Jewell and Allard Each Tally 2 Goals In Victory November 3, 2001 BERKELEY, CA--Justin Jewell (Ojai) and Nathan Allard (La Habra) each scored two goals to lead the #6-ranked Long Beach State men's water polo team to a 7-5 win over #5-ranked California on Saturday morning at the Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley. With the win the 49ers improve to 9-6 overall and 2-4 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF). Cal fell to 10-5 overall and 3-4 in the MPSF.
Trailing 3-2 at the 3:26 mark in the second quarter, the 49ers proceeded to outscore Cal 5-1 over the next two periods and grab a 7-4 lead at the 5:20 mark of the fourth quarter. Jewell scored back-to-back goals in the second quarter, the first at 2:59 and the second at 2:12, to give the 49ers their first lead of the game, 4-3, heading into the half. In the third quarter Allard tallied his second goal of the day at the 5:25 mark and then All-American Chris Segesman (Goleta) scored at 4:17, giving The Beach a 6-3 advantage. The Golden Bears scored with just 0:26 left in the quarter on a shot by Spencer Dornin to cut the deficit to 6-4.
“The past couple of weeks the guys have been playing together,” said 49er head coach Rick Azevedo. “This was a total team win with total team unity. The whole year we basically have been challenging everything. We easily could be 14-1 at this point. But, the past couple of weeks we’ve been playing great water polo. Brett Adolph had a great game for us in goal as well.”
Both teams scored once in the fourth quarter with Long Beach scoring first at 5:20 as Scott Miller (Long Beach) found the back of the net. Cal was able to score at the 4:34 mark on a goal by Mike West, but were shutout the remainder of the contest. 49er goalie Brett Adolph (La Mesa) tallied 10 goalie saves on the morning. Cal recorded 24 shots on the day to just 15 for the 49ers, but Long Beach found the net seven times.
The win over the Golden Bears was just the sixth-ever by a Long Beach State men’s water polo squad, who trailed in the all-time series by a 56-5 count heading into the day. Cal had won the past six meetings and 28 of the last 29.
The 49ers will next be in action on Tuesday, November 6 when they play at UC Irvine at 7:00 pm.
| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | | LBSU | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | | CAL | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
Scoring: LBSU: Justin Jewell 2, Nathan Allard 2, Chris Segesman, Scott Miller, Brett Adams
CAL: Will Quist, Spencer Dornin, Chris Lathrop, Attila Banhidy, Mike West
Goalie Saves: LBSU: Brett Adolph 11 / CAL: Russell Bernstein 3, Tim Kates 2
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