Barceloneta rolls past Sabadell

Barceloneta have kicked off a new year of domestic competition in the same way as the way they closed out 2014. The reigning Spanish champions held on to their leading position in the 11th round this weekend by rolling past Sabadell in a one sided match: 17-7. Felipe Perrone (pictured) and Albert Español led all scorers with 3 each. Mediterrani, perhaps temporarily, took over 2nd place on the table as they managed to hold off Sant Andreu at home 10-8. With Terrassa and Mataro Quadis squarring off on Wednesday, they could be moved back to 3rd place if Terrassa wins. In other matches last Saturday Barcelona used a solid start to overcome Navarra 10-8, thanks to the duo of Victor Flore and Joel Esteller who scored 4 and 3 respectively. Real Canoe are still in 4th place topping CN Poble Nou 7-11. Barcelona benefited from that result by taking over 7th place following their win over Navarra. Catalunya added three valuable points in just their third win so far as they defeated still pointless AR Concepcion in Madrid 6-14. All eyes will now be on the Terrassa-Mataro Quadis match-up where league top scorers Sergi Mora and Mehdi Marzouki will be looking to lead their teams to a much needed win, for different reasons.

Spanish league
10th round
Saturday 10-01:

C.E. Mediterrani vs. C.N. Sant Andreu 10-8 (3-3, 2-4, 3-0, 2-1)
Mediterrani scorers: Pol Hodaly 3, Marc Larumbe 2, Jose Rodriguez 2, Nelson Eduardo Bejarano, Guillem Garcia, German Ignacio Yañez.
Sant Andreu scorers: Lukas Duric 3, Daniel Hernandez 2, Tomas Bruder 2, Erik Brugue.

C.N. Barcelona vs. C.D. Waterpolo Navarra 10-8 (3-1, 2-3, 2-1, 3-3)
Barcelona scorers: Victor Flores 4, Joel Esteller 3, Miguel del Toro 2, Santiago Bofill.
Navarra scorers: Jaime Arriazu 2, Matthew Small 2, Aritz Zamarbide 2, Josu Fernandez, Asier Esteban.

C.N. Atletic-Barcelona vs. C.N. Sabadell 17-7 (4-1, 3-1, 4-0, 6-5)
Barcelona scorers: Felipe Perrone 3, Albert Español 3, Marc Roca 2, Gonzelo Echenique 2, Francisco Fernandez 2, Gonzalo Lopez-Escribano 2, Balazs Sziranyi, Bernardo Oneto, Marc Miguell.
Sabadell scorers: Sergi Cabanas 2, Abraham Alcaide 2, Marc Soler, Eric Marsal, Vicente Matoso.

A.R. Concepcion-CDAD Lineal vs. C.N. Catalunya 6-14 (2-3, 1-2, 3-4, 0-5)
AR Concepcion scorers: Lucar Criado 2, Eugenio de Grado, Jorge Ramos, Lorenzo Ballasteros, Alberto Fernandez.
Catalunya scorers: Arpad Babay 5, Gabor Egedi 3, Sergi Clols 2, Marko Mijatovic, Adria Carabi, Marc Ahullo, Oscar Alvarez.

C.N. Poble Nou-Enginyers vs. Real Canoe N.C. - Isostar 7-11 (0-1, 3-4, 2-2, 2-4)
CN Poble scorers: Ivan Alejandro Idarraga 4, Joshua Montpeat, Mateu Diaz, Raimon Santiveri.
Real Canoe scorers: Victor Gutierrez 3, Alberto Barroso 2, Rafael Fernandez, Adrian Abad, Alvaro Romero, Jose Javier Bustos, David Acosta, Alejandro Bustos.

Wednesday 14-01:

12.45: C.N. Mataro Quadis vs. C.N. Terrassa

The standings are now as follows:

1. C.N. Atletic-Barcelona 11 - 30 pts
2. C.E. Mediterrani 11 - 27
3. C.N. Terrassa 10 - 26
4. Real Canoe N.C. - Isostar 11 - 24
5. C.N. Sabadell 11 - 20
6. C.N. Mataro Quadis 10 - 15
7. C.N. Barcelona 11 - 13
8. C.N. Poble Nou-Enginyers 11 - 12
9. C.N. Sant Andreu 11 - 11
10. C.N. Catalunya 11 - 10
11. C.D. Waterpolo Navarra 11 - 3
12. A.R. Concepcion-CDAD Lineal 11 - 0

Top scorers:

1. Sergi Mora (Terrassa) - 40 goals
2. Albert Español (Barceloneta) - 33
3. Mehdi Marzouki (Mataro Quadis) - 32