UCLA
Pepperdine
No. 2 UCLA Earns Two More Victories
September 15, 2018 | Men's Water Polo
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The Bruins were led by freshman Jake Cavano who scored a total of nine goals in the two games today, including four against LMU. Redshirt junior Raphael Raede had a hat trick and senior Austin Rone picked up two scores on two shots for the Bruins. Redshirt junior Alex Wolf got the start in the cage and shut out the Lions while making five saves. Freshman Danny Roland played the second and third quarters in goal and was credited with four saves while allowing five goals. Redshirt junior Jonathan Van De Velde played the fourth period in the cage and registered two saves while surrendering three scores.
UCLA won the first period 3-0. Sophomore Evan Rosenfeld (7:33) and Cavano (3:20) scored goals from the front court while rone scored his first of the game off a rebound shot from the front court (1:43).
After LMU cut it to 3-1 with a goal to open the scoring in the second quarter (6:31), the Bruins reeled off five straight goals. Cavano scored his second on a power play (3:18) to push the lead to 4-1. Rone then scored his second from the front court (1:08) to give the Bruins a 5-1 lead at the break.
The third quarter was all offense as the Bruins outscored the Lions 6-4 in the period. Raede scored back-to-back goals (5:45 - two meters; 5:20 - counter) to extend the lead to 7-1. Freshman Ashworth Molthen scored his only goal of the game from the front court (4:27) to make it 8-1. After a goal from the Lions, Cavano completed his hat trick with a power play goal (3:41) and sophomore Quinten Osborne added a goal from two meters (2:56) to put the Bruins up 10-2. LMU would get back-to-back power play goals (2:14 and 1:22), but Cavano notched his fourth of the game on a shot from the front court (1:06) to make it 11-4. Blazo Mitrovic completed his hat trick for LMU from the front court (0:07) to end the scoring in the third with UCLA leading 11-5.
Both teams scored three goals in the final period. The Bruins got a goal from redshirt sophomore Peter Lovas after an ordinary foul (6:30) to open the scoring in the fourth. Redshirt junior Eric Goldenberg scored from the front court (4:10) and Raede completed his hat trick with a score from two meters (3:44) to make it 14-6 UCLA. The Lions got two power play goals from Alexandros Athymaritis (2:59 and 0:15) to provide the 14-8 final.
Loyola Marymount at No. 2 UCLA (Game 11)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
| Loyola Marymount | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| No. 2 UCLA | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 14 |
6x5 - UCLA - 2/4 - LMU - 5/10
Penalties - UCLA - 0/0 - LMU - 0/0
LMU Goals: Blazo Mitrovic 4, Alexandros Athymaritis 2, Daniel Arellano 1, Scott Thomas 1
LMU Saves: Robert Halligan 3, Zachary Zemliak 1
UCLA Goals: Jake Cavano 4, Raphael Raede 3, Austin Rone 2, Quinten Osborne 1, Evan Rosenfeld 1, Eric Goldenberg 1, Ashworth Molthen 1, Peter Lovas 1
UCLA Saves: Alex Wolf 5, Danny Roland 4, Jonathan Van De Velde 2
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No. 2 UCLA improved to 10-0 on the year with a 16-8 win over No. 10 Pepperdine (6-3) in the first game of the tripleheader on Saturday afternoon at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center. The Bruins improved to 79-31-1 while Pepperdine fell to 6-3 on the year.
The Bruins were led by freshman Jake Cavano with a season-high for UCLA with five goals in just his second game as a Bruin after missing the first eight contests with an undisclosed injury. Freshman Danny Roland got the start and played the first three quarters tallying seven saves while allowing six scores. Redshirt junior Jonathan Van De Velde played the fourth quarter, making two stops and surrendering four goals.
UCLA exploded right out of the game against the Waves leading 7-3 at the end of the first period. Cavano kicked things off with a strike from the front court (7:37) and sophomore Nicolas Saveljic followed with a score from the front court as well (6:13) to put UCLA up 2-0. After Pepperdine scored on a power play, the Bruins answered with three straight goals to build a 5-1 lead. Sophomore Luke Henriksson (4:47) scored from the front court, Saveljic (3:41) scored his second of the game on a power play and Cavano (3:14) netted his second from the front court. Sophomore Quinten Osborne scored on a penalty shot (1:53) to put the Bruins up 6-2. Sophomore Felix Brozyna-Vilim (0:47) ended the scoring in the first with a goal at set.
Another dominant period followed for UCLA, which won the second quarter 5-1. Brozyna-Vilim scored his second from two meters (7:41) and freshman Ashworth Molthen scored on a counter (6:58) to make it 9-3 UCLA. After a penalty conversion by Pepperdine (6:45), UCLA ended the quarter with three straight scores. Cavano completed his hat trick with a power play goal (5:16) and Saveljic followed with a hat trick on a power play (3:20). The Bruins took a 12-4 lead into the break with a goal from the front court by sophomore Evan Rosenfeld (2:27).
A low-scoring third quarter followed as the Bruins scored first to lead 13-4 when Osborne scored his second of the game from set (6:27). but Pepperdine scored twice from the front court (6:10 and 0:24) to trim the lead to 13-6 heading into the fourth.
The Waves won the fourth quarter, 4-3 and the second half, 6-4. After back-to-back goals (7:12 and 5:42) by the Waves cut the lead to 13-8, the Bruins put their top line back in and immediately scored (5:11) as Saveljic drew an exclusion and Cavano added his fourth goal of the game on the 6-on-5 opportunity. Cavano would later score his fifth of the game on another power play (3:30) to put UCLA up 15-9. Freshman Matthew Kacura scored his first of the game on a power play as well (1:22) to put the Bruins up 16-9. Pepperdine's Chris Dilworth ended the scoring on a drive and finish (0:59) to provide the 16-10 final.
No. 10 Pepperdine at No. 2 UCLA (Game 10)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
| No. 10 Pepperdine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| No. 2 UCLA | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
6x5 - UCLA - 6/8 - PEPP - 2/3
Penalties - UCLA - 1/1 - PEPP - 1/1
PEPP Goals: George Mooney 3, Balazs Kosa 3, Sam Paur 3, Chris Dilworth 1
PEPP Saves: John Claude Marco 1
UCLA Goals: Jake Cavano 5, Nicolas Saveljic 3, Quinten Osborne 2, Felix Brozyna-Vilim 2, Evan Rosenfeld 1, Luke Henriksson 1, Ashworth Molthen 1, Matthew Kacura 1
UCLA Saves: Danny Roland 7, Jonathan Van De Velde 2
