LOS ANGELES, Calif. – No. 1 USC topped No. 6 UC Irvine 13-8 in a non-conference contest at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center Saturday afternoon.

UCI goes to 10-7 overall, while Southern California improves to 19-1.

Freshman Fynn Schuetze got the Anteaters on the board with a goal at 7:26 of the first quarter. Kyle Trush scored a pair of goals (4:50, 2:02) in the second quarter and Casey Lynton scored two more (5:25, 4:26) in the third. In the final period, Antoine Lena scored on a power play at 2:44 before Robby Stiefel recorded a goal at 1:11 and Schuetze added another at 0.45.

Lena led the team with three assists, while Matej Matijevic recorded 15 saves in goal.

Marko Vavic had a game-high three goals for USC.

The Anteaters were 1-5 on the power play, while the Trojans converted on 4-8.

UCI will travel to UC Santa Barbara next Friday (Oct. 27) before returning home to host Stanford Sunday (Oct. 29) at 1:00 p.m. at the Anteater Aquatics Center.

SCORING BY PERIOD
UCI    1-2-2-3-8
USC   3-4-3-3-13

SCORING
UCI: Schuetz 2, K. Trush 2, Lynton 2, Lena 1, Stiefel 1.
USC: Marko Vavic 3, Thomas Dunstan 2, Zach D'Sa 2, Blake Edwards 1, Matteo Morelli 1, Mihajlo Milicevic 1, James Walters 1, Sam Slobodien 1, Christian Hockenbury 1.

GOALKEEPING
UCI: Matijevic 15
USC: McQuin Baron 6