UC Irvine Emerged Victorious In Sudden Death Over No. 11 Princeton

Sunday, September 18

Davis, CA

8 a.m.

UC Irvine

2-4

Princeton

8-3

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	OT	SD	Final F
UC Irvine	2	0	1	3	0	1	1	8
Princeton	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	7

UC Irvine Emerged Victorious In Sudden Death Over No. 11 Princeton

September 18, 2022 | Men's Water Polo

Box Score

By: Jordan Kehoe

IRVINE, Calif. – No. 12 UC Irvine men's water polo (3-4) survived the sudden death overtime with an 8-7 victory over No. 11 Princeton (8-4).

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>UC Irvine out-shot Princeton, 29-27
>14 Anteaters had shot attempts
>Jacob Pyle earned the start in goal, making 11 saves
>Zlatan Nikocevic tied the lead for all players in goals, recording two
>Nikocevic led the team in shots, tallying seven
>Luka Krstic and Jackson Matos unloaded six shot attempts each
>Stewart Campbell led all players with three assists
>Ethan Shipman compiled one goal on four shots and two assists
>Princeton was led by Neapole and McCarroll, both recording two goals on three shots

FIRST PERIOD
>Princeton got on the board first on a power play (7:15) and at full strength (5:02)
>Grant Chiponis netted the first goal of the game for the Anteaters (3:01), assist from Ethan Shipman
>Jackson Matos (1:14) tied the game headed into the second period

SECOND PERIOD
>Princeton scored the first goal of the period (1:35) before adding another (0:36)
>UCI unloaded four shots on goal
> Jacob Pyle came away with two big stops

THIRD PERIOD
>The Tigers earned their third in a row (7:16) before adding one more (0:10) to lead 6-3
>Luka Krstic (4:51) found the back of the net, another assist from Shipman

FOURTH PERIOD
>Dylan Patist capitalized on the power play opportunity (6:21), assist credited to Krstic
>Zlatan Nikocevic (2:04) scored his first goal of the game to bring the 'Eaters within one
>Tyler Padua (0:06) sends the game into overtime, Krstic's second assist of the contest

OVERTIME
>Both teams remained scoreless in the first overtime period
>Princeton breaks the tie (1:01) in overtime period two before Shipman netted the equalizer (0:30) on a power play
>The contest heads into sudden death following the two overtime periods if a tie remains
>Nikocevic (1:17) scored the game winner for the Anteaters

UP NEXT
UCI will face No. 14 Harvard in the final matchup of the Aggie Round-Up at 1 p.m.