October 7, 2009

SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week: Casey Regehr, Whittier College

SCIAC Male Athlete of the Week:  Casey Regehr, Whittier College
October 7, 2009

Casey Regehr, Whittier College
Water Polo
(Sr., Goalie - Visalia, Calif.)
Casey Regehr totaled 56 saves over a four game period at the Claremont Convergence Tournament to lead the Poets to a 3-1 record. He added eight more saves in limited action against No. 6 UC Santa Barbara to give him a total of 62 saves for the weekend. In Whittier's first game of the weekend he made four saves and dished out two assists in a 15-4 win over Washington & Jefferson. Regehr played only the first half. The 2008 All-American made 16 saves and had one assist in a near upset of Division I Air Force. On the second day of the tournament Regehr tallied 20 saves which includes one on a man down situation and registered one assist in an 8-6 win over No. 1 Johns Hopkins University. As an encore to that performance he added 16 more saves against Fordham in a 9-6 win. Two of his saves were in man down situations. The Poets played one more game on Sunday, October 4, and lost to No. 6 UC Santa Barbara. Regehr made 8 saves in the first half before he was forced to leave the game due to an injury. For the weekend he had 62 saves and four assists.