UC Irvine Travels To Pomona For Gary Troyer Invitational - UCI Athletics
IRVINE, Calif. – No. 6/7 UC Irvine closes out their non-conference tournament schedule slate with four games at the Gary Troyer Invitational in Pomona.Week Five Notes | Tournament Central
THIS WEEKEND
No. 6/7 UC Irvine vs. No. 20 Air Force
Friday, October 4 | 12:20 PM | Heldeman Pool
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No. 6/7 UC Irvine vs. Redlands
Friday, October 4 | 4:20 PM | Heldeman Pool
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No. 6/7 UC Irvine vs. No. 4 Pepperdine
Saturday, October 5 | 9:20 AM | Heldeman Pool
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No. 6/7 UC Irvine vs. No. 4 Pepperdine
Saturday, October 5 | 9:20 AM | Heldeman Pool
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THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
> UC Irvine enters the week ranked sixth in the CWPA Weekly Poll and are slated seventh in the Association of College Water Polo Coaches poll
> Zayd Mahmoud was named the Big West Player of the Week after a standout performance in goal in the Anteaters upset over No. 6 California
> UCI closes out the non-conference tournament season with four games at the Gary Troyer Invitational hosted by Pomona-Pitzer
> No. 20 Air Force enters the weekend with a 9-8 overall record and went 1-2 over the last week of play
> The Falcons dropped 20-6 to Long Beach State and 21-10 to UCLA, but earned the 14-9 win over Chapman
> Tom Leggett leads Air Force and the West Coast Conference in goals with 72 and Jacob Yi tallied a league best 36 assists
> Luca Smith has spent a majority of the time in cage for the Falcons recording 132 saves
> The first game of the weekend will be a brother showdown as goalkeeper Jacob Pyle's brother, Jay Pyle, plays for Air Force
> Redlands heads to the tournament with a 4-7 overall record, 1-0 in the SCIAC
> The Bulldogs went 0-2 at the CSUF Invitational where they fell to Cal State Fullerton, 10-9, and Biola, 9-5, before collecting the 17-5 win over Cal Lutheran to open SCIAC play
> Max Wagener and Dean Woody lead the Redlands in goal scoring with 24 and 20 on the season respectively
> No. 4 Pepperdine holds a dominating 11-2 overall record and are a perfect 7-0 in neutral site contests
> In a two game weekend, the Waves went 1-1 with a 15-12 victory over Long Beach State before dropping to Stanford, 14-11
> Christian Hosea leads Pepperdine in points (54) with a team best 44 goals and 10 assists
> Erik Ionescu leads the squad with 20 assists
> Max Smimov has started eight games in goal for the Waves where he has made 113 saves, stole the ball 15 times, and tallied five assists
> Pomona-Pitzer, the host school, holds a 4-6 overall record and is 2-0 in the SCIAC
> The Sagehens only had one game over the last week where they fell 15-10 to California
PLAYER NOTES
> UC Irvine went 1-1 over the weekend with a tremendous 13-5 victory over No. 6 California but dropped 15-10 to No. 3 Stanford
> Against No. 6 California
- Luka Krstic notched his fourth hat-trick of the season for a game best three goals
- The centers of Tyler Padua and Ethan Spoon each tallied two goals
- Spoon was a menace once again with a match-high four steals and a team best two drawn exclusions
- Thomas Cass, Samuel Otta, Cole Francisco, Ethan Shipman, Gage Verdegaal, and Johann Thrall rounded out the Anteater scoring
- Jackson Matos dished out a game best three assists followed by Stewart Campbell with two
- Zayd Mahmoud's 11 saves are a season high for the junior goalkeeper
> Against No. 3 Stanford
- Ten different Anteaters scored in the contest
- Attacker Keegan McGann tallied his first career goal
- Mahmoud made the start in cage and stopped eight shots
- Graduate student Jacob Pyle played the remaining 16 minutes in net recording three stops
- Johann Thrall dished out a team high two assists
- Wyley Dale drew a team best three exclusions
