BELGRADE, Serbia, July 5. ANOTHER day of preliminary competition is in the books for the men's water polo draw at the World University Games held in Belgrade.<\/p>\n
Croatia stomped France, 17-6, to open the day. Bojan Car and Ivan Bebic each posted a hat trick for Croatia, which went 17-for-38. Quentin van der Meulen and Romain Harrissart each connected for two goals for France. The French went \t6-for-17 in the match.<\/p>\n
Montenegro doubled up Canada, 14-7. Darko Brguljan tallied four goals for Montenegro, which went 14-for-41. Mathew Venner and John Kaukinen accounted for Canada's goals with 4 and 3 each. Canada went 7-for-17 from the field.<\/p>\n
Australia edged Greece, 7-5. Stephen Cody and Robert Maitland led the way for the Aussies with two goals each. Australia went 7-for-25. Ioannis Kocheilas and Georgios Katsoulakis also had two goals each for Greece, which went 5-for-22.<\/p>\n
Italy smashed China, 27-3. Marco Ferrone paced Italy with five goals. Italy wound up going 27-for-40 from the field. Li Dan notched two goals for China, which went 3-for-15.<\/p>\n
Spain clipped Russia, 8-7. Francisco Fernandez Miranda tallied a hat trick for Spain, which went 8-for-25. Viktor Vishnyakov totaled three goals himself for Russia, which converted 7 of 24 shots.<\/p>\n
In another close contest, Hungary downed the U.S., 9-8. Mark Kallay, Gabor Hegedus and Erik Bundschuh collected two goals each. Hungary went 9-for-33. Zachary Monsees and Shea buckner tallied two goals each for the U.S., which went 8-for-33.<\/p>\n
Japan topped Poland, 18-5. Koji Takei notched five goals for Japan, which went 18-for-36. Jakub Krzysztof Bednarek and Wojciech Leszek each connected for two goals. Poland went 5-for-19 from the field.<\/p>\n
Serbia smashed Mexico, 15-2, to complete the day. Every Serbian player that took a shot scored a goal as the squad went 15-for-39. Rainer Schmidt accounted for both of Mexico's goals, as the team went 2-for-14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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