'Eaters Earn Third Straight Win To Close Out The MPSF Invitational

Sunday, September 25

Palo Alto, CA

1:40 p.m.

UC Irvine

6-6

Pepperdine

6-8

Team	1	2	3	4	OT	OT	Final F
Pepperdine	1	7	4	1	1	0	14
UC Irvine	5	1	3	4	1	1	15

'Eaters Earn Third Straight Win To Close Out The MPSF Invitational

September 25, 2022 | Men's Water Polo

Box Score

By: Jordan Kehoe

PALO ALTO, Calif. – No. 13 UC Irvine men's water polo (6-6) earned their third consecutive win, taking down No. 11 Pepperdine (6-8) 15-14 in overtime.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>UC Irvine out-shot Pepperdine, 27-25
>Garrett Selby earned the start in goal, making one save
>Dylan Patist led the Anteaters in goals, recording five
>Patist notched his first hat-trick of the season
>Three Anteaters had a perfect shot percentage—Patist (5-5), Grant Chiponis (2-2), and Tyler Padua (1-1)
>Ethan Shipman, Luka Krstic, and Stewart Campbell each tallied two goals in the contest
>Zachary Baxter added one goal to the UCI offensive effort
>Pepperdine was led by Dennis Blyashov, recording six goals on eight shots

FIRST PERIOD
>UCI took the early 5-1 lead over Pepperdine
>Dylan Patist (2), Stewart Campbell, Grant Chiponis, and Tyler Padua compiled the Anteater goals
>Pepperdine (1:35) capitalized on a five-meter penalty

SECOND PERIOD
>Zachary Baxter (6:05) was able to deposit the lone Anteater goal of the period
>The Waves were able to net seven unanswered to take the 8-6 advantage at the half

THIRD PERIOD
>Patist (6:08) notched the hat-trick while adding his fourth of the match at 3:46
>Chiponis (1:22) found the back of the cage to close in the on the Waves lead

FOURTH PERIOD
>Ethan Shipman (7:21, 3:00) was able to score two back-to-back
>The Anteater defense limited the Pepperdine attack, only allowing one goal to be scored (1:45) in the period
>Luka Krstic (1:34) countered the Pepperdine goal with one of his own before Stewart Campbell netted the equalizer with six seconds remaining in regulation

OVERTIME
>Krstic (1:42) earned his second of the contest in the first overtime period
>Pepperdine knotted the match at 14-14 with their goal at 1:21
>Patist (2:06) recorded the game winner for UC Irvine, his fifth goal of the game

UP NEXT
UCI will compete in their final tournament of the season, taking on both California Baptist and Occidental on Sept. 30.