OCC pummels Saddleback

COSTA MESA - After being down 4-2 in the first quarter, Scott

Butler paced a furious Orange Coast College counterattack as the men’s

water polo team defeated visiting Saddleback 13-6 in a conference game.

Butler scored three goals to lead the Pirates. They blew the game wide

open in the third, outscoring Saddleback 5-0.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

OCC 13, Saddleback 6 Saddleback 4 1 0 1 - 6

OCC 2 4 5 2 - 13

Saddleback: Geiger 2, DeLeon 1, Weathersby 1, Ulrich 1, Connolly 1.

Saves: Vakhshourpour 7.

OCC: Butler 3, Becker 2, McKinney 2, Leeper 2, Smalley 1, Lancelotti 1, Dugger 1, Kim 1. Saves: Oliver 6.