Friday, September 22
Los Angeles, CA
2:40 PM
UCLA
7
at
4
Loyola Marymount
Senior Aleksandar Ruzic registered a season-high eight saves while allowing just two scores vs. LMU.
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No. 4 UCLA Staves Off Upset Bid By No. 20 LMU
September 22, 2017 | Men's Water Polo
The Bruins improved to 29-0 all-time over Loyola Marymount with today's 7-4 win.
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Senior James Robinson led the Bruins in scoring with two goals. Senior Aleksandar Ruzicย got the start in goal and recorded eight saves while allowing two scores in 26:28 of action. Redshirt sophomore Jonathan Van De Velde played the final 5:32 of the fourth quarter, registering one save while surrendering two goals.
Junior Austin Rone got the Bruins on the board first off a nice feed from junior David Stiling (3:28). Senior Jack Grover ended the scoring in the first quarter with a goal at full strength (2:41) to give the Bruins a 2-0 advantage.
The second quarter was all LMU as the Bruins were held scoreless. Alessio Brunocelliย cut the lead to 2-1 with a score at the 4:04 mark of the second period. Zach Gleason tied the game at 2-2 (3:24) with a penalty shot conversion to end the scoring in the first half.ย
Robinson put the Bruins back in front, 3-2, with the only goal of the third quarterย (4:16).
UCLA opened the final period with a score from freshman Luke Henrikssonย (7:32) to extend the lead to 4-2. Senior Max Irving added an insurance goal two minutes later (5:32) to extend the lead to 5-2. Sophomore Eric Goldenberg gave the Bruins a 6-2 lead with a power play goal (3:14) and Robinson added his second of the game to make it 7-2 (2:46). Austin Clark trimmed the lead to 7-3 with a score from the front court (2:34) and then Brunocelli added his second of the game (0:29) on a power play to provide the 7-4 final.
The Bruins return to action on Saturday, Sept. 23 with a quarterfinal game of the Mountain Pacific Invitational vs. No. 5 Pacific at 10:15 a.m. PT.
No. 4 UCLAย at No. 20ย LMUย (Moutain Pacific Invitational - First Round)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F |
| No. 4 UCLA | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| No.ย 20 LMU | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
6x5 -ย UCLA - 1/4 - LMU - 2/3
Penalties -ย UCLA - 0/0 - LMU - 1/1
UCLA Goals:ย James Robinson 2, Jack Grover 1, Eric Goldenberg 1, Luke Henriksson 1, Max Irving 1, Austin Roneย 1
UCLA Saves:ย Aleksandar Ruzicย 8, Jonathan Van De Veldeย 1
LMUย Saves:ย Dominick Beaudine 15
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