By snoadmin
Long Beach State was only able to come away with one win in Sunday’s double-header at the 49er Campus Pool over No. 2 Stanford and No. 10 UC Davis.
No. 6 LBSU beat Stanford 7-5 with the help of Jake Kinne’s three goals and Steve MacKenzie’s season-high 15 saves.
The first quarter saw back-to-back scoring, with Stanford’s initial goal by Will Hindle-Katel right off the bat at 7:30. Clint Wilson reciprocated with a goal at 6:32, tying the game at 1-1. Stanford’s Sage Wright scored the next goal at 3:41, giving them the lead once again. Both teams had one more goal each, ending the first quarter with Stanford in the lead 3-2.
MacKenzie dominated the second quarter. He notched six saves and held Stanford to a scoreless quarter. The 49ers scored twice, with goals by Reid Tomassi and Jake Kinne, giving the 49ers their first lead of the day.
The 49ers continued to lead in the third quarter. MacKenzie allowed Stanford to only score once, while scored for the 49ers at 3:34.
Kinne’s goal in the third quarter was on a 4-on-6, while Stanford got two of its players kicked out – Sage Wright and Jason Wigo.
Stanford scored one more goal in the fourth quarter, and the 49ers scored two more goals, giving Long Beach the win with an overall score of 7-5.
Long Beach State now has improved its record to 14-7, while Stanford’s record dropped to 8-5 after their loss today.
The game ended the 11-game losing streak that the 49ers had against Stanford. The last time they won against Stanford was in 2000, with a win of 11-8 in Palo Alto.
Aside from Kinne, Tomassi scored two goals and Paule Filipovic and Clint Wilson each scored one.
The 49ers failed to continue their momentum going into their second game of the day against UC Davis. They managed to contain the Aggies until the very end. With less than two seconds left in the game, Davis’ Nick Arrigo whizzed a ball past goalie Derek Wiebe-Bailey’s head into the net to win 9-8.
Davis goalie out-saved Wiebe-Bailey 10-7. Wilson scored two for the 49ers, while Nick Korsgaden, Tomassi, Sean Greiner, Pavle Filopic, Kevin Mundia and Ashley Blythen all scored one apiece.
