
UCI Drops To No. 4 Stanford
September 02, 2023 | Men's Water Polo
LA JOLLA, Calif. – The UC Irvine men's water polo team dropped their second contest of the Triton Invitational, 13-6, to No. 4 ranked Stanford.
Sophomore Luka Krstic had a team best two goals in the contest and now has four on the year.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
UP NEXT
UCI will return to action on Sunday September 3rd for two games, first facing No. 3 UCLA at 9:15 a.m. before taking on Biola at 2:30 p.m.
Sophomore Luka Krstic had a team best two goals in the contest and now has four on the year.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Garrett Selby was tasked with defending the cage in the first period
- Junior Jacob Pyle played the remaining 24 minutes of the game in the net
- UC Irvine outscored No. 4 Stanford 3-2 in the second period
- The Anteaters committed 12 exclusions while the Cardinal had 10
- UCI scored the first goal of the game
- Ethan Shipman shot the only five-meter taken in the contest
- No. 4 Stanford saw two players notch hat-tricks
- First period: Krstic (1)
- Second period: Krstic (1), Tyler Padua (1), and Samuel Otta (1)
- Fourth period: Jack Stevens (1) and Johann Thrall (1)
UP NEXT
UCI will return to action on Sunday September 3rd for two games, first facing No. 3 UCLA at 9:15 a.m. before taking on Biola at 2:30 p.m.
Team Stats
STAN
UCI
Shots
34
30
Goals
13
6
Assists
6
5
Points
19
11
Exclusions
10
12
Steals
0
5
Sprints
0
2
1
Luka Krstic
7:34
Riley Pittman
6:18
CJ Indart
5:42
Riley Pittman
1:48
Grant Watson
0:52
Nolan Krutonog
0:00
2
Luka Krstic
7:35
Tyler Padua
5:22
Grant Watson
4:51
Samuel Otta
2:22
3
Jack Merrill
5:25
Jackson Painter
2:45
Ethan Parrish
2:13
Ethan Parrish
0:52
4
A Gheorgie
6:01
Johann Thrall
5:26
Jack Stevens
3:07
Riley Pittman
2:49
Grant Watson
1:31
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