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Stanford, Calif.
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Men's Water Polo
Photo by: John Fajardo

Long Beach State Falls Short In Overtime Against No. 3 Stanford

9/22/2021 8:09:00 PM | Men's Water Polo

Box Score

Aaron Arias scores four goals as the Beach falls to the Cardinal.

Stanford, Calif. — With 16 seconds remaining in regulation, junior Rafael Real Vergara fired a shot and scored as No. 6 Long Beach State tied the game at 13 to force overtime against No. 3 Stanford on Wednesday night. 

The Cardinal (10-0) scored twice in overtime to take the 15-14 victory ending the Beach's comeback attempt.

Aaron Arias was stellar for the LBSU (8-2) scoring four goals as he made four of his six shots on the night. 

Early in the first period the Beach was called for seven exclusions and the Cardinal took advantage as they took a 5-3 lead after the first period.

In the third period, the Beach was able to convert on their power plays as they outscored the Cardinal 3-2 to trail 7-6 at halftime.

Arias tied the game up early in the third and Theodoros Pateros gave the Beach a 8-7 lead to cap a 4-0 run for the Long Beach State.

The Cardinal responded with a 3-0 run of their own to take a 10-8 lead with 3:15 left in the third. 

In the last period of regulation the Beach outscored Stanford 4-1 to force overtime. 

Stanford's Beck Jurasius scored four goals to help lead the Cardinal to victory. 

For the Beach, Real Vergara and Morris each scored a hat trick for the Beach. 

Long Beach State will now head to Berkeley to compete in the MPSF Tournament. The Beach will open play against No. 11 San Jose State.

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Team Stats

LBSU
STAN
Shots
36
30
Goals
14
15
Assists
2
6
Points
16
21
Exclusions
19
14
Steals
1
3
Sprints
3
2
1

Aaron Arias

7:42

Beck Jurasius

5:55

Rafael Real Vergara

5:40

Walker Seymour

4:17

Quinn Woodhead

3:26

Quinn Woodhead

1:07

Spencer Nelson

0:18

Evan Cain

0:03

2

Beck Jurasius

6:30

Connor Mannion

5:44

Ike Love

3:11

Matt Morris

2:38

Aaron Arias

0:09

3

Aaron Arias

7:19

Theodoros Pateros

6:24

Tyler Abramson

5:53

Andrew Churukian

4:39

Ike Love

3:15

Matt Morris

2:42

Ike Love

1:24

Jackson Painter

0:49

4

Theodoros Pateros

6:31

Beck Jurasius

6:07

Aaron Arias

5:48

Rafael Real Vergara

2:20

Rafael Real Vergara

0:16

5

Quinn Woodhead

0:21

6

Beck Jurasius

2:34

Matt Morris

1:24

Game Leaders

16

Matt Morris

Shots
8
Goals
3
Assists
1
Points
4
10

Theodoros Pateros

Shots
7
Goals
2
Assists
0
Points
2
22

Aaron Arias

Shots
6
Goals
4
Assists
0
Points
4
7/20

Rafael Real Vergara

Shots
6
Goals
3
Assists
0
Points
3

Players Mentioned

22

Aaron Arias

Center/Defender
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10

Theodoros Pateros

Center
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7

Rafael Real Vergara

Attacker
/ Men's Water Polo

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