UC Irvine Edged By Pacific, 9-8 In GCC Semifinals
November 17, 2018 | Men's Water Polo
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Fourth-seed UC Irvine battled, but came up just short losing to top-seeded Pacific, 9-8 in the semifinals of the Golden Coast Conference at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center Saturday.
The Anteaters go to 9-16 overall, while Pacific improves to 12-11 on the year.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Casey Lynton and Jack Trush paced UCI with two goals each
>Bryant Joudrie, Michael Swieca, Jason Evezard and Jon Polos also recorded goals for the Anteaters
>In goal, Bryon Rivers made nine saves
>Pacific's Luke Paviliard and Engin Ege Colak had a game-best three goals
>UCI out-shot Pacific 34-24
>Pacific only had one exclusion on the day
FIRST PERIOD
>The game started slow with Pacific notching the lone goal at 5:04
SECOND PERIOD
>UCI caught fire in the second frame, scoring three times to take a 3-2 lead
>UCI trailed 2-0 before Casey Lynton scored at 4:18 followed by Bryant Joudrie at 2:24 to tie the game at 2-2
> Michael Swieca would give UCI its first lead with a goal at 1:30
THIRD PERIOD
>UCI used goals by Jon Polos (4:27) and another by Lynton (1:49)
>The teams would be tied at 5-5 heading in to the final period
FOURTH PERIOD
>Jack Trush took advantage of the keeper coming out to bury a goal at 7:42 and push UCI ahead 6-5
>Pacific would capitalize on two steals that were converted in to back-to-back goals for the Tigers to put them back in front, 7-6
>Luke Pavilard would extend the lead for the Tigers to 8-6 at 3:48
>Trush would keep the Anteaters in the game firing a goal from up top at 2:12, 8-7
>A deep shot by Pavilard found the goal and stopped the momentum at 1:43 (9-7)
>A rebound putback by Jason Evezard at 1:23 kept the game interesting, 9-8
>Following a stop by Bryon Rivers, UCI used a timeout with 43 seconds remaining to draw up a play, but the final shot was deflected
>NOTES
>Evezard improved his team-leading goal total to 60
UP NEXT
>UCI will take on Pepperdine tomorrow (Nov. 18) in the third place game at 11:00 a.m.
The Anteaters go to 9-16 overall, while Pacific improves to 12-11 on the year.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Casey Lynton and Jack Trush paced UCI with two goals each
>Bryant Joudrie, Michael Swieca, Jason Evezard and Jon Polos also recorded goals for the Anteaters
>In goal, Bryon Rivers made nine saves
>Pacific's Luke Paviliard and Engin Ege Colak had a game-best three goals
>UCI out-shot Pacific 34-24
>Pacific only had one exclusion on the day
FIRST PERIOD
>The game started slow with Pacific notching the lone goal at 5:04
SECOND PERIOD
>UCI caught fire in the second frame, scoring three times to take a 3-2 lead
>UCI trailed 2-0 before Casey Lynton scored at 4:18 followed by Bryant Joudrie at 2:24 to tie the game at 2-2
> Michael Swieca would give UCI its first lead with a goal at 1:30
THIRD PERIOD
>UCI used goals by Jon Polos (4:27) and another by Lynton (1:49)
>The teams would be tied at 5-5 heading in to the final period
FOURTH PERIOD
>Jack Trush took advantage of the keeper coming out to bury a goal at 7:42 and push UCI ahead 6-5
>Pacific would capitalize on two steals that were converted in to back-to-back goals for the Tigers to put them back in front, 7-6
>Luke Pavilard would extend the lead for the Tigers to 8-6 at 3:48
>Trush would keep the Anteaters in the game firing a goal from up top at 2:12, 8-7
>A deep shot by Pavilard found the goal and stopped the momentum at 1:43 (9-7)
>A rebound putback by Jason Evezard at 1:23 kept the game interesting, 9-8
>Following a stop by Bryon Rivers, UCI used a timeout with 43 seconds remaining to draw up a play, but the final shot was deflected
>NOTES
>Evezard improved his team-leading goal total to 60
UP NEXT
>UCI will take on Pepperdine tomorrow (Nov. 18) in the third place game at 11:00 a.m.
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