With a 4-2 victory over Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championship Tournament final on Sunday afternoon in Claremont, the University of Redlands men's water polo team earned the SCIAC title outright.

Senior center Ryan Floersch (San Jose, CA) paced the Bulldogs' scoring with two goals while junior center Miran Terzic (Mostar, Bosna i Hercegovina) and junior center Blake vanHartesvelt (Mercer Island, WA) each found the back of the cage once.

Proving resilient once again, senior goalkeeper Teddy Trowbridge (Mercer Island, WA) stopped a game-high eight shots in between the pipes for the Maroon and Gray.

Redlands moved through the first two rounds of the tournament with ease, defeating the University of La Verne, 13-7, on Friday before handing Pomona-Pitzer Colleges a 13-9 defeat yesterday. The Stags edged Cal Lutheran University, 10-8, on Friday and upset the tournament's No. 1 seed, Whittier College, by a 6-5 score yesterday.

The Bulldogs last won a SCIAC title in 2006 when they posted a perfect 10-0 record in conference play. This marks the program's eighth conference championship, all of which have come under the direction of Head Coach Tom Whittemore.

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (13-16, 5-5 SCIAC) awaits the notification of a possible at-large bid into the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Championships.

Redlands (17-16, 9-1 SCIAC) has earned an automatic berth into the WWPA Championships, which will be held at Chapman University from Nov. 20-22. Opponents and game times are to be announced once the field is set.