Saturday, October 7
Malibu, CA
12:00 PM
UCLA
8
at
7
Pepperdine
Freshman Chasen Travisano scored the game-winning goal in the third period as UCLA held on for the win.
Photo by: Don Liebig, UCLA Photography
No. 2 UCLA Outlasts No. 9 Pepperdine, 8-7
October 07, 2017 | Men's Water Polo
Freshman Chasen Travisano led the Bruins with three goals in the win.
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Freshman Chasenย Travisanoย led the Bruins with three goals against the Waves while senior Max Irving added two scores. Redshirt sophomore Alex Wolf played the entire game in goal, registering 12 saves and twoย steals while allowing seven goals (four on power plays).
Irving got the Bruins on the board firstย (5:36) with a strike from the front court after an ordinary foul.ย Travisanoย made it 2-0 with a perfect lob shot off a feed from Irving (4:31). Mate Toth got Pepperdine on the board with a power play goal (1:11) to cut it to 2-1. Irving scored his second off a gorgeous pass from freshman Quinten Osborne (0:54) on the Bruins' next possession to make it 3-1. Travisanoย ended the scoring in the first with his second of the quarter (0:24) to give the Bruins a 4-1 lead.
Coleman Carpenter led off the scoring in the second quarter for Pepperdine (7:07) to cut the lead to 4-2. But senior Alex Roelseย pushed the lead to 5-2 when he took a feed from David Stiling to score a goal at even strength (5:57). Marko Asic scored a power play goal (3:36) to cut the lead to 5-3. But Evan Rosenfeld scored off a rebound (3:07) to push the lead to 6-3. Asicย scored another power play goal (1:56) to cut the lead to 6-4. Freshman Nicolas Saveljicย scored from the front court (1:21) to end the scoring in the first half with the Bruins leading 7-4.
Travisano opened the scoring in the third (6:44) with a goal at full strength, completing his hat trick to extend the lead to 8-4. Mark Urban cut the lead to 8-5 with a goal from the front court for Pepperdine (3:03) that would end the low-scoring period.
Christopher Dilworth opened the scoring in the final period with a counter goal to cut the lead to 8-6 (5:09). Urban then scored his second of the game to pull the Waves to within one goal (1:21) with a power play strike to cut it to 8-7. The Bruins would need a couple of stops to secure the 8-7 victory.
The Bruins return to action on Friday, Oct. 13 in a non-conference game at home vs. Cal Baptist at 5:30 p.m. at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center.
No. 1 UCLA atย No. 9 Pepperdine (Nonconference Game)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| No. 2 UCLA | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| No.ย 9 Pepperdine | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
6x5 -ย UCLA - 1/8- PEP - 4/9
Penalties -ย UCLA - 0/0 - PEP - 0/0
UCLAย Saves:ย Alex Wolf 12
PEP Goals:ย Markoย Asic 2, Mark Urban 2, Christopher Dilworthย 1, Coleman Carpenter 1, Mate Toth 1
PEP Saves:ย Zackย Rhodesย 17
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