Vic Seals take silver

The Victorian Seals men’s water polo team have finished runners up in the National Water Polo League after narrowly losing in a penalty shoot out against the UWA Torpedoes.

The Victorian Seals  men’s water polo team have finished runners up in the  National Water Polo League after narrowly losing in a penalty shoot out against the UWA Torpedoes.

It was an even match up between the teams with the Seals coming out strong to take the first goal in the opening minutes thanks to captain Matt Gronow.

But the Torpedoes didn’t let them get too far ahead trailing by only one goal throughout the entire game.

The Torpedoes fought back to take the lead in the dying seconds of the final quarter, but with two seconds left on the clock the Seals netted another goal to take the game into a penalty shoot-out after an 8-8 score line.

The Torpedoes got a break early on in the shoot out, eventually winning 11-13.

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