No. 11 Anteaters Face No. 6 Pepperdine in GCC Action

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#12 UC Irvine (7-9, 0-1) vs. #6 Pepperdine (11-8, 1-0)
Saturday, Oct. 20 | 1:00 PM | Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool | Malibu, Calif.
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The 12^th-ranked Anteaters dive back into Golden Coast Conference play with a game at No. x Pepperdine Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. The game will have live stats and video available to watch.

WEEKEND STORYLINES
> UCI is 7-9 on the season after finishing 2-2 at the MPSF Invite last weekend
> The Anteaters and Waves will square off for the first time this season
> UCI is 7-3 against Pepperdine in the last 10 games, the two teams met twice last season with the 'Eaters earning victories on both occasions
> Both games against the Waves last season were decided by one goal as UCI won the first match-up in sudden-death, 8-7, and the second meeting 6-5
> The Waves are 10-8 on the season and 1-0 in the GCC
> Pepperdine earned a conference win against LBSU two weeks ago
> The Waves finished 2-2 at the MPSF Invite with wins over UCSD (10-9) and Pacific (13-9)
> Chris Dilworth, Mate Toth and Sean Ferrari lead the Waves with 37, 36, and 25 goals, respectively
> John Claude Marco has played the majority of the minutes in goal for Pepperdine and has 99 saves for a .490 save percentage
> UCSB, Pepperdine and Pacific lead the GCC with a 1-0 record while LBSU, UCI and SJSU are all 0-1 in conference play

LAST TIME OUT
> UCI finished with a 2-2 record at the MPSF Invite, settling for 11^th-place in the tournament
> The Anteaters won games against San Jose State (8-7) and Loyola Marymount (17-10) and fell to Pacific (14-11) and UC San Diego (11-10)
> Jason Evezard finished the weekend with a team-best 11 goals including a career-high seven goal performance against LMU
> Jack Trush tallied six goals over the weekend while Casey Lynton and Jon Polos had five each
> Byron Rivers played every game in goal, finishing with 34 saves
> Trush tallied his 100^th career-goal against LMU

NEWS AND NOTES
> UCI moved to No. 11 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 47 goals
> Evezard has scored at least once in every game and a team-best nine hat tricks and a 11-1 record in sprints
> Byron Rivers has started every game in goal for the Anteaters, compiling 170 saves for a .521 save percentage
> Rivers leads the Golden Coast Conference in saves (170)
> Evezard is fourth in the GCC in goals (47) while Jack Trush is eighth (31)
> Casey Lynton leads the team in steals with 17
> Bryant Joudrie has a team-best 13 assists followed by Evezard with 12
> After scoring six goals last weekend, Jack Trush upped his career goal total to 100. The senior leads the team with 29 drawn exclusions
> UCI has out-scored opponents 178-161
> The 'Eaters are averaging 11.13 goals per game while holding their opponents to 10.06 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 travels north to play a GCC game against San Jose State on Saturday, Oct. 27 (12 p.m.) before facing Stanford Sunday, Oct. 28 (1 p.m.)

Schedule

No. 11 Anteaters Face No. 6 Pepperdine in GCC Action

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Players Mentioned

Jason Evezard

Bryant Joudrie

Casey Lynton

Jon Polos

Byron Rivers

Jack Trush

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