LA JOLLA, Calif. – Senior
Miles Kalbus had a career-high five goals as No. 9 UCI earned a decisive 22-5 victory over La Verne on the first day of the Triton Invitational, Saturday afternoon.
With the win, UCI improves to 2-0 on the season. La Verne falls to 0-2.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
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Miles Kalbus' five goals led all players and was also a single-game career-best
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Jason Evezard finished with another four-goal performance, his second of the day
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Michael Swieca tallied a hat trick with three goals
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Jon Polos,
Sven Davidson and
Foster Hoose each had one goal apiece
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Byron Rivers notched 12 saves and one steal in goal
> UCI was 6-of-9 on power-plays while La Verne went 2-of-12 on extra-man opportunities
> The Anteaters finished with a .500 shooting percentage
> Chucky Ortega led La Verne in scoring with two goals
TURNING POINTS
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Jack Trush scored early but La Verne answered with a goal at 4:33 in the first quarter.
>The Anteaters broke open the lead with five-straight goals to take a 6-1 lead after the first quarter.
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Jason Evezard notched back-to-back goals to open the second quarter giving UCI an 8-1 lead with 5:45 to play.
> La Verne's Ortega answered to make it 7-2 with 4:43 left in the half.
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Daniel Norman had two goals late in the second quarter to make it 10-3 at halftime.
> The Anteaters outscored the Leopards 12-2 in the second half to earn their second win of the season.
> Swieca tallied two goals in the third quarter and one in the fourth.
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Miles Kalbus had back-to-back goals in the fourth quarter to cap the scoring for UCI.
MILES KALBUS ON HIS CAREER-HIGH PERFORMANCE
"I was just taking shots when I was open and I thought we improved a lot as a team from our first game of the day. We just started to play better on both sides of the ball."
NOTES
> UCI improves to 6-0 all-time against La Verne
> After two games,
Jason Evezard leads UCI with eight goals
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Jack Trush improves to 72 career goals
UP NEXT: UCI will continue action at the Triton Invitational and faces Cal Sunday, Sept. 2 at 10:30 a.m.
