IRVINE, Calif. – UC Irvine opens the weekend up with a Black and Blue rivalry match-up against No. 8/8 Long Beach State Friday night before taking on the Tigers of No. 6/7 Princeton on Sunday.

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Week 7 Notes
 
THIS WEEKEND
No. 9/9 UC Irvine vs. No. 8/8 Long Beach State
Friday, Oct. 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Anteater Aquatics Complex
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No. 9/9 UC Irvine vs. No. 6/7 Princeton
Sunday, Oct. 15 | 12:00 p.m. | Anteater Aquatics Complex
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THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
>UC Irvine enters the week ranked 9th in the CWPA Preseason Poll
>UCI is slated ninth in the new Association of College Water Polo Coaches poll
>The Anteaters are set to face off against No. 8/8 Long Beach State for the third time this season and second time in Irvine
>No. 8/8 Long Beach State recorded a 2-1 record over the weekend
>LBSU earned victories over Golden West Community College (17-9) and then No. 3 Pepperdine (11-10), while falling to conference opponent UC Davis (9-8)
>The Beach enters the Friday meeting with an 13-7 record, 0-2 in conference action
>No. 6/7 Princeton will spend a week in California with their first stop of the seven-game stint in Irvine
>The two squads last faced off in the 2022 Aggie Roundup where UCI prevailed, 8-7, in the sudden death period
>Over the weekend, Princeton defeated the likes of Brown (15-9), LIU (16-8), and Iona (16-9)
>The Tigers head into the contest with a 16-2 overall record and hold a perfect 5-0 record in conference action

NOTES
>UC Irvine defeated UC San Diego, 10-9, in the Anteaters first Big West game of the season
>Freshman Johann Thrall led all players in goals scored with four
>Thrall has had four consecutive mutli-goal games
>Thomas Cass and Luka Krstic each tallied two goals
>UCI converted on both of their five-meter penalties
>Jacob Pyle made the start in the cage, blocking eight shots
>Pyle dished out an assist and stole the ball twice
>Garrett Selby finished the game in the net and helped stop the final shot from the Tritons with two seconds left, preventing overtime action to occur
>Cass was the team leader in assists with two and match leader in steals (four)
>Jack Stevens contributed three steals to the game
>In the last two meetings between UCI and UCSD, the final score was the exact same (UCI won 10-9)
>UCI has won four consecutive games, their longest streak of the season
>UC Irvine won their conference opening game for the second consecutive season
>Pyle ranks second in the conference in goals against average and third in save percentage