Sunday, October 24
Los Angeles, CA
12:00 PM
UCLA
18
vs
10
Pepperdine
The Bruin seniors had a hand in 15 of the 18 goals scored in the win over No. 9 Pepperdine.
Photo by: Don Liebig/ASUCLA
Seniors Lead No. 1 UCLA to Win Over No. 9 Pepperdine
October 24, 2021 | Men's Water Polo
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LOS ANGELES --ย No. 1 UCLA (16-1, 1-0 MPSF) continued its dominance over the Golden Coast Conference with an 18-10 home win over No. 9 Pepperdine (13-9, 1-1 GCC), on Sunday afternoonย at Dirks Pool at Spieker Aquatics Center. The win was UCLA's 29th-consecutive victory over the GCC,ย dating back to 2017. With the win over the Waves, UCLA improved to 83-31-1 in the series history.The win concluded UCLA's non-conference slate and was "Senior Day" marking the Bruins' final regular season home game (UCLA is slated to host the NCAA Championship Dec. 2-5). The Bruin seniors played a major role in today's victory, having a hand in 15 of the 18 goals UCLA scored.
Graduate Chasen Travisano had a game-high and personal-best five goals on five shots while graduate Nicolas Saveljicย tallied a game-high seven points (two goals and five assists) to pace the Bruins' offensive attack. Senior Jake Cavano also had a hat trick against the Waves. All five seniors that played scored at least one goal as redshirt seniors Evan Rosenfeld and Felix Brozyna-Vilimย had one goal apiece. Junior Bernardo Maurizi got the start in the cage and went the distance, registering seven saves.
PERIOD ONE
> UCLA put six goals up on the scoreboard in the first period, leading 6-4 heading into the second frame.
> Cavanoย (4:18 and 0:40) and Travisanoย (6:58 and 3:30) each scored two goals in the first quarter for the Bruins.
> Sophomore Tanner Pulice (5:25) andย Saveljicย (1:41) each contributed one goal in the opening frame.
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PERIOD TWO
> The two teams battled to a 4-4 tied in the second quarter with UCLA holding a 10-8ย lead at the break.
> Junior Cameron Reagan (7:36) scored the first goal of the period to give UCLA a 7-4 lead.
> Pepperdine would score the next three goals to tie it at 7-7.
> But the Bruins answered with three straight goals, which began with the first score by redshirt freshman Gianpiero Di Martire (2:07).
> Saveljic netted his second (1:20) and Travisano completed his hat trick (0:51) to push the lead to 10-7.
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PERIOD THREE
> UCLA dominated the third period, outscoring the Waves 4-1 to take a commanding 14-9 lead into the fourth quarter.
> Travisano opened the scoring in the period with his fourth goal of the game on a power play (4:58) and the Cavano completed his hat trick (4:09) on a power play.
> Di Martire netted his second of the game (3:26) from the front court to give UCLA another 3-0 scoring run.
ย > Travisano's fifth of the game (0:59) would end the scoring in the third period.
PERIOD FOUR
> The Bruins won the fourth quarter, 4-1, to provide the 18-10 final.
> Rosenfeld opened the scoring in the final stanza (7:19) and it wasย followed by a goal from junior Tommy Gruwell (5:12).
> After a goal from Pepperdine's Sean Ferrariย (4:48), Reagan added his second of the game (4:07) and Brozyna-Vilimย scored his first from two meters (2:01) off a nice feed from redshirt sophomore Jack Larsenย to end the scoring.
UP NEXT
The Bruins have a week off before traveling to USC for an MPSF game to be televised on the Pac-12 Networks. The game time will be announced next weekย for the match against the Trojans, slated for Saturday, Nov. 6.
No. 9 Pepperdine at No. 1 UCLAย (Non-Conference Game)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
| No. 9 Pepperdine | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| No. 1 UCLA | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 18 |
6x5 -ย UCLA - 6/12 - PEP - 4/12
Penalties -ย UCLA - 0/2 - PEP - 0/0
PEP Goals:ย Sean Ferrari 3, Balazs Kosa 2, Anthony D'Ambra 1, Michael Dakis 1, Jake Howertonย 1,ย Kaden Kaneko 1,ย Travis Reynolds 1
PEP Saves:ย John Claude Marcoย 8
UCLA Goals:ย Chasen Travisano 5, Jake Cavano 3, Cameron Reagan 2, Gianpiero Di Martire 2, Nicolas Saveljic 2, Evan Rosenfeld 1, Felix Brozyna-Vilim 1, Tanner Puliceย 1, Tommy Gruwell 1
UCLA Saves:ย Bernardo Mauriziย 7
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