'Eaters Battle In Overtime, Edged 18-17 By No. 14 Harvard

Sunday, September 18

Davis, CA

1 p.m.

UC Irvine

3-4

Harvard

4-3

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	OT	Final F
Harvard	5	6	1	3	2	1	18
UC Irvine	4	5	5	1	1	1	17

'Eaters Battle In Overtime, Edged 18-17 By No. 14 Harvard

September 18, 2022 | Men's Water Polo

Box Score

By: Jordan Kehoe

DAVIS, Calif. – No. 12 UC Irvine men's water polo (3-5) battled in overtime, edged 18-17 by No. 14 Harvard (5-3).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>UC Irvine and Harvard had 37 shot attempts each
>Jacob Pyle earned the start in goal, making seven saves
>Garrett Selby chipped in eight minutes in net, compiling four saves
>Ethan Shipman led the team in goals, recording three
>Shipman notched his second hat-trick of the weekend
>Luka Krstic and Zlatan Nikocevic led the team in shots, both tallying five each
>Stewart Campbell, Krstic, and Nikocevic led UCI with three assists a-piece
>Jackson Matos, Jack Stevens, Krstic, and Nikocevic had two goals each
>Thomas Cass, Tyler Padua, Jake Liechty, Dylan Patist, Jasper Dale, and Campbell found the back of the cage one time
>Harvard was led by Rozolis-Hill, recording five goals on six shots and one assist

FIRST PERIOD
>Tyler Padua (7:10) put UC Irvine on the board first
>Ethan Shipman (6:04) increased the Anteater advantage
>Princeton netted two to tie the lead
>Luka Krstic (4:33) found the back of the cage, Jasper Dale with the assist, before scoring another (0:58) to tie the contest 4-4

SECOND PERIOD
>Harvard scored the first goal of the period (7:30) before adding another (6:14) on a power play
>Jackson Matos (7:08) scored his first goal of the day
>Two goal period for Jack Stevens (4:41, 2:42), to tie the game 8-8
> Stewart Campbell (3:42) and Zlatan Nikocevic (0:58) contribute to the offensive effort, trailing 11-9 at the half

THIRD PERIOD
>Jake Liechty (6:59) netted the first of the period before his assists Matos (5:35)
>Shipman (4:40) deposited another into the net just 23 seconds before Jasper Dale (4:17) completed the same in a 3-on-1 situation
>Harvard (4:00) capitalized on a five-meter attempt
>Thomas Cass (0:01) beat the goalie, to lead 14-12 headed into the final period

FOURTH PERIOD
>Nikocevic (0:52) scored the Anteaters lone goal of the period
>Harvard netted three unanswered to send the game into overtime

OVERTIME
>Harvard hit first (2:34) on an assisted drive
>Dylan Patist (0:27) evened it back up after an exclusion advantage
>The Crimson held the one point advantage entering the second overtime, Shipman (0:57) tied it back up at 17 a-piece
>Harvard won the match on a five-meter penalty

UP NEXT
UCI will head the campus of Stanford for the MPSF Invitational from Friday Sept. 23 to Sunday Sept. 25.