PALO ALTO, Calif. – No. 13 UC Irvine men's water polo (4-6) avoided a fourth overtime contest, earning the 13-12 win over T-No. 16 Fordham (8-5).
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Fordham out-shot UC Irvine, 27-26
>11 Anteaters had shot attempts
>Garrett Selby earned the start in goal, making five saves
>Zayd Mahmoud made an appearance in the cage, recording three blocks
>Ethan Shipman led all players in goals and shots with six and nine respectively
>Shipman earned his third hat-trick of the season while adding two assists
>Jake Liechty added the other UCI assist
>Tyler Padua went 3-3 at the cage, earning the game winner for the Anteaters
>Zachary Baxter recorded two goals in the contest, both Luka Krstic and Zlatan Nikocevic tallied one each
>Fordham was led by Balasz Berenyi, recording three goals on five shots with one assist
 
FIRST PERIOD
>Tyler Padua (7:35) stuck the back of the cage first for the Anteaters before Ethan Shipman (3:39) landed one in the net
>Fordham was able to earn three for the advantage 
 
SECOND PERIOD
>Dylan Patist draws the penalty, the shot taken and scored by Shipman (7:36)
>Shipman notched his third hat-trick of the season with 3:35 remaining in the period
>Zachary Baxter (2:06) earned the Anteaters the slight advantage heading into the second half
 
THIRD PERIOD
>Just 22 seconds into the period before Shipman (7:38) recorded his fourth of the game, his fifth coming at 1:56
>Fordham scored six unanswered in the period, leading 10-8
 
FOURTH PERIOD
>UC Irvine scored four unanswered, Zlatan Nikocevic (1:12) netting the equalizer at 12-12
>Tyler Padua (0:15) deposited the game winner for the Anteaters
 
UP NEXT
UCI will take on No. 9 San Jose State at 5:20 p.m. for the second contest of the day.