Friday, October 12
Palo Alto, CA
5:30 PM
UC Irvine
vs
Pacific
No. 12 UCI Set to Compete in MPSF Invitational
October 11, 2018 | Men's Water Polo
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Tournament Central
#12 UC Irvine (5-7) vs. #6 Pacific (6-5)
Friday, Oct. 12 | 5:30 PM | Avery Pool | Palo Alto, Calif.
#12 UC Irvine vs. #1 Stanford/#18 San Jose State
Saturday, Oct. 13 | TBA
#12 UC Irvine vs. TBA
Saturday, Oct. 13 |TBA
#12 UC Irvine vs. TBA
Sunday, Oct. 14 |TBA
The 12th-ranked Anteaters will make their way to Palo Alto for the highly-competitive Mountain Pacific Invitational, Oct. 12-14. They are slated to open the tournament Friday afternoon against No. 6 Pacific at Stanford's Avery Pool (5:30 p.m.)
For ticket information click here.
TOURNAMENT STORYLINES
> UCI is 5-7 on the season after dropping a game to No. 6 Pacific last week
> The Anteaters and Tigers will square off for the second week in a row after UOP earned an 11-9 win last week
> The Anteaters are 63-18 all-time against the Tigers, however UCI has dropped eight-straight games to UOP
> The two teams met in last season's Golden Coast Conference title game as Pacific earned a 9-5 victory
> UCI has not won a game against the Tigers since Oct. 2014
> Luke Pavillard leads Pacific with 40 goals. He scored a game-high five goals against UCI last week
> Alen Osmanovic has 74 saves in goal for the Tigers
> The 16-field MPSF Tournament field includes nine teams ranked inside the top-10 in the CWPA national poll
> Two of the teams in the field are undefeated this season including No. 1 Stanford (9-0) and No. 2 UCLA
(16-0)
> All games will be played in Palo Alto at either Avery Pool or Belardi Pool
> The 'Eaters are in a bracket with top-ranked Stanford, No. 18 San Jose State and No. 6 Pacific
> Depending on the results from Friday, UCI will either play No. 1 Stanford or No. 18 San Jose State in its first game Saturday
> Also included in the tournament field are No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 USC, No. 4 Cal, No. 5 UC Santa Barbara, No. 7 UC Davis, No. 8 Pepperdine, No. 9 Long Beach State, No. 11 UC San Diego, No. 15 Pomona-Pitzer, Air Force, LMU and Santa Clara
LAST TIME OUT
> UCI dropped an 11-9 decision to No. 6 Pacific at Anteater Aquatics Complex
> The Anteaters game was tied, 9-9, with three minutes to play in the fourth quarter before UOP scored two-straight goals to earn the win
> Jack Trush led the 'Eaters with four goals
> Casey Lynton had three goals, notching his first career hat trick
> Byron Rivers made 11 saves in goal
NEWS AND NOTES
> UCI remained No. 12 in the latest Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) national rankings after starting the year at No. 10
> Sophomore transfer Jason Evezard wasted no time making an immediate impact on the UCI roster as he leads the team with 36 goals
> Evezard has scored at least once in every game and a team-best eight hat tricks and a 11-1 record in sprints
> Byron Rivers has started every game in goal for the Anteaters, compiling 136 saves for a .544 save percentage
> Rivers leads the Golden Coast Conference in saves (136)
> Evezard is fourth in the GCC in goals (36) while Jack Trush is eighth (25)
> Casey Lynton leads the team in steals with 17
> Evezard has a team-best 12 assists followed by Bryant Joudrie with 11
> After scoring 25 goals this season, Jack Trush upped his career goal total to 94. The senior leads the team with 28 drawn exclusions
> UCI has out-scored opponents 132-119
> The 'Eaters are averaging 11.00 goals per game while holding their opponents to 9.92 gpg
> UCI is 1-2 when playing in overtime situations
EVEZARD EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECOGNITION
> Sophomore Jason Evezard was named the Golden Coast Conference Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 27
> It was the first weekly honor of Evezard's career and the first for the Anteaters this season
> Evezard earned the honor after scoring seven goals over two games. He had three goals in UCI's win over Concordia and notched a game-high four goals against No. 2 UCLA
UP NEXT
> UCI will continue its road stretch with a GCC game at Pepperdine Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1:00 p.m.
Tournament Central
#12 UC Irvine (5-7) vs. #6 Pacific (6-5)
Friday, Oct. 12 | 5:30 PM | Avery Pool | Palo Alto, Calif.
#12 UC Irvine vs. #1 Stanford/#18 San Jose State
Saturday, Oct. 13 | TBA
#12 UC Irvine vs. TBA
Saturday, Oct. 13 |TBA
#12 UC Irvine vs. TBA
Sunday, Oct. 14 |TBA
The 12th-ranked Anteaters will make their way to Palo Alto for the highly-competitive Mountain Pacific Invitational, Oct. 12-14. They are slated to open the tournament Friday afternoon against No. 6 Pacific at Stanford's Avery Pool (5:30 p.m.)
For ticket information click here.
TOURNAMENT STORYLINES
> UCI is 5-7 on the season after dropping a game to No. 6 Pacific last week
> The Anteaters and Tigers will square off for the second week in a row after UOP earned an 11-9 win last week
> The Anteaters are 63-18 all-time against the Tigers, however UCI has dropped eight-straight games to UOP
> The two teams met in last season's Golden Coast Conference title game as Pacific earned a 9-5 victory
> UCI has not won a game against the Tigers since Oct. 2014
> Luke Pavillard leads Pacific with 40 goals. He scored a game-high five goals against UCI last week
> Alen Osmanovic has 74 saves in goal for the Tigers
> The 16-field MPSF Tournament field includes nine teams ranked inside the top-10 in the CWPA national poll
> Two of the teams in the field are undefeated this season including No. 1 Stanford (9-0) and No. 2 UCLA
(16-0)
> All games will be played in Palo Alto at either Avery Pool or Belardi Pool
> The 'Eaters are in a bracket with top-ranked Stanford, No. 18 San Jose State and No. 6 Pacific
> Depending on the results from Friday, UCI will either play No. 1 Stanford or No. 18 San Jose State in its first game Saturday
> Also included in the tournament field are No. 2 UCLA, No. 3 USC, No. 4 Cal, No. 5 UC Santa Barbara, No. 7 UC Davis, No. 8 Pepperdine, No. 9 Long Beach State, No. 11 UC San Diego, No. 15 Pomona-Pitzer, Air Force, LMU and Santa Clara
LAST TIME OUT
> UCI dropped an 11-9 decision to No. 6 Pacific at Anteater Aquatics Complex
> The Anteaters game was tied, 9-9, with three minutes to play in the fourth quarter before UOP scored two-straight goals to earn the win
> Jack Trush led the 'Eaters with four goals
> Casey Lynton had three goals, notching his first career hat trick
> Byron Rivers made 11 saves in goal
NEWS AND NOTES
> UCI remained No. 12 in the latest Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) national rankings after starting the year at No. 10
> Sophomore transfer Jason Evezard wasted no time making an immediate impact on the UCI roster as he leads the team with 36 goals
> Evezard has scored at least once in every game and a team-best eight hat tricks and a 11-1 record in sprints
> Byron Rivers has started every game in goal for the Anteaters, compiling 136 saves for a .544 save percentage
> Rivers leads the Golden Coast Conference in saves (136)
> Evezard is fourth in the GCC in goals (36) while Jack Trush is eighth (25)
> Casey Lynton leads the team in steals with 17
> Evezard has a team-best 12 assists followed by Bryant Joudrie with 11
> After scoring 25 goals this season, Jack Trush upped his career goal total to 94. The senior leads the team with 28 drawn exclusions
> UCI has out-scored opponents 132-119
> The 'Eaters are averaging 11.00 goals per game while holding their opponents to 9.92 gpg
> UCI is 1-2 when playing in overtime situations
EVEZARD EARNS PLAYER OF THE WEEK RECOGNITION
> Sophomore Jason Evezard was named the Golden Coast Conference Player of the Week for the week of Sept. 27
> It was the first weekly honor of Evezard's career and the first for the Anteaters this season
> Evezard earned the honor after scoring seven goals over two games. He had three goals in UCI's win over Concordia and notched a game-high four goals against No. 2 UCLA
UP NEXT
> UCI will continue its road stretch with a GCC game at Pepperdine Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1:00 p.m.
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GK
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