MPSF Tournament Central

STOCKTON, Calif. --- Senior Mitch Wise scored four goals, but UC Irvine fell to top-seeded and tournament host Pacific, 15-7, in the opening game of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship Tournament in Stockton Friday morning.

Senior Bojan Hrlec added a pair of goals and sophomore Pablo Carballo one for the eighth-seeded 'Eaters (13-13).

Balazs Erdelyi scored five goals and Goran Tomasevic four for Pacific (21-3).

Erdelyi scored four times in the first quarter to help the Tigers to a 6-1 lead and Pacific led 10-3 at the half.

UCI pulled within 12-6 on a goal by Wise with 7:36 left in the fourth quarter and within six again at 13-7 on Carballo's goal with 5:43 remaining.

The 'Eaters face California on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in a consolation semifinal.


UC Irvine         1-2-2-2 --- 7
Pacific             6-4-2-3 --- 15

UCI:  Mitch Wise 4, Bojan Hrlec 2, Pablo Carballo.

Pacific:  Balazs Erdelyi 5, Goran Tomasevic 4, Balazs Szabo 2, Kevin Oliveira, Aleksandar Petrovic, Sean Grady, Alex Obert.

Saves:  Alex Kazmier (UCI) 1, Dylan Peterson (UCI) 5;  Alex Malkis (P) 12, Chris Hughes (P) 1.

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