USC
Long Beach State
No. 2 USC Tops Long Beach State 10-4
November 13, 2010 | Men's Water Polo
Nov. 13, 2010
LONG BEACH, CALIF. - The No. 2 USC men's water polo team boosted its MPSF record up to 5-2 with a solid 10-4 win over No. 8 Long Beach State. The Trojans utilized a balanced gameplan to get their seventh straight win in the books, improving USC to 22-2 overall on the year with one game left in the regular season.
Nikola Vavic's hat trick led the way for the USC offense, which answered an early 1-1 lockup with a five-goal run to put the Beach behind 6-1. When Long Beach State got a late goal to go in the second period, Tobias Preuss punched in an answer just before the break for a 7-2 USC halftime advantage.
The third period was a quiet one, with the Trojans registering the only goal of the frame with a score from Connor Virjee. In the fourth, the teams stayed in stride with one another to move an 8-2 USC lead to a 10-4 final by the final buzzer.
USC has an exhibition match next when the Canadian National Team comes to McDonald's Swim Stadium on Wednesday (Nov. 17) at 5 p.m. USC's MPSF finale is coming up next weekend in a road trip to UC Irvine. The Trojans face the Anteaters at 12 p.m. on Saturday (Nov. 20).
Saturday, Nov. 13 - Long Beach, Calif.
#2 USC 10, #8 Long Beach State 4
USC 6 - 1 - 1 - 2 = 10
LBSU 1 - 1 - 0 - 2 = 4
SCORING:
USC - Nikola Vavic 3, Michael Rosenthal 2, Peter Kurzeka, Matt Burton, Tobias Preuss, Connor Virjee, Mace Rapsey.
LBSU - Alexsandr Petrovic 2, Nick Rascon, Barry Snyder
SAVES: Joel Dennerley (USC) 8, Matt Kubeck (LBSU) 2.
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