IRVINE, Calif. --- Mitch Wise and Bojan Hrlec scored three goals apiece, but eighth-ranked UC Irvine fell to No. 1 USC, 18-7, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game at Anteater Aquatics Complex Thursday night.

Hrlec scored both UCI goals in the first quarter as USC took a 5-2 lead at the end of the first period.

The Trojans (18-0, 4-0 MPSF) outscored UCI 6-1 in the second quarter to build an 11-3 halftime lead.

Kostas Genidounias led the undefeated Trojans with a game-high four goals.  Five other USC players scored two goals each in the win.

USC's Rex Butler opened the third quarter with a goal to give the Trojans a 12-3 lead before Wise and Alan Robertson answered to pull UCI within 12-5 at the 5:08 mark.  Stephen Siri and Butler then hit back-to-back goals to extend USC's lead back to nine.

UCI (14-6, 0-3) travels to fourth-ranked Stanford Saturday for an MPSF game at noon.


USC                5 – 6 – 4 – 3 --- 18
UC Irvine         2 – 1 – 3 – 1 --- 7

USC:  Kostas Genidounias 4, Nikola Vavic 2, Stephen Siri 2, Zach Lucas 2, Marc Vonderweidt 2, Rex Butler 2, Jeremy Davie, Matthew Burton, Michael Rosenthal, Mace Rapsey.

UCI:  Mitch Wise 3, Bojan Hrlec 3, Alan Robertson.

Saves:  James Clark (USC) 10, Ely Bonilla (USC) 2;  Alex Kazmier (UCI) 4, Michael Bailey (UCI) 4, Dylan Peterson (UCI) 1.

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