RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Senior
Lovre Milos led the Anteaters with a season-high seven goals in No. 10 UC Irvine's 21-4 victory over No. 15 Cal Baptist at the Lancer Aquatic Center.
The Anteaters are 6-2 overall and extend their winning streak to five in a row.
Milos led the Anteaters for the seventh time this season, recording a season-high seven goals.
Freshman
Fynn Schuetze followed with a career-high five goals and
Miles Kalbus matched season-best with a pair of goals.
Antoine Lena,
Brendan Duffy,
Jack Trush,
Jon Polos,
Jack Baumgardner,
Ian Fleenor and
Foster Hoose rounded out the scoring.
UCI opened a 7-1 lead at the end of the first period on the strength of four
Lovre Milos goals.
He tacked on another at 5:12 of the second quarter to make the margin 9-2.
Ian Fleenor found the back of the net at 4:14 before
Matej Matijevic stopped a penalty shot to keep the score 10-2 at the end of the first half.
Jack Trush scored on a backhand at 3:17 before back-to-back goals by
Miles Kalbus (2:47, 1:49) and one by
Foster Hoose found the left corner of the cage at 1:10. With one second left on the clock,
Brendan Duffy scored at center to increase the Anteater lead to 15-3 heading in to the final period.
In the fourth quarter,
Jon Polos (6:31),
Fynn Schuetze (5:56) and
Jack Baumgardner (3:14) scored then Milos ended the scoring with two more goals (2:49, 1:41).
UCI will be back in action Friday-Sunday (Sept. 22-24) at the Mountain Pacific Invitational hosted by USC and LMU. UCI starts the tournament against UC Santa Barbara on Friday at 2:15 p.m.
SCORING BY PERIOD
UC Irvine            7-3-5-6-21
Cal Baptist          1-1-1-1-4
SCORING
UCI: Milos 7, Schuetze 5, Kalbus 2, Lena, Duffy, J. Trush, Polos, Baumgardner, Fleenor, Hoose
CBU: Christian, Sargis, Nevarez, Lotero
GOALKEEPING
UCI: Matijevic 13
CBU: Miller 2, Thorne 5, Lotero 2
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