‘Eaters upset USC

Sophomore Tim Hutten scored three fourth-quarter goals to lift No.

7-ranked UC Irvine over No. 3 USC, 9-7, in a Mountain Pacific Sports

Federation men’s water polo game at the Anteater Aquatics Complex

Saturday.

Hutten, who had a game-high four goals, scored with 4:34 left in

the fourth quarter, then converted power-play goals with 3:04 and

1:02 remaining to break a 7-7 tie after USC sophomore Thomas Hale had

scored an extra-man goal with 3:32 remaining to draw the Trojans

even.

UCI’s Dreason Barry and Rick Merlo had key steals in the final two

minutes for the Anteaters (12-8, 3-2 in the MPSF), who won their

fourth straight while snapping USC’s eight-game winning streak.

UCI never trailed and built a 5-1 lead on an extra-man goal by

Barry with 3:58 left in the second quarter.

The Trojans scored three consecutive goals, the last by Jordan Van

Norman with 2:32 remaining in the third quarter, to cut the margin to

5-4.

Goals by UCI’s Dan Noon and USC’s Hale gave the Anteaters a 6-5

lead after three periods. Hale opened the fourth quarter with an

extra-man goal at 5:04 to tie the game, 6-6, before Hutten began his

hat trick to spark UCI.

Barry and Noon had two goals apiece for UCI and junior goalkeeper

Joe Wynne made nine saves. .

Hale led the Trojans (17-3, 3-2 in the MPSF) with three goals.

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Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

UC Irvine 9, USC 7

Score by Quarters

USC 1 2 2 2 -- 7

UC Irvine 3 2 1 3 -- 9

USC -- Hale 3, Van Norman 2, Delgadillo 1, Shin 1.

Saves -- Shilling 8. UC Irvine -- Hutten 4, Barry

2, Noon 2, Mello 1. Saves -- Wynne 9.

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CdM defeats Foothill

* Corona del Mar High’s boys water polo team enjoyed a huge

victory Saturday in the semifinals of the Tru West Memorial Cup

invitational at Lynwood High in San Jose with a 9-5 win over

Foothill, then lost to Long Beach Wilson, 13-7, in the title game.

The Sea Kings are ranked No. 4 in CIF Southern Section Division I.

Foothill is No. 2.

CdM took a 3-0 led into the second quarter and outscored the

Knights, 4-3, in the third quarter, which typified a physical second

half. The CdM goalkeeper earned an exclusion in the third quarter and

there were a pair of double fouls in the final period.

CdM senior Thomas Pearson and junior Tom Money had three goals and

two assists apiece for the winners.

Jacob Murphy added two goals, while goalie Gaston Sanford had 11

saves.

In the championship game, Wilson’s Matt Sagehorn, Cody Walter and

Joe Sherrin each scored three goals. Pearson led the Sea Kings with

four goals.

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Tru West Memorial Cup invitational (at Lynwood

High, San Jose)

Final Long Beach Wilson 13, Corona del Mar 7

Score by Quarters

Corona 2 1 2 2 -- 7

Wilson 4 6 2 1 -- 13

Corona del Mar -- Pearson 4, Hersh 1, Buhagiar 1,

Money 1. Saves -- Sanford, 5. Wilson -- Sagehorn

3, Walter 3, Sherrin 3, Swanson 2, Wright 1,

Wooten 1. Saves -- Lapin, 9.

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Semifinal Corona del Mar 9, Foothill 5

Score by Quarters

Corona 3 1 4 1 -- 9

Foothill 0 1 3 1 -- 5

Corona del Mar -- Pearson 3, Money 3, Murphy 2,

Pirdy 1. Saves -- Sanford 11. Foothill -- Cummings

2, Benjamin 2, Krumpholz 1. Saves -- Lawrence 2.

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Eagles come up short

* Visiting Los Amigos High used a strong counterattack to pull

away in the third quarter Saturday as the Lobos rallied to defeat

Estancia, 13-9, in a nonleague boys water polo game.

“We had a great second quarter,” said Estancia Coach John

Carpenter, whose team took a 5-4 halftime lead after outscoring Los

Amigos, 4-0, in the second.

Senior Sean Goodman paced Estancia (10-9) with a season-high five

goals, while Chad Kunert added three goals and Eagle senior Richard

McElveney contributed seven goalie saves.

After Los Amigos (9-13) took a 7-6 lead after three quarters, the

Lobos outscored the hosts, 6-3, in the fourth quarter.

“In the fourth quarter, [the Lobos] ran a different kind of

offense and we didn’t adapt to their plans,” said Carpenter, whose

team will host Mater Dei at 3 p.m. Monday and Costa Mesa in the

Golden West League finale at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

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Nonleague

Los Amigos 13, Estancia 9

Score by Quarters

Los Amigos 4 0 3 6 -- 13

Estancia 1 4 1 3 -- 9

Los Amgios -- Paer 6, Lope 3, Sarniento 2, Contes

2. Saves -- n/a. Estancia -- Goodman 5, Kunert 3,

Aldereti 1. Saves -- McElveney 7.

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