opener at 25-9.
The Santa Ana College Athletic Department has released the Fall 2015 Schedules.
The Dons pulled within three in the second half but were unable to overcome the early deficit in the loss to Saddleback College.
The Dons were able to pace Riverside City College in all but one quarter of their 17-9 loss in Orange Empire Conference play.
Micah Mathis led the Dons with three goals in the 15-7 loss to Orange Coast College.
Clayton Boling did everything he could to keep the Dons in the game as he scored five of SAC's eight goals. But it wasn't enough as Fullerton held off the late rally.
All seven of the Dons goals were scored by Clayton Boling (2), Alejandro Aguilera-Mercado (2) and Michael Nyberg (3).
The Dons closed out Orange Empire Conference competition with an 11-6 win over Saddleback College at home.
After opening the season 4-0 in the Citrus Tournament, the Dons dropped their first game of the season to Riverside in their Orange Empire Conference opener.
With 17 goals from Micah Mathis and 12 goals from Nick Beavers, the Dons finished the Citrus Tournament 4-0 with their final win coming over LA Trade Tech.
Coming off a pair of wins on Saturday, the Dons continued to roll as they defeated Santa Monica College 13-11 in the third game of the Citrus Tournament.
Following their season-opening breakout performance, the Dons used a three-goal third quarter to remain perfect on the season.
Led by Micah Mathis, Nick Beavers and Duncan Wilson, the Dons built a large lead before cruising to the 15-10 victory in the Citrus Tournament.
