No. 4 UCLA Opens 2017 with Two Wins

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LOS ANGELES -- The fourth-ranked UCLA Bruins (1-0) opened the 2017 season with a 16-5 win over No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer (0-1) on Saturday morning at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center. The game was the first of five on the day of the UCLA Invitational.

Freshman Quinten Osborne led the Bruins with three goals while redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Alex Wolf registered one save in the first half while allowing two scores and sophomore Jonathan Van De Velde tallied seven saves while surrendering three scores in the second half.

Mark Hallman gave the Sagehens their only lead of the game with a power play strike (7:06) to make it 1-0. Freshman Luke Henriksson tied the game at 1-1 with a power play goal of his own (6:43) on the Bruins' next possession. That started a stretch of nine unanswered goals for UCLA. Senior Matt Farmer gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead with a goal at set (5:57) and freshman Nicolas Saveljic extended the lead to 3-1 with a 6-on-5 score (4:50). Another power play goal for the Bruins followed when junior Warren Snyder found the back of the cage (2:58) and senior Alex Roelse would add a score from the front court (0:32) to give the Bruins a 5-1 lead after one period.

Freshman Evan Rosenfeld opened the scoring in the second period with a goal from two meters (7:31) and junior David Stiling would score on a nice drive (6:01) to make it 7-1. UCLA then pushed the lead to 9-1 with back-to-back exclusion goals. The first was by freshman Chasen Travisano (4:06) and the second by Osborne (1:23). After a power play goal by Pomona-Pitzer's Joseph Schafer (0:47) made it 9-2, Osborne netted his second of the game from two meters (0:35) to give the Bruins a 10-2 lead at the break.

Sophomore Eric Goldenberg opened the third with a power play goal (6:36) to give UCLA an 11-2 advantage. But the Sagehens scored two in a row to cut the deficit to 11-4. The Bruins regrouped and scored the last four goals of the period to take a 15-4 lead into the fourth. Sophomore James Vlachonassios scored from the front court (4:21) and then Osborne completed his hat trick with a goal at set (3:30) to make it 13-4. Travisano scored his second of the game on a strike from the front court (2:04) and Sophomore Raphael Raede added a power play goal (0:19) to push the lead to 15-4.

In a low-scoring quarter, Riley Mangan scored a goal at two meters (5:10) to cut the Bruins' lead to 15-5. Junior Kent Inoue scored on a 6-on-5 opportunity to provide the 16-5 final.

No. 4 UCLA (UCLA Invitational - Season Opener)

SCOREBOARD	1	2	3	4	F
No. 19 Pomona-Pitzer	1	1	2	1	5
No. 4 UCLA	5	5	5	1	16

6x5 - UCLA - 8/10 - P-P - 3/12
Penalties - UCLA - 0/0 - P-P - 0/0

P-P Goals: Mark Hallman 2, Riley Mangan 2, Joseph Schafer 1
P-P Saves: Daniel Diemer 7, Douglas Webster 1

UCLA Goals: Quinten Osborne 3, Chasen Travisano 2, Evan Rosenfeld 1, Warren Snyder 1, James Vlachonassios 1, Luke Henriksson 1, David Stiling 1, Alex Roelse 1, Matt Farmer 1, Raphael Raede 1, Eric Goldenberg 1, Nicolas Saveljic 1, Kent Inoue 1
UCLA Saves: Jonathan Van De Velde 7, Alex Wolf 1

The fourth-ranked UCLA Bruins (2-0) defeated Claremon-Mudd-Scripps (0-2) 19-2 in the final game of the UCLA Invitational on Saturday afternoon at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center.

Freshman Nicolas Saveljic led the Bruins with three goals while redshirt sophomore goalkeeper Alex Wolf registered two saves in the first half while allowing two scores and sophomore Jonathan Van De Velde tallied five saves while pitching a shutout in the second half.

Saveljic got the Bruins on the board first and fast (7:45) with a power play goal. Zach Rossman tied the game at 1-1 with a power play goal for the Stags with 6:55 left in the opening period. But the Bruins would score eight goals in a row to build a commanding lead. The run began with a goal from the front court by senior Jack Grover (6:33). Saveljic scored his second (5:39) from two meters on a one-timer from a nice feed from senior Max Irving to make it 3-1. Then senior Jesse Camou added a counter attack goal (4:04) and senior James Robinson netted a power play goal (2:37) to push the lead to 5-1. Freshman Luke Henriksson scored on a counter (2:22) and junior Austin Rone scored from the front court (0:28) to end the scoring in the first with UCLA leading 7-1.

Grover added his second of the game to open the scoring in the second with an exclusion goal (6:56). After a counter score from junior Warren Snyder (6:14) pushed the lead to 9-1, the Stags snapped the scoring streak with a power play goal by Peter Hilton (5:35). But UCLA would score five more goals in the period to build a 14-2 lead at the half. Freshman Quinten Osborne scored on a 6-on-5 opportunity (5:05) and then three straight counter attack scores would follow. Rone scored his second of the game (3:32), Camou netted his second (3:00) and senior Alex Roelse registered his first (2:20). Roelse would end the scoring in the second with a power play goal (1:05) to make it 14-2.

The Bruins pitched a shutout in the third, but managed only one goal. Sophomore Raphael Raede added his first of the game (4:37) with a goal from two meters to give the Bruins a 15-2 lead through three periods.

Another shutout period followed for the Bruins in the fourth. Saveljic completed his hat trick to open the scoring in the final stanza (6:04) with a goal from the front court. Sophomore James Vlachonassios pushed the lead to 17-2 with his first goal of the game (2:16) and then junior Kent Inoue made it 18-2 with an exclusion goal (1:14). Raede scored his second of the game at two meters (0:27) to provide the 19-2 final.

UCLA returns to action on Friday, Sept. 8 vs. George Washington at 11:30 a.m. PT in the Bruins' first game of the Princeton Invitational.

No. 4 UCLA (UCLA Invitational - Final Game)

SCOREBOARD	1	2	3	4	F
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	1	1	0	0	2
No. 4 UCLA	7	7	1	4	19

6x5 - UCLA - 6/8 - C-M-S - 2/7
Penalties - UCLA - 0/0 - C-M-S - 0/0

C-M-S Goals: Peter Hilton 1, Zach Rossman 1
C-M-S Saves: Evan Pauletich 7

UCLA Goals: Nicolas Saveljic 3, Jack Grover 2, Jesse Camou 2, Alex Roelse 2, Raphael Raede 2, Austin Rone 2, Quinten Osborne 1, Warren Snyder 1, James Vlachonassios 1, James Robinson 1, Luke Henriksson 1, Kent Inoue 1
UCLA Saves: Jonathan Van De Velde 5, Alex Wolf 2

University of California, Los Angeles, Athletics

No. 4 UCLA Opens 2017 with Two Wins

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Players Mentioned

Jesse Camou

Matt Farmer

Eric Goldenberg

Jack Grover

Luke Henriksson

Kent Inoue

Max Irving

Quinten Osborne

Raphael Raede

James Robinson

Alex Roelse

Austin Rone

Evan Rosenfeld

Nicolas Saveljic

Warren Snyder

David Stiling

Chasen Travisano

Jonathan Van De Velde

James Vlachonassios

Alex Wolf