No. 11 Anteaters Head North For Two Games

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#11 UC Irvine (7-10, 0-2) at #18 San José State (6-13, 0-1)
Saturday, Oct. 27 | 12:00 PM | Saratoga, Calif.
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#11 UC Irvine (7-10, 0-2) at. #2 Stanford (15-1, 1-0)
Sunday, Oct. 28 | 1:00 PM | Palo Alto, Calif.
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11^th-ranked UCI heads to Northern California for a pair of matches. The Anteaters play a GCC game at San José State Saturday (12 p.m.) before facing off against No. 2 Stanford on Sunday (1 p.m.). Live stats will be available for Saturday's game while video will be provided for Sunday's contest.

WEEKEND STORYLINES
> UCI is 7-10 overall and 0-2 in GCC play after dropping a close, 13-12, decision to Pepperdine last weekend
> The Anteaters and Spartans are both looking for their first conference win this weekend
> UCI and SJSU met earlier this season at the MPSF Invite as the 'Eaters earned an 8-7 victory
> UCI, SJSU and Long Beach State have not won a GCC game this season while Pepperdine and Pacific lead the conference with 2-0 records
> The Spartans most recently dropped games to St. Francis Brooklyn (10-9) and Brown (11-3)
> UC Irvine is 6-0 against SJSU since the Spartans reinstated their men's water polo program in 2015
> Justin Pickering leads the Spartans with 27 goals this season followed by Adam Bado with 19
> Yahav Fire has seen the majority of minutes in goal for SJSU and has 76 saves for a .524 save percentage
> The Cardinal 15-1 on the season and 1-0 in the MPSF
> Stanford's lone loss of the season came against No. 1 USC at the MPSF Invite (10-9)
> The Cardinal defeated Pacific (15-7) and Wagner (19-4) in their last two outings and will play UC Davis Saturday before hosting the Anteaters
> The 'Eaters have not won a game against Stanford since a 9-8 triumph in Nov. 2006
> Ben Hallock and Tyler Abramson lead Stanford in scoring with 42 goals apiece while Bennett Williams has 40 goals on the season
> Oliver Lewis has played the majority of the season in goal for the Cardinal and has 174 saves with a 6.46 goals against average
> Stanford has out-scored its opponents 247-108 this year

LAST TIME OUT
> UCI dropped a close one-goal GCC game to No. 6 Pepperdine, 13-12
> The Anteaters fell behind, 5-0, after the first quarter but out-scored the Waves 7-4 in the second half to attempt the comeback
> UCI brought the game within one, 13-12, with three minutes to play but could not score for the remainder of the time, ultimately dropping the contest
> Jason Evezard led the 'Eaters with three goals while Jack Trush drew five exclusions
> Jake Huynen and Chandler Mankins split time in goal finishing with five and four saves, respectively

NEWS AND NOTES
> UCI remained No. 11 in this week's Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) national rankings. The Anteaters started 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 49 goals
> Evezard has scored at least once in every game and a team-best 10 hat tricks and a 12-1 record in sprints
> Byron Rivers has started 16 game in goal for the Anteaters, compiling 186 saves for a .544 save percentage
> Rivers leads the Golden Coast Conference in saves (186)
> Evezard is fourth in the GCC in goals (49) while Jack Trush is 10th (31)
> Casey Lynton leads the team in steals with 28 which is good for third in the GCC
> Lynton has a team-best 18 assists
> UCI has out-scored opponents 192-174
> The 'Eaters are averaging 11.29 goals per game while holding their opponents to 10.24 gpg
> UCI is 1-2 when playing in overtime situations

JACK HITS 100
> Senior Jack Trush scored his 100^th career goal in UCI's 17-10 win over LMU on Oct. 14
> Tush leads UCI with 51 drawn exclusions this season

EVEZARD MAKES WAVES
> 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 has led UCI in scoring in 9 of 17 games and has a team-high 49 goals this season
> He has a team-best 10 hat tricks and has scored at least one goal in every game
> Evezard had a career-high seven goals against LMU on Oct. 14

UP NEXT
> UCI returns home to host UC Santa Barbara in conference action Friday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.

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Jason Evezard

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Casey Lynton

Chandler Mankins

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Jack Trush

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