Men's Water Polo Falls At UC Irvine

Sunday, October 27

Irvine, Calif.

12:00 PM

USC

UC Irvine*

Men's Water Polo Falls At UC Irvine

October 27, 2002 | Men's Water Polo

Oct. 27, 2002

IRVINE, Calif. --- No. 2 UC Irvine scored twice in the first and third quarters and went on to defeat No. 3 USC, 4-2, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men's water polo action at the Anteater Aquatics Complex Sunday.

A power-play goal by sophomore Dreason Barry at 5:39 of the first quarter opened the scoring and senior Jeff Powers netted a natural goal with three seconds remaining in the period to give UCI a 2-0 lead. Senior Jordan Hewko put the Trojans on the board with an extra-man goal at 5:40 in the second quarter for the only score of that period.

Junior Phil Garcia scored for UCI in a 6-on-5 situation at 5:03 of the third quarter and junior Garrett Gentry scored a natural goal with 1:03 left for a 4-1 Anteater margin heading into the final quarter. USC sophomore James Shin scored with 2:22 left in the fourth period and the Anteater defense held off a USC power-play opportunity in the final minute.

Goalie Doug Finfrock had eight saves for UCI, which improved to 11-6 overall and 2-2 in the MPSF. Junior Bozidar Damjanovic recorded 15 saves, including 13 in the first half, for the Trojans, who fell to 14-5 overall and 3-2 in the MPSF.

USC plays a non-conference match at Loyola Marymount next Friday (Nov. 1) and will host Pacific in an MPSF match on Saturday (Nov. 2) at noon.

USC --------- 0-1-0-1 -- 2UC Irvine --- 2-0-2-0 -- 4
USC:  Jordan Hewko, James Shin.UCI:  Dreason Barry, Jeff Powers, Phil Garcia, Garrett Gentry.
Saves:  Bozidar Damjanovic (USC) 15;  Doug Finfrock (UCI) 8.
Records:  No. 3 USC is 14-5, 3-2 in the MPSF;  No. 5 UCI is 11-6, 2-2 in theMPSF.