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No. 1 UCLA Wins 48th Straight, Beats No. 3 California, 10-7
September 25, 2016 | Men's Water Polo
Junior Max Irving led the Bruins with a hat trick.
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BERKELEY, Calif.ย --ย The top-ranked UCLA Bruins improved to 15-0 on the year with a 10-7ย victory at No. 3 California (11-1) in the championship game of the Mountain Pacific Invitational at California's Spieker Aquatics Complex on Sunday afternoon.ย It marksย UCLA's fourth-straight tournament title in what used to be called the NorCal Invitational and the Bruins'ย 48th-straight victory overall,ย which extends the second-longest winning streak in school history. The all-time record is 50, which was established from 1964-68.
Junior Max Irvingย led the Bruins with a hat trick against the Golden Bears. Senior Garrett Danner registered 14 saves while allowing seven goals in just his secondย full game of the season. He recorded 36 saves in the 2.75 games he played over the weekend.
Senior Gordon Marshall got the Bruins on the board first with a power play goal at the 5:40 mark of the opening period. Cal's Chandler Jarrels evened things at 1-1 with a goal from two meters (2:46). Junior Alex Roelse gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead (1:59) with another exclusion goal. Cal then received a power play goal from Nicholas Carniglia (0:20) to knot it at 2-2. But seconds before the buzzer (0:03), senior Chancellor Ramirez put the Bruins up for good, 3-2. UCLA would never trail or be tied again.
The second period, UCLA separated itself from Cal with two goals while holding the Golden Bears scoreless. Senior Ryder Roberts opened the scoring in the second with a goal from the front court (7:36) to make it 4-2. Irving's power play goal with 5:33 left in the period ended the scoring with UCLA holding a 5-2 lead at the break.
UCLA opened the third with two straight goals, making it five unanswered scores by the Bruins. Ramirez (7:07) and Irving (6:18) both scored their second goals of the game from the front court to make it 7-2. After a goal from two meters by Odysseas Masmanidis (5:53) cut the lead to 7-3, Marshall returned the favor with a goal at set (4:50) to push the lead to 8-3. Masmanidis scored his second on a power play to cut it to 8-4 (3:20), but Irving's power play goal (1:39) completed his hat trick giving UCLA a 9-4 advantage. Luca Cupido scored from the front court for Cal (0:45) to end the scoring inย the third.
Masmanidis completed his hat trick for Cal to open the scoring in the final quarter (6:54). Jarrels scored his second on a power play (3:53), the Bears' third in a row, to cut the lead to 9-7. But senior Patrick Fellner responded with a power play goal (2:30) to provide the 10-7 final.
The Bruins' quest for a school-record-tying 50 wins resumes on Saturday, Oct. 1 when they host No. 8 UC Irvine at Noon and then Claremont-Mudd-Scrippsย at 2:00 p.m. at Spieker Aquatics Center.
No. 1 UCLA at No. 3 California (Mountain Pacific Invitational - Finals)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| No. 1 UCLA | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| No.ย 3 California | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
6x5 -ย UCLA - 5/8 - CAL - 3/11
Penalties -ย UCLA - 0/0 - CAL - 0/0
UCLA Goals:ย Max Irving 3, Gordon Marshall 2, Chancellor Ramirez 2,ย Ryder Roberts 1, Alex Roelse 1,ย Patrick Fellner 1
UCLAย Saves:ย Garrett Dannerย 14
CAL Goals:ย Odysseas Masmanidis 3, Chandler Jarrels 2, Luca Cupido 1, Nicholas Carnigliaย 1
CALย Saves:ย Lazar Andric:ย n/a
