Box Score 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.