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sports
Six score as Beach
rolls over UC Irvine
By Ben Dimapindan
On-line Forty-Niner
There was no one
superstar shining for the Long Beach State men's water polo
team Tuesday against UC Irvine, instead the 49ers had six
bright stars who lit up the net en route to a 6-4 victory
on the road.
The key to winning for LBSU against the Anteaters, much like
the rest of the season, was not to rely only on one player,
but to work collectively on both sides of the ball.
Six players scored for No. 6 LBSU and the 49ers' defense held
host UCI to only two goals over the first three quarters in
the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest.
"The last few games we have just been playing as one
strong team unit," Head Coach Rick Azevedo said. "It
really showed. We had six different guys scoring for us. Plenty
of different players stepped up. When one guy would make a
mistake, another one would cover for him."
After a scoreless first quarter, LBSU (10-6, 3-4 MSPF) erupted
with a three-goal second quarter. Junior defenseman Aaron
Holloway fired in a goal midway through the quarter to put
The Beach ahead, 2-1.
The 49ers followed up with another pair of goals from the
strong offensive tandem of senior drivers Justin Jewell and
Brett Adams in the third quarter to build a 5-2 lead.
In the fourth quarter, LBSU senior goalie Brett Adolph, who
recorded 10 saves in the game, stifled the UCI offense and
its attempts to rally. However, UCI (5-11, 1-6) did manage
to score twice late in the fourth quarter to narrow the final
score to 6-4.
"We dominated the whole game," Azevedo said. "The
final score was just not indicative of how dominant we were.
The score was 6-2 pretty much until the end of the fourth
quarter.
"We basically slowed down our offense at that point and
took care of the ball on defense. They scored a couple times
at the end, but those goals were meaningless."
The 49ers return to action today at 2 p.m. when they travel
to Loyola Marymount for a nonconference game.
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