Photo by: John Fajardo
Long Beach State Defeats No. 11 UC San Diego
10/6/2021 7:37:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
Matt Morris scores four as the Beach leaves San Diego with the win.
La Jolla, Calif. — Long Beach State's Matt Morris scored four goals as the Beach defeated No. 11 UC San Diego, 13-11, Wednesday night.
Morris scored the game's first three goals as the Beach (14-4) took an early 3-0 lead in the first four minutes of the match.
Alika Naone gave the Beach a 4-0 lead before the Tritons (9-7) outscored the Beach 3-1 in the final two minutes to cut LBSU's lead to 5-3 after the first quarter.
In the second period, Rafael Real Vergara opened the scoring in the first 30 seconds to give the Beach a 6-3 lead.
At halftime, the Beach led 9-5.
In the second half, the Tritons mounted a comeback outscoring the Beach 6-4.
The Beach's defense bent, but never broke as they held UCSD to 4-of-12 on powerplays and Andrej Bosanac had 11 saves in the cage.
Long Beach State will now head to Santa Barbara on Saturday to open Golden Coast Conference play against No. 4 UC Santa Barbara.
Morris scored the game's first three goals as the Beach (14-4) took an early 3-0 lead in the first four minutes of the match.
Alika Naone gave the Beach a 4-0 lead before the Tritons (9-7) outscored the Beach 3-1 in the final two minutes to cut LBSU's lead to 5-3 after the first quarter.
In the second period, Rafael Real Vergara opened the scoring in the first 30 seconds to give the Beach a 6-3 lead.
At halftime, the Beach led 9-5.
In the second half, the Tritons mounted a comeback outscoring the Beach 6-4.
The Beach's defense bent, but never broke as they held UCSD to 4-of-12 on powerplays and Andrej Bosanac had 11 saves in the cage.
Long Beach State will now head to Santa Barbara on Saturday to open Golden Coast Conference play against No. 4 UC Santa Barbara.
Team Stats
LBSU
UCSD
Shots
30
36
Goals
13
11
Assists
9
8
Points
22
19
Exclusions
13
10
Steals
12
6
Sprints
2
2
1
Matt Morris
6:02
Matt Morris
5:31
Matt Morris
4:39
Alika Naone
2:15
Kaden Likins
1:54
Manuel Augusto
1:08
Garrett Zaan
0:50
Kaden Likins
0:24
2
Rafael Real Vergara
7:32
JJ Loubriel
4:29
Manuel Augusto
3:59
Rafael Real Vergara
2:15
Evan Cain
1:35
Calder Hilde-Jones
1:17
3
Miles Wilson
5:11
Matt Morris
3:30
Calder Hilde-Jones
2:10
Alika Naone
1:45
Vedran Latkovic
1:33
4
Calder Hilde-Jones
7:04
JJ Loubriel
5:19
Manuel Augusto
4:21
Rafael Real Vergara
3:22
Vedran Latkovic
2:34
Game Leaders
Players Mentioned
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