It took a quarter to get him going, but San Marcos’ Mac Gostow scored in each of the last three frames to lead the boys water polo team to a 9-7 non-league victory over visiting Cabrillo.
As a team, the Royals had it going in all quarters except for the third, when they gave up four goals in four minutes.
Though it wasn’t until Ben Kilpatrick’s score with 1:10 remaining in the fourth quarter that the game was sealed, the Royals led throughout. Sam Boysel scored three and goalie Travis Johnson collected 14 saves.
SAN MARCOS 9, CABRILLO 7
San Marcos 3 2 2 2 — 9
Cabrillo 1 1 4 1 — 7
Goals — SM: Boysel 3, Gostow 3, Lisea, Rivera, Kilpatrick. C: Darling 4, Chard 2, Thiele. Saves — SM: Johnson, 14. C: Keeling, 7.