Hadar Leads Upset Against No. 2 UC Irvine

Sunday, September 22

McDonald's Swim Stadium

12:00 PM

USC

UC Irvine

Hadar Leads Upset Against No. 2 UC Irvine

September 22, 2002 | Men's Water Polo

Sept. 22, 2002

LOS ANGELES - Gadi Hadar's goal with 1:14 remaining was the game-winner Sunday and the No. 6 USC Trojans upset the No. 2 UC Irvine Anteaters, 8-7, in non-conference action at McDonald's Swim Stadium. The Trojans rallied from a two-goal deficit in the fourth period after UCI's Jeff Powers scored his game-high fourth goal at 4:48.

USC (8-2) had seven different players score on the afternoon, including Stephen Lipinski with two. Bozidar Damjanovic registered six saves, including three key saves in the third period while Doug Finfrock had 11 for UC Irvine (5-2).

USC hosts UCLA in an MPSF contest on Saturday (Sept. 28) at McDonald's Swim Stadium at 1 p.m.

        1st 2nd 3rd 4th FinalUCI (5-2)   2   3   1   1   7USC (8-2)   1   3   1   3   8
UCI - Jeff Powers 4, Dreason Barry 2, Dan NoonUSC - Stephen Lipinski 2, Jordan Hewko, Jaraj Zatovic, Gadi Hadar, Erik Healy, Predrag Damjanov, Jeff Larson
Saves:  UCI - Doug Finfrock 11; USC - Bozidar Damjanovic 6

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