Men's Water Polo; USC Beats UCSB 11-7 in MPSF Finale -- November 18, 2002

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 16. JORDAN Hewko, James Shin and Predrag Damjanov scored two goals each Saturday for USC as the No. 3 Trojans defeated the No. 11 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, 11-7, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at McDonald's Swim Stadium.

Doug Arthur scored three for the Gauchos while Brian Alexander contributed two.

The Trojans (18-6, 5-3) controlled action early and held a 6-2 lead at halftime against the Gauchos (6-17, 0-8).

USC will travel to UCLA for a non-conference match next Saturday (Nov. 23) at 10 a.m. at the Rose Bowl Aquatic Center, prior to the USC-UCLA football game at the Rose Bowl at 12:30 p.m.


1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
UCSB) 1 1 2 3 7
USC 3 3 3 2 11

UCSB Goals - Doug Arthur 3, Brian Alexander 2, Steven Traverso, Andrew Schoneberger

USC Goals - Jordan Hewko 2, James Shin 2, Predrag Damjanov 2, Brett Reynolds, Jaraj Zatovic, Gadi Hadar, Erik Healy, Ted Zepfel