Sunday, October 14
Stanford, CA
1:00 PM
UCLA
12
vs
11
California
Sophomore Luke Henriksson doubled-up his career-high today with four goals against California.
Photo by: Minette Rubin
No. 2 UCLA Outlasts No. 4 California, 12-11
October 14, 2018 | Men's Water Polo
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The Bruins were led byย sophomore Luke Henriksson, who scored a career-high and game-high-tying four goals.ย Redshirtย junior Alex Wolf started in the cage and went the distance, recording a season-high 14 saves while allowing 11 goals.
Jordan Hoover opened the scoring in the game with a goal from the front court (5:58) for the Golden Bears. Sophomore Nicolas Saveljicย tied it up at 1-1 with a goal from the front court (4:58). Wolf denied Johnny Hooper on a penalty shot at (2:36) to keep the score tied at 1-1 and thenย Saveljicย netted his second of the game on a 6-on-4 opportunity (2:04) to give UCLA its first lead of the game at 2-1, a score that would hold until the end of the period.
Johnny Hooper opened the scoring in the second for Cal (5:23) to tie it at 2-2. But Freshman Jake Cavano scored on a skip shot, his 12thย consecutive game with a goal (5:11) to put UCLA back in front, 3-2. Former Bruin Spencer Farrar added a power play goal (4:53) that tied it at 3-3. But the Bruins reeled off three unanswered goals. Redshirtย Freshman Bailey Jarvis scored his first goal in over a month (4:22) to make it 4-3. Thenย Henriksson (1:39, penalty) and senior David Stiling (1:07) found the back of the net to extend the lead to 6-3 at the break.
Hoover opened the scoring in the third (6:31) with his second goal of the game at two meters and then scored on a counter (5:29) to cut the lead to 6-5. Then Safakย Simsekย tied the game at 6-6 with a goal from the front court (4:37). California regained the lead with a power play goal by Hooper, his second of the game (3:04). Henrikssonย ended the Bruins' scoring drought of over six minutes with a sweet lob shot (2:38) to tie the game at 7-7. Sophomore Evan Rosenfeldย netted his first goal of the game (0:42) as UCLA regained the lead, 8-7. Henrikssonย completed a hat trick with a penalty shot conversion (0:01) to give the Bruins a 9-7 lead heading into the fourth.
Henrikssonย scored his fourth of the game to open the scoring in the fourth period with a power play goal (6:38) to put the Bruins up 10-7. But Hoover answered with his fourth of the game (6:10) on a 6-on-5 opportunity for Cal to cut the deficit to 10-8. Senior Austin Roneย stepped up and found the back of the net with a skipper (5:43) to push the lead to 11-8. Nikos Delagrammatikas scored his firstย for the Golden Bears (4:10) to cut the lead to 11-9. Roneย would later beat the shot clock (2:43) for his second of the game to push the lead to 12-9. Delagrammatikasย added his second of the game on a power play (2:19) to trim the lead to 12-10. Simsek then added his second of the game (1:28) with a cross-cage shot from the front court to cut the lead to 12-11. The Golden Bears drew an exclusion in the final seconds, but Wolf stopped a shot by Simsek to seal the 12-11 win.
The Bruins will have next week off and will return to action on Saturday, Oct. 27 when they face No. 4 California in the Bruins' MPSFย opener in Berkeley, Calif., live on the Pac-12 Networks. Game time has yet to be announced.
No. 4 California vs. No. 2ย UCLA (Mountain Pacific Invitational Third-Place Game)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
| No. 4 CAL | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| No. 2 UCLA | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
6x5 -ย UCLA - 3/10 - CAL - 4/12
Penalties -ย UCLA - 2/3ย - CAL - 0/1
CAL Goals:ย Jordan Hoover 4, Johnny Hooper 2, Nikosย Delagrammatikasย 2, Safak Simsek 2, Spencer Farrar 1
CAL Saves:ย Bernardo Carelliย 6
UCLA Goals:ย Luke Henrikssonย 4, Nicolas Saveljicย 2, Austin Roneย 2, Bailey Jarvis 1, Jake Cavanoย 1, David Stilingย 1, Evan Rosenfeld 1
UCLA Saves:ย Alex Wolf 14
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