LOS ANGELES, Sept. 15. TOP-seeded and No. 1-ranked Stanford plus national No. 3 UC Irvine, No. 4 Cal and the University of the Pacific all advanced to Sunday's championship semifinals of the men's 2002 So-Cal Water
\nPolo Tournament.<\/p>\n
The tourney is under way at USC's MacDonald's Olympic Pool. Saturday's opening-round matches featured some of the nation's leading collegiqate teams, including John Vargas' defending NCAA champ Stanford Cardinal; No. 2 USC, Irvine, Cal, Pepperdine, No. 6 UCLA, No. 7 Loyola Marymount, No. 8 UC San Diego, No. 9 Long Beach State, No. 10 UC Santa Barbara, Pacific and No.12 Navy.<\/p>\n
Pacific upset USC, 8-7, in Saturday's action to finish 2-0 in pool play. Stanford and Cal will tangle in one semifinal matchup today 10:20 AM PDT while the other semifinal matchup — featuring Pacific's Tigers and Irvine's Anteaters — will follow at 11:30. The winners will meet for the tournament championship at 6:30 PM with the third-place match set 5:20 PM.<\/p>\n
Stanford, led by last year's NCAA Player of the Year and Olympian Tony Azevedo, romped to a pair 10-4 wins over Cal. State Long Beach and UCSD. Azevedo scored three goals in each game to pace the Cardinal.<\/p>\n
Coach Ed Newlin's UCI team, which last week opened its season by upsetting then No. 2-ranked UCLA, won both its matches Saturday — 12-4 over UCSB and then withstood a fourth-quarter comeback by Pepperdine to triumph, 8-7.<\/p>\n
Cal romped past Navy, 15-5 in its opening match, then took the measure of its southern "cousin," UCLA, 11-8, in overtime.<\/p>\n
UOP's Tigers advanced via a 10-8 win over Loyola Marymount, host institution for this year's NCAA Final Four in December; and then they toppled 1999 NCAA champ USC, 8-7. In the win over LMU, Tiger Sasha Maese had three goals and Eddie Wisniewwski had a pair. Aainst USC, Nic Nepper was UOP's big gun,
\nscoring thrice while teammate Kraig Jorgensen had a pair<\/p>\n
— Bill Bell<\/p>\n
Results from Saturday's action and Sunday's schedule:<\/p>\n
Game #1
\nLong Beach State (4-1) 1-0-3-3—7
\nUC San Diego (4-3) 2-1-0-2—5<\/p>\n
LBS Goals: David del Grande 2, Brad Scoles 2, Aaron Holloway, Kellyn Carlson, Nathan Allard
\nUCSD Goals: Jonathan Hopkins 2, Steven Jendrusina, Paul Motschall, Jesse Casellini
\nLBS Saves: Michael Konstas 8
\nUCSD Saves: Lance Onken 7<\/p>\n
Game #2
\nPacific (2-0) 3-2-3-2—10
\nLoyola Marymount (2-3) 3-1-4-0—8<\/p>\n
UOP Goals: Sasha Maese 3, Eddie Wisniewski 2, Nic Hepner, Chris Nowak, Jared Pendergrass, Jarrod Cruzat, Danny Johnson
\nLMU Goals: Kevin Witt 2, Adam Zintsmaster 2, Andrew Aukland, Kris Barr, Scott Smith, Andrew Jensen
\nUOP Saves: Laurie Trettel 10
\nLMU Saves: Kevin Paulsen 8<\/p>\n
Game #3
\nUC Santa Barbara (1-2) 1-1-1-1—4
\nUC Irvine (2-0) 7-3-2-1—13<\/p>\n
UCSB Goals: Andrew Schoneberger 2, Anthony Borasi, Doug Arthur
\nUCI Goals: Jeff Powers 7, Dreason Barry 3, Garrett Gentry 2, Nate White
\nUCSB Saves: Sherwin Kim 2
\nUCI Saves: Doug Finfrock 8<\/p>\n
Game #4
\nNavy (3-2) 1-3-0-1—5
\nCal (1-0) 5-4-3-3—15<\/p>\n
Navy Goals: Joe Donahue 2, Adrian Rawn, Ben Ceniseroz, Joseph Smutz
\nCal Goals: Greg Panawak 3, Attila Banhady 3, Peter Conte 2, Andrew Stoddard 2, Will Quist, Rob Arroyo, Tom Kurth, Greg Snyder, Jason Malinsky
\nNavy Saves: Cody Acuna 3 (1st half); Nick Hill 7 (2nd half)
\nCal Saves: Russell Bernstein 1 (1st half); Tim Kates (2nd half) 2<\/p>\n
Game #5
\nLong Beach State (4-2) 0-0-3-3—6
\nStanford (3-0) 5-4-1-0—10<\/p>\n
LBS Goals: David del Grande 2, Erik Geoffroy 2, Pat Logan, Aaron Holloway
\nStanford Goals: Tony Azevado 3, Mike Derse 3, Greg Crum, Thomas Hopkins, Peter Hudnut, Jeff Guyman
\nLBS Saves: Michael Konstas 3 (1st half); Thomas Onyshko 5 (2nd half)
\nStanford Saves: Nick Ellis 6 (1st half); Chad Taylor 1 (2nd half)<\/p>\n
Game #6
\nPacific (3-0) 3-2-0-3—8
\nUSC (4-1) 2-2-2-1—7<\/p>\n
UOP Goals: Nic Hepner 3, Kraig Jorgensen 2, Sasha Maese, Will McLaughlin, Chris Nowak
\nUSC Goals: Gadi Hadar 2, Jaraj Zatovic 2, Erik Healy, Jeff Larson, Jordan Hewko
\nUOP Saves: Laurie Trettel 9
\nUSC Saves: Bozidar Damjanovic 9<\/p>\n
Game #7
\nUC Irvine (3-0) 3-2-2-1—8
\nPepperdine (1-1) 0-3-2-2—7<\/p>\n
UCI Goals: Rick Merlo 3, Garrett Gentry 2, Dreason Barry, Dan Noon, Jeff Powers
\nPepp Goals: Jesse Smith 2, Karl Niehaus 2, Morgan Matthies, Michael Hausman, Josh Acosta
\nUCI Saves: Doug Finfrock 9
\nPepp Saves: Michael Soltis 6<\/p>\n
Game #8 – Overtime
\nCal (2-0) 3-1-2-1-2-2—11
\nUCLA (0-2) 1-1-3-2-1-0—8<\/p>\n
Cal Goals: Todd Hylton 4, Andrew Stoddard 2, Attila Banhidy 2, Ryan Crowley, Rob Arroyo, Greg Panawek
\nUCLA Goals: Matt Flesher 2, Ted Peck, Albert Garcia, Brett Ormsby, Josh Hewko, Dan Yeilding
\nCal Saves: Russell Bernstein 8
\nUCLA Saves: Brandon Brooks 6<\/p>\n
Game #9
\nUC San Diego (4-4) 0-3-1-0—4
\nStanford (4-0) 3-2-1-4—10<\/p>\n
UCSD Goals: Kevin Smoker 2, Jonathan Hopkins, Kellan Hori
\nStan Goals: Tony Azevado 3, Mike Derse 2, Peter Hudnut 2, Thomas Hopkins, Greg Crum, Jeff Nesmith
\nUCSD Saves: Lance Onken 8
\nStan Saves: Nick Ellis 8<\/p>\n
Game #10
\nLoyola Marymount (2-4) 0-0-0-4—4
\nUSC (5-1) 1-3-1-2—7<\/p>\n
LMU Goals: Eric Lefebvre 2, Endre Rex-Kiss, Kevin Witt
\nUSC Goals: Jaraj Zatovic 2, Jordan Hewko, Brett Reynolds, Gadi Hadar, Predrag Damjanov, Cameron Kaiser
\nLMU Saves: Kevin Paulsen 6
\nUSC Saves: Bozidar Damjanovic 3<\/p>\n
Game #11
\nUC Santa Barbara (1-3) 1-2-1-2—6
\nPepperdine (2-1) 4-2-3-1—10<\/p>\n
UCSB Goals: David Letts 2, Anthony Borasi, Doug Arthur, Mark Welch
\nPepp Goals: Jesse Smith 2, William Rodriguez 2, Karl Niehaus 2, Scott Harvey, Jordan Keitel, Chad Caldwell, Michael Hausmann
\nUCSB Saves: Robert Burrus 3
\nPepp Saves: Michael Soltis 2<\/p>\n
Game #12
\nNavy (3-3) 2-0-2-2—6
\nUCLA (1-2) 2-0-3-2—7<\/p>\n
Navy Goals: Joe Donahue 3, Patrick Rollo 3
\nUCLA Goals: Josh Hewko 2, Ted Peck, Peter Belden, Albert Garcia, Brett Ormsby, Matt Flesher
\nNavy Saves: Nick Hill 9
\nUCLA Saves: Brandon Brooks 7<\/p>\n
Tournament Schedule<\/p>\n
Sunday, September 15
\nGame Time
\n13. 8:00 Long Beach State vs. UCLA
\n14. 9:10 USC vs. Pepperdine
\n15. 10:20 Stanford vs. California – Semi Finals
\n16. 11:30 Pacific vs. UC Irvine – Semi Finals
\n17. 12:40 UC San Diego vs. Navy
\n18. 1:50 Loyola Marymount vs. UC Santa Barbara
\n19. 3:00 Losers of Games 13 & 14 (7th Place)
\n20. 4:10 Winners of Games 13 & 14 (5th Place)
\n21. 5:20 Losers of Games 15 & 16 (3rd Place)
\n22. 6:30 Winners of Games 15 & 16 (1st Place)
\n23. 7:40 Winners of Games 17 & 18 (9th Place)
\n24. 8:50 Losers of Games 17 & 18 (11th Place)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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