DAVIS, Calif. - The men's water polo team opened up the Aggie Shoutout Friday night in full swing, rolling past the Lancers of CBU by a final score of 16-2. Pacific moves to 5-1 on the year while California Baptist drops to 4-5 overall. 

In Case You Missed It:

• A strong first half outing by the Orange and Black allowed the Tigers to pull away early, scoring seven straight unanswered goals to take a 9-1 lead over CBU approaching the third period. 
• Luke Pavillard registered his fifth hat trick of the season, finishing the day with a match-high five goals to go along with four steals.  
• Pacific amped up the pressure on defense against the Lancers, recording a season-high 21 steals. Four Tigers recorded at least three steals.  
• Eight Tigers recorded a goal in Friday night's contest, making it six straight matches with six or more players scoring a goal.

First Period:

• Ege Colak and Pavillard powered the Orange and Black on offense to start out the match, accounting for four of Pacific's six goals in the first period. 
• The Tigers kept CBU scoreless in the first period. Alen Osmanovic played a significant factor in Pacific's shutout making three of his eight saves for the match in the first.  
• A nice touchpass strike from Pavillard to Caleb Sandberg gave the Tigers some momentum heading into the second frame with the score at 6-0. 
• Pacific took the most shots on goal in the first period with 11.

Second Period:

• Luke Pavillard picked up where he left off in the second, tallying a hat trick at the 7:39 mark to open up the period. 
• Following a Lancer goal, Bogdan Djerkovic responded by scoring his solo goal of the night off an assist from Colak (3:53). 
• An additional goal by Eli Lule (2:56) would keep CBU at bay and Pacific in the driver's seat heading into halftime, 9-1.

Third Period:

• Luis Araya, Colak, and Pavillard each scored goals in the second and final minute giving the Tigers a double-digit lead heading into the final period, 12-2.

Fourth Period:

• Pacific would close out the fourth period in shutout fashion, scoring four unanswered to cruise their way to their first win of the weekend.
• Andre Galvez would pick up his first goal of the year in the final minute off a pass from senior attacker Lucas Hastie.

Notables:

• In his first official match of the year, Andre Galvez scored his first goal of the season of a final-period strike with :36 to go.
• Following his sixth hat trick, Luke Pavillard added to his team-leading total of 29 goals for the year. Colak also tallied his fifth hat trick with with four goals and trails Pavillard with 26 goals.
• Alen Osmanovic played a full 32:00 in the cage for the Tigers. The redshirt sophomore finished with eight saves and three steals. He now has 44 saves on the year.  

 

Up Next For the Tigers:

• The Orange and Black pick back up tomorrow with a double header against No. 3 Cal and No. 7 UC Santa Barbara.
• Pacific looks to rebound off a tough loss at home last Saturday against California. The Golden Bears took the match at Chris Kjeldsen by a final score of 11-8.
• The Tigers play a 10:30 AM match against Cal and 3:30 PM match versus UCSB. 

 

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