No. 1 USC Downs Long Beach State 13-9

Saturday, October 29

McDonald's Swim Stadium

10:00 AM

USC

Long Beach State*

No. 1 USC Downs Long Beach State 13-9

October 30, 2005 | Men's Water Polo

Oct. 30, 2005

In top-ranked USC's conference home opener, the Trojans broke out of a tight third quarter and left No. 8 Long Beach State behind on the way to a 13-9 win in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation competition Saturday at McDonald Swim Stadium.

Once again, USC's all-time leading scorer Juraj Zatovic topped all scorers with his second straight five-goal game. He had help, of course, with Juan Delgadillo and Tommy Corcoran both firing in a pair of goals, and four other Trojans got in on the scoring action.

USC built up a 5-3 lead at halftime, but Long Beach State climbed back and took a 6-5 lead midway through the third quarter. The Trojans put a stop to that surge, however, and worked their way back ahead to hold a 10-7 edge going into the final period.

The win moves the Trojans to 15-1 overall and 2-0 in MPSF play. Long Beach State is now 5-10 and 0-2.

LBSU    2 - 1 - 4 - 2 -- 9USC     4 - 1 - 5 - 3 -- 13
Scoring:USC -- Juraj Zatovic 5, Tommy Corcoran 2, Juan Delgadillo 2, Ted Zepfel 1, Thomas Hale 1, Pavol Valovic 1, Adam McCall 1.LBSU -- Brett McCleave 3, Jay Gerardi 3, Erik Geoffroy 2, Satoshi Sakata 1.
Saves: Don Ricci (USC) 5, Thomas Onyshko (LBSU) 11.