Long Beach State University
UC Irvine
49ers Fall To UC Irvine 12-9
10/22/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
Oct. 22, 2008
Long Beach, Calif. -
Ashley Blythen had a team-high four goals, including a fourth-period score to pull the 49ers within one, but Long Beach State fell on the road to No. 9 UC Irvine 12-9. Down 11-4, the 49ers scored five unanswered goals in the fourth period, but the hole was too great for the 49ers to overcome.
UC Irvine got on the board first, and never trailed in the match, taking a 6-4 lead into the half behind three second period goals from Brandon Johnson. The Anteaters then moved ahead 11-4 before the 49ers mounted their rally.
Coming back strongly in the fourth period, Long Beach State recovered from the third period with five straight goals to pull back to within two with 1:52 remaining after Blythen's final goal. UC Irvine would score once more,
The road matchup between the teams was outside the MPSF, so it will not count in the conference standings. The 49ers return to action on the road on Saturday, playing Stanford on the road.
WATER POLO | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | F | RECORDS |
| LBSU | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | - | 9 | 9-11 |
| UC Irvine | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | 12 | 8-8 |
| LBSU Goals: Ashley Blythen 4, Aleksander Petrovic 2, Pavle Filipovic, Justin Koeppen, Mike Del Grande | |||||||
| GOALIE SAVES: LBSU: Derek Wiebe-Bailey 4 | |||||||
