Saturday, September 15
Davis, CA
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UC Santa Barbara
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Photo by: Catharyn Hayne
No. 1 USC Takes Down No. 7 UC Santa Barbara And No. 8 UC Davis In Aggie Roundup Action
September 15, 2018 | Men's Water Polo, Features
Trojans improve to 9-0 with wins over ranked foes in Davis, Calif.
DAVIS, CALIF. — The No. 1 USC men's water polo team rolled through two top-10 opponents in today's action at the Aggie Roundup, shutting out both foes in the second period of play to help fuel a pair of victories in Davis, Calif. The Trojans would open up with a well-rounded 10-3 win over No. 7 UC Santa Barbara before turning to face host No. 8 UC Davis. USC delivered a 16-9 win in that one to balloon USC's 2018 start to a 9-0 overall record.
In the morning's matchup with UC Santa Barbara, the Trojans and Gauchos were largely in stride. USC opened up with back-to-back blasts from Zach D'Sa and Jacob Mercep before UCSB answered back with two of their own to lock things up 2-2. USC got the last word of the first frame with a second strike from D'Sa, and the next eight minutes would be all USC. The Trojans rendered the Gauchos scoreless in the second period while piling on three goals of their own — scores from Christian Hockenbury, Sam Slobodien and Daniel Leong — to build a 6-2 advantage at halftime. In the second half, freshman goalie Sam Krutonog continued in his control of the cage, adding six more saves to his tally to wrap the game with 10, marking an early career high for the newcomer. On the offensive end, USC punched up four more goals. Matt Maier and Mercep got to the back of the net early in the third, and USC would lead it 8-3 entering the final frame. There, Leong knocked in his second of the game, with Marin Dasic putting the finishing touches on the win as the Trojans would continue to shut down the Gauchos the rest of the way for a 10-3 final.
A couple hours later against host UC Davis, freshman Nic Porter checked into the cage. He'd make a stellar save against a UC Davis 5-meter penalty shot en route to a nine-save day's work. At the other end of the pool, USC would chalk up three goals in the first frame, although the Aggies would match that in snarling things 3-3 after eight minutes of action. USC would kick it up a notch in the second, though, rattling off five unanswered goals from the hands of five different Trojans. Up 8-3 at the break, USC would stay the course the rest of the way. UC Davis would get some goals to go, but the Trojans remained hot-handed. By the final buzzer, 10 different Trojans had ripped through to the back of the net, led by freshman Hannes Daube's hat trick and a pair of blasts apiece from D'Sa, Leong, Maier and Mercep.
USC now turns to another double dose of action tomorrow (Sept. 16) in Davis, taking on Whittier at 10:45 a.m. before a 2:30 p.m. faceoff with Fresno Pacific out at the Aggie Roundup.
AGGIE ROUNDUP
#1 USC 10, #7 UC Santa Barbara 3
Sept. 15, 2018 | Davis, Calif.
USC 3 - 3 - 2 - 2 = 10
UCSB 2 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 3
SCORING:
USC — Zach D'Sa 2, Jacob Mercep 2, Daniel Leong 2, Christian Hockenbury, Sam Slobodien, Matt Maier, Marin Dasic.
UCSB — Boris Jovanovic 3.
SAVES: Sam Krutonog (USC) 10, Connor MacDonald (UCSB) 8, Ben Miller (UCSB) 3.
#1 USC 16, #8 UC Davis 9
Sept. 15, 2018 | Davis, Calif.
USC 3 - 5 - 3 - 5 = 16
UCD 3 - 0 - 4 - 2 = 9
SCORING:
USC — Hannes Daube 3, Zach D'Sa 2, Daniel Leong 2, Matt Maier 2, Jacob Mercep 2, Marin Dasic, Christian Hockenbury, Jake Ehrhardt, Sam Slobodien, Marko Vavic.
UCD — Ido Goldschmidt 2, Marcus Anderson 2, George Keusis, Colter Knight, Holden Tamblyn, Jack Stafford, Yurii Hanley.
SAVES: Nic Porter (USC) 9, R. J. Quigley (UCD) 1, Jonah Addington (UCD) 6.
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