Sunday, September 9
Redlands, CA
1:20 PM
UC Irvine
15
at
7
Redlands
Balanced Attack Leads UC Irvine Over Redlands, 15-7
September 09, 2018 | Men's Water Polo
IRVINE, Calif. – Jason Evezard had a career-best six goals and six other Anteaters scored as the 10th-ranked UCI men's water polo team earned a decisive 15-7 victory over Redlands at the Inland Empire Classic, Sunday afternoon.
UCI improves to 4-4 on the season while Redlands falls to 1-7 overall.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Evezard's six goals were a game-high
> Bryant Jourdrie, Miles Kalbus and Jack Baumgardner each had two goals for UCI
> Byron Rivers made 10 stops in goal
> Jasen Swan led the Bulldogs with two goals
> Redlands goalkeeper Chris Martinez made eight saves
> UCI held a 32-30 advantage in shots and capitalized on 3-of-8 extra-man opportunities
> The Bulldogs were 1-of-15 on powerplays
TURNING POINTS
> The Anteaters dominated from the start, tallying four goals in the first quarter while holding Redlands scoreless
> Evezard had a hat trick in the first quarter, scoring three goals
> Kalbus fired in a goal early in the second quarter before Redlands got on the board with 5:09 showing on the clock
> Evezard notched back-to-back goals giving UCI a 7-1 halftime lead
> The Bulldogs struck first in the third quarter on a power-play goal before the 'Eaters scored two-straight to make it 9-2 with 3:00 minutes to play
> UCI remained in control the rest of the game to seal the eight-goal, 15-7, victory
NOTES
> UCI improves to 13-0 all-time against Redlands
> Jason Evezard leads the Anteaters with 27 goals and nine assists this season
> Evezard tallied his sixth hat trick this season
> Evezard's six goals are a single-game season-high for UCI and he has scored at least one goal in every game this year
> Byron Rivers has played every minute in goal and boasts a .574 save percentage
UP NEXT: The Anteaters take a short break from competition before hosting Concordia, Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.
UCI improves to 4-4 on the season while Redlands falls to 1-7 overall.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Evezard's six goals were a game-high
> Bryant Jourdrie, Miles Kalbus and Jack Baumgardner each had two goals for UCI
> Byron Rivers made 10 stops in goal
> Jasen Swan led the Bulldogs with two goals
> Redlands goalkeeper Chris Martinez made eight saves
> UCI held a 32-30 advantage in shots and capitalized on 3-of-8 extra-man opportunities
> The Bulldogs were 1-of-15 on powerplays
TURNING POINTS
> The Anteaters dominated from the start, tallying four goals in the first quarter while holding Redlands scoreless
> Evezard had a hat trick in the first quarter, scoring three goals
> Kalbus fired in a goal early in the second quarter before Redlands got on the board with 5:09 showing on the clock
> Evezard notched back-to-back goals giving UCI a 7-1 halftime lead
> The Bulldogs struck first in the third quarter on a power-play goal before the 'Eaters scored two-straight to make it 9-2 with 3:00 minutes to play
> UCI remained in control the rest of the game to seal the eight-goal, 15-7, victory
NOTES
> UCI improves to 13-0 all-time against Redlands
> Jason Evezard leads the Anteaters with 27 goals and nine assists this season
> Evezard tallied his sixth hat trick this season
> Evezard's six goals are a single-game season-high for UCI and he has scored at least one goal in every game this year
> Byron Rivers has played every minute in goal and boasts a .574 save percentage
UP NEXT: The Anteaters take a short break from competition before hosting Concordia, Thursday, Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.
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