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Top-Ranked UCLA Defeats UC Irvine, 7-3
October 30, 1999 | Men's Water Polo
Oct. 30, 1999
IRVINE, Calif. --- No. 1-ranked UCLA broke away from a 3-2 halftime lead and defeated No. 10 UC Irvine, 7-3, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation water polo at Anteater Pool in Irvine Saturday.
The Bruins jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first quarter on extra-man goals by Brian Brown at 6:28 and Matt Armato at 4:53. UCI's John Dorfi cut the margin to 2-1 with 1:23 remaining in the first period.
Jeff Pflueger gave UCLA a 3-1 lead with 1:40 left in the second quarter and the Anteaters' Tony Grosso scored 17 seconds later for a 3-2 UCLA margin at the half.
Armato scored his second goal of the day with 4:33 left in the third quarter and Adam Wright scored an extra-man goal with 3:36 left as UCLA led 5-2 heading into the final period.
Pflueger scored an extra-man goal with 5:17 remaining in the game, Dorfi countered for UCI at 2:52, then Sean Kern scored the game's final goal with 2:23 left for the 7-3 Bruin victory.
UCLA, which is tied for the nation's top spot with Stanford, improved to 14-2 overall and 7-0 in the MPSF, while UCI fell to 7-12 overall and 0-5 in the conference.
UCLA 2 1 2 2 -- 7 UC Irvine 1 1 0 1 -- 3
UCLA: Matt Armato 2, Jeff Pflueger 2, Adam Wright 1, Brian Brown 1, Sean Kern 1.
UCI: John Dorfi 2, Tony Grosso 1.
Saves: Brandon Brooks (UCLA) 10, Genai Kerr (UCI) 9.
Records: UCLA, ranked No. 1 nationally, is 14-2 overall and 7-0 in the MPSF. UCI, ranked 10th nationally, is 7-12 overall and 0-5 in the MPSF.
