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No. 5 Trojans Lock Down 13-6 Win Over No. 9 Long Beach State
September 19, 2019 | Men's Water Polo, Features
Second-period shutout gets the Trojans into control in home opener.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — The No. 5 USC men's water polo team turned a tight game into a Trojan-controlled contest with a four-goal scoring surge that left visiting No. 9 Long Beach State largely out of reach in tonight's home opener at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. Behind five goals from Jacob Mercep and 10 saves from Vaios Vlahotasios, USC locked up a 13-6 victory over the 49ers to improve to 4-1 on the year.
Long Beach State drew first blood early in the game, but USC countered a minute later with the first of five blasts from Mercep. Matt Maier squashed a 49er 6-on-5 chance with a field block, and then Mercep fed Marcus Longton for the freshman's first USC goal in home waters. Long Beach State equalized next, but that prompted a lockdown by the Trojans. Marin Dasic sent in a bar-in laser to get USC a 3-2 lead that held through to the end of the first. In the second, the Trojan defense shut out the 49ers while Mercep, Dasic and Luke Wyatt each hit the back of the net to make it a 6-2 USC lead at halftime. Vlahotasios would wrap the half with a save to silence a 49er power play and then a steal to keep things in USC control.
Long Beach State broke its 12 minutes of scoring silence with a goal to open the third, but USC's offensive onslaught heated back up. Mercep delivered two more — the first and the last for USC in the frame — while Alexander Lansill finished off a 6-on-5 setup from Luka Karaman and Dasic zipped in his third of the day to help USC along to a 10-4 lead entering the fourth. That three-goal rally was followed by two more Trojan tallies in the first half of the fourth, as Mercep punched up his fourth and Karaman joined the scoresheet off a pass from Hannes Daube. Daube would also drill a score for the Trojans before the close of the game, blasting a 6-on-5 strike set up by Troy Furniss as USC worked toward a final 13-6 win over the visiting 49ers.
Next up for the Trojans is a trip across town to compete at the Mountain Pacific Invitational, hosted by UCLA Sept. 27-29.
#5 USC 13, #9 Long Beach State 6
Sept. 19, 2019 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC Â Â 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 = 13
LBSU Â 2 - 0 - 2 - 2 = 6
SCORING:
USC — Jacob Mercep 5, Marin Dasic 3, Marcus Longton, Luke Wyatt, Alexander Lansill, Luka Karaman, Hannes Daube.
LBSU — Nemanja Bakic 4, Jonathan Wong, Theodoros Pateros.
SAVES:Â Vaios Vlahotasios (USC) 10, Marwan Darwish (LBSU) 15.
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Long Beach State drew first blood early in the game, but USC countered a minute later with the first of five blasts from Mercep. Matt Maier squashed a 49er 6-on-5 chance with a field block, and then Mercep fed Marcus Longton for the freshman's first USC goal in home waters. Long Beach State equalized next, but that prompted a lockdown by the Trojans. Marin Dasic sent in a bar-in laser to get USC a 3-2 lead that held through to the end of the first. In the second, the Trojan defense shut out the 49ers while Mercep, Dasic and Luke Wyatt each hit the back of the net to make it a 6-2 USC lead at halftime. Vlahotasios would wrap the half with a save to silence a 49er power play and then a steal to keep things in USC control.
Long Beach State broke its 12 minutes of scoring silence with a goal to open the third, but USC's offensive onslaught heated back up. Mercep delivered two more — the first and the last for USC in the frame — while Alexander Lansill finished off a 6-on-5 setup from Luka Karaman and Dasic zipped in his third of the day to help USC along to a 10-4 lead entering the fourth. That three-goal rally was followed by two more Trojan tallies in the first half of the fourth, as Mercep punched up his fourth and Karaman joined the scoresheet off a pass from Hannes Daube. Daube would also drill a score for the Trojans before the close of the game, blasting a 6-on-5 strike set up by Troy Furniss as USC worked toward a final 13-6 win over the visiting 49ers.
Next up for the Trojans is a trip across town to compete at the Mountain Pacific Invitational, hosted by UCLA Sept. 27-29.
#5 USC 13, #9 Long Beach State 6
Sept. 19, 2019 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC Â Â 3 - 3 - 4 - 3 = 13
LBSU Â 2 - 0 - 2 - 2 = 6
SCORING:
USC — Jacob Mercep 5, Marin Dasic 3, Marcus Longton, Luke Wyatt, Alexander Lansill, Luka Karaman, Hannes Daube.
LBSU — Nemanja Bakic 4, Jonathan Wong, Theodoros Pateros.
SAVES:Â Vaios Vlahotasios (USC) 10, Marwan Darwish (LBSU) 15.
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