California
Pepperdine
10/11/2008 12:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
MALIBU, CALIF. The No. 5 ranked Cal men's water polo team improved to 9-3 with an 8-4 overtime victory over No. 4 Pepperdine in the second round of the SoCal Open, Saturday, October 11th at the Raleigh Runnels Aquatic Center in Malibu. Earlier Saturday, the Golden Bears had upended No. 14 St. Francis, 11-5. Against Pepperdine, Cal was again led by junior All-American Spencer Warden who led the Bears with two goals. Senior captain Trent Calder tied the match at five with 0:26 seconds left in regulation. Defensively, Cal was paced by sophomore goalie Jacob McIntosh who had 13 saves.
Other highlights for Cal against Pepperdine were senior captain Frank Reynolds, sophomore Brian Dudley, redshirt freshman Cory Nasoff and freshman Luka Saponjic and Ivan Rackov each notching goals. Saponjic added a three assists and while Warden led the team with five steals.
During the Saturday morning match against the St. Francis Terriers junior All-American Spencer Warden and Rackov led the Bears with three goals. Defensively, sophomore goalie Jacob McIntosh had 16 saves.
Besides Rackov's and Warden's three goals in the morning match versus St. Francis, redshirt freshman Charlie Steffens had two goals. Other Bear scorers against St. Francis included sophomore Zach White, junior Scott Cruikshank and senior Trent Calder.
Cal will next play No. 1 USC at 10:40 a.m., in a rematch of the last two national title games, Sunday in the SoCal Open semifinal.
CALIFORNIA 8, PEPPERDINE 6No. 5 California 1 1 1 2 2 1 - 8 No. 4 Pepperdine 1 0 3 1 1 0 - 6
California Goals: Spencer Warden 2, Frank Reynolds, Ivan Rackov, Luka Saponjic, Brian Dudley, Trent Calder, Cory Nasoff
California Saves: Jacob McIntosh 13
California Goals 2 Warden 1 Saponjic Rackov Dudley Reynolds Nasoff Calder
California Assts 3 Saponjic 2 Rackov 1 Reynolds
California Steals 5 Warden 4 Rackov 3 Sample 2 Dudley Reynolds White 1 Rodman Nasoff Calder
California Ejections Earned 3 Warden 2 White 1 Rackov Sample Dudley Nasoff Calder Pearson
California Field Block 1 Warden Calder
California Goalie McIntosh (4 qtrs) Saves 13 Steals 1
California Sprints Won Rackov 3
CALIFORNIA 11, ST. FRANCIS (NY) 5
No. 14 St. Francis 0 3 1 1 - 5 No. 5 California 3 3 3 2 - 11
California Goals: Spencer Warden 3, Ivan Rackov 3, Charlie Steffens 2, Zach White, Trent Calder, Scott Cruikshank
California Saves: Jacob McIntosh 16
California Assists: 2 - Reynolds 1 - Saponjic, Rackov, Sample, Steffens, McIntosh
California Steals: 3 - Warden 2 - Nasoff 1 - Sample, Dudley, Rodman, Reynolds, Steffens, McIntosh
California Ejections Earned 2 - Rackov, White, Pearson 1 - Saponjic, Orloff, Sample, Dudley, Reynolds, Warden, Roach, Stampfl
California Field Blocks 1 - Reynolds, Warden, Steffens
California Goalie McIntosh (4 qtrs) Saves 16 Asst 1 Steals 1
California Sprints Won 2 - Rackov
6 on 5 3 for 7
5 on 6 5 for 10
