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No. 1 UCLA Pummels Princeton, 18-9
September 11, 2016 | Men's Water Polo
Patrick Fellner scored four goals in the win, the Bruins' 41st in a row.
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PRINCETON, N.J.ย --ย The top-ranked UCLA Bruins improved to 8-0 on the year with an 18-9ย victory at No. 11 Princeton in the third game of the Princeton Invitationalย on Sunday morningย at Denunzio Pool. The victory, seen on ESPNU, marked UCLA's 41st-straight win,ย which extends the second-longest winning streak in school history. The all-time record is 50, which was established from 1964-68.
Senior Patrick Fellner led all scorers with four goals including a hat trick in the third quarter.ย Junior Aleksandar Ruzic played the entire gameย in the cage for the Bruins, registering a career-high-tying eightย saves.
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Junior Matt Farmer opened the scoring at the 4:04 mark of the first period with a goal at set off a nice feed from senior Ryder Roberts. Junior Jack Grover made it 2-0 with a goal from two meters (3:27). Junior Alex Roelse put UCLA up 3-0 with a goal from the front court (2:37). Senior Chancellor Ramirez then made it 4-0 with a high corner shot near post (1:52). Senior Alec Zwaneveld ended the scoring in the first period with a goal at set off a pass from Grover (0:03) to give UCLA a 5-0 lead at the end of one.
Roberts opened the scoring in the second period with a penalty shot conversion to make it 6-0 (4:52). after a score from Princeton's Matt Payne, Sophomore Austin Rone fired a shot in at near post (3:25) and the Bruins pushed theย lead to 7-1. Thenย Fellner was the eighth different Bruin in a row to score, makingย it 8-1 with a power play goalย (2:33). Jovan Jeremic scored for Princeton with three seconds remaining to end the scoring in the second with the Bruins taking an 8-2 lead into the break.
The Bruins dominated the third period, 8-2, scoring a season-high for a quarter. Roberts opened the scoring in the second half with a power play strike (7:20) to put UCLA up 9-2. After another goal from Jeremic (7:02), the Bruins reeled off five unanswered goals. Fellner scored back-to-back goals (6:23 and 6:01) to complete his hat trick. Then Zwaneveld added his second from two meters (5:27) and Grover netted his second (4:09) to give UCLA a 10-goal advantage at 13-3. Payne then scored his second for Princeton (3:37) to cut it to 13-4. But freshman James Vlachonassios powered in a shot from the front court to push the lead back to 10 (3:11). Fellner scored his fourth on a power play (2:10) and senior Joey Fuentes scored his first of the game (0:38) to end the scoring in the third with the Bruins holding a commanding 16-4 lead.
The Tigers opened the fourth with three straight goals, before freshman Jake Simpson made a bar-in shot (5:22) to extend the lead to 10 again at 17-7.ย After Payne completed his hat trick for the Tigers (4:39), Fuentes scored his second and the last for the Bruins (4:16) to make it 18-8. Princeton got a goal from Jordan Colina (1:49) on a drive to provide the 18-9 final.
No. 1 UCLA at No. 11 Princeton (Princetonย Invitational)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| No. 1 UCLA | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 18 |
| No. 11 Princeton | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
6x5 -ย UCLA - 4/4 - Princeton ย - 3/10
Penalties -ย UCLA - 1/1 - Princeton ย - 0/0
UCLA Goals:ย Patrick Fellner 4,ย Alec Zwaneveld 2, Jack Grover 2, Ryder Roberts 2, Joey Fuentes 2, Matt Farmerย 1, Jake Simpson 1, James Vlachonassios 1,ย Alex Roelse 1, Chancellor Ramirez 1, Austin Rone 1
UCLAย Saves:ย Aleksandar Ruzic 8
Princeton Goals:ย Matt Payne 3, Sean Duncan 2, Jovan Jeremic 2, Jordan Colina 1, Ryan Wilson 1
Princeton Saves:ย Vojislav Mitrovic, n/a
