UCI Olympic Central

Final Statistics

LONDON --- UC Irvine alums Ryan Bailey and Tim Hutten each scored a goal as the U.S. Olympic men's water polo team held off Montenegro, 8-7, in group play Sunday in London.

Next game for the Americans is against Romania Tuesday at 11:40 a.m. (PT).

Bailey's power-play goal with 1:32 left in the first quarter tied the game at 1-1 and Hutten's goal with 7:32 remaining in the second period put the U.S. up 2-1.

Peter Varellas led the Americans with three goals and Tony Azevedo's goal with 57 seconds left in the fourth quarter proved to be the game-winner as Montenegro's Vladimir Gojkovic  scored with 46 seconds remaining to make it a one-goal game.

Aleksandar Ivovic led Montenegro with three goals.

Bailey is one of the first two male athletes (along with Azevedo) in USA Water Polo history to compete in four Olympics.  UCI alum Jeff Powers is making his third appearance in the Olympics and Hutten his second.  They were members of the 2008 American squad that won silver in Beijing.

The three 'Eater alums each earned multiple All-America honors while competing at UCI.  Hutten was the 2008 recipient of the prestigious Peter J. Cutino Award given annually to the top player in the NCAA.

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