﻿{"id":394919,"date":"2019-09-20T20:30:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-21T03:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=394919"},"modified":"2019-09-20T20:32:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-21T03:32:06","slug":"2-uc-santa-barbara-shocks-1-stanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2-uc-santa-barbara-shocks-1-stanford\/","title":{"rendered":"#2 UC Santa Barbara Storms into Avery, Shocks #1 Stanford in Men&#8217;s Water Polo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Completing one of the greatest runs of water polo success in recent memory, <a href=\"http:\/\/ucsbgauchos.com\/sports\/m-wpolo\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">UC Santa Barbara<\/a> stormed into Avery Aquatic Center and beat top-ranked <a href=\"https:\/\/gostanford.com\/index.aspx?path=mwpolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stanford<\/a> 15-10. The Gauchos, <a href=\"https:\/\/collegiatewaterpolo.org\/polls\/2019-mens-varsity-polls-week-2-september-18\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ranked second<\/a> in the latest Collegiate Water Polo Association Varsity poll, broke out to an early 3-1 lead on the strength of goals by <strong>Leo Yuno<\/strong>\u2014the first of his four scores\u2014<strong>Cole Brosnan<\/strong> and his brother Ryan. Defense, integral to UCSB&#8217;s early success, was also featured. Goalie <strong>Danny Roland<\/strong>, who has been essential to the team&#8217;s early success, stopped Stanford&#8217;s <strong>Tyler Abramson<\/strong> on a penalty shot late in the period to preserve the two goal advantage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"275995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2017-mens-water-polo-preview-golden-coast-conference\/ucsb\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ucsb.png\" data-orig-size=\"273,185\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ucsb\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;ucsb&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ucsb.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ucsb.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-275995\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/ucsb.png\" alt=\"ucsb\" width=\"225\" height=\"152\" \/>Yuno scored the first two goals of the second period and assisted on <strong>Ryan Brosnan&#8217;s<\/strong> second goal to push UCSB&#8217;s advantage to 6-1, a lead all the more surprising because yesterday <strong>Wolf Wigo&#8217;s<\/strong> team went to overtime to beat Pepperdine 16-15 in Santa Barbara, the team&#8217;s second win over the Wave in the last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>As the second period was drawing to a close, Olympian<strong> Ben Hallock<\/strong> got on the board, then scored early in the third to cut the Cardinal deficit to three. But the Gauchos were not to be denied, even as they ended up being outscored 5 &#8211; 3 in the period. Three times the UCSB lead was trimmed to two, but each time Roland and his defense stiffened, refusing to let the home team draw any nearer.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/on-deck-with-danny-roland-uc-santa-barbara-mens-water-polo-goalie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>On Deck with Danny Roland, UC Santa Barbara Men\u2019s Water Polo Goalie<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>The final frame proved to be decisive, as the visitors answered every score by Stanford, never allowing the nation&#8217;s number one team to draw within a goal. Frustration final wore out the home team; when <strong> Ivan Gvozdanovic<\/strong> scored with five minutes to go in the match, it ignited a streak of five-straight goals that put the game away.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_394922\" style=\"width: 1033px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-394922\" data-attachment-id=\"394922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2-uc-santa-barbara-shocks-1-stanford\/ucsb-vs-stanford-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"2200,1467\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;ILCE-9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1569021734&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Catharyn Hayne&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;220&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;UCSB vs Stanford&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UCSB vs Stanford\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;UCSB vs Stanford water polo&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-700x500.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"wp-image-394922\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-700x500.jpeg\" alt=\"UCSB vs Stanford\" width=\"1023\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-280x187.jpeg 280w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-2000x1334.jpeg 2000w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-1350x900.jpeg 1350w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-500x333.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/roland-stanford-sep19-533x355.jpeg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1023px) 100vw, 1023px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-394922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Goalie Danny Roland has been a catalyst to UCSB success. Photo Courtesy: Catharyn Hayne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With the win, UCSB extends its best-ever start to 12-0, a run that includes wins over two #1 teams (Stanford and USC), #4 Cal, #5 Long Beach State and #7 Pepperdine (twice). It&#8217;s a remarkable string of success for the Gauchos, who last year chose not to compete in the Golden Coast Conference championship. They must now be considered strong contenders for their first NCAA title since the 1979 team won the program&#8217;s only national championship.<\/p>\n<p>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ucsb-mens-water-polo-beats-1-usc-for-first-time-in-three-decades-gauchos-best-start-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>UCSB Men\u2019s Water Polo Beats #1 USC For First Time in Three Decades; Gauchos\u2019 Best Start Ever<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>Santa Barbara will play a third-straight match on Saturday when they face off against Fresno Pacific in Fresno; barring a major upset the Gauchos will move to number one in the CWPA Top 20 poll for the first time in their history. It will be the first time that a team other than Cal, Stanford, USC or UCLA\u2014the so-called &#8220;Big Four\u2014has been voted tops in the poll since 2013, when Pacific was deemed the nation&#8217;s best.<\/p>\n<p>Stanford, which ascended to the nation&#8217;s top spot by virtue of UCSB&#8217;s win last Saturday over USC, the defending national champions, will look to rebound tomorrow against #7 UC Davis. But, that game is now a potential landmine for<strong> John Vargas&#8217;<\/strong> squad; last weekend the Aggies beat Cal for the first time in at least three decades, and\u2014as UCSB has now proven\u2014members of the Big Four can no longer assume supremacy in NCAA water polo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Completing one of the greatest runs of water polo success in recent memory, UC Santa Barbara stormed into Avery Aquatic Center and beat top-ranked Stanford 15-10. 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