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Men's Water Polo Takes Fifth Place At MPSF Tournament
November 26, 2000 | Men's Water Polo
Nov. 26, 2000
The Trojans took a 2-0 lead early in the first period, but Stanford evened the score late in the period. The two teams battled back and forth, with each team staying within a goal of the lead. Stanford took its first lead of the game, 5-4, at 4:44 of the third period, but USC answered with three straight goals to take a 7-5 lead with 5:56 remaining in the game. Stanford's Peter Hudnut scored on penalty shot with 3:39 left to cut the lead to one, but the Trojans held on for the win. USC finishes in fifth place with a 20-6 record, and Stanford ends its season in 6th place with a 13-13 record.
UCLA won the MPSF Tournament, defeating California in the final. Pepperdine upset top-ranked UC Irvine in the third-place match, which may give an outside shot for the Trojans to get the only at-large bid available for the NCAA Championships next weekend. USC, who entered the tournament as the No. 3 seed and No. 3 ranked team in the nation, defeated UC Irvine in all three meetings this season.
#3 USC (20-6) 2 2 2 1= 7 #8 Stanford (13-13) 2 2 1 1= 6
USC: Ivan Babic 2, Daniel Lontay, Stever O'Rourke, Nenad Praporski, Tim Wollthan, Predrag Damjanov. Stanford: Peter Hudnut, Todd Snider, Onno Koelman, Jeff Nesmith, Mark Amott, Peter Osborn. Saves: USC- Bozidar Damjanovic, 6. Stanford- Nick Ellis, 5 (14:00, 4 GA), Jaison Robinson, 3 (14:00 3 GA).
