Falcons Finish 3-1 At Triton Tournament

Sept. 8, 2003

The Air Force water polo team finished 3-1 at the UC San Diego Triton Tournament, Sept. 6-7, to kick off its regular season. The Falcons split the first day of competition with a 14-3 win over La Verne and a 7-5 loss to no. 6 UC Irvine. Air Force returned Sunday to edge Loyola Marymount, 7-6, and finished the weekend by defeating Redlands, 9-6.

Nine Falcons scored in the Falcons win over La Verne with senior team captain Scott Butler leading the offense with three goals, followed freshman Brian McShane, senior Kirk Reimer, and junior Josh Jewett who each had two. Butler and junior Murphey Morgan led Air Force with two goals each against UC Irvine.

Against Loyola Marymount, Butler led the Falcons again with two goals. Seniors Eric Baber and Micah Peterson, Jewett, McShane, and Morgan each netted one. Senior Kirk Reimer was the top Air Force scorer against Redlands with three goals followed by McShane with two. In goal, senior Brandon Shroyer had 29 saves and 13 steals on the weekend. Morgan led the team in assists with six.

UC San Diego edged both UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara to finish as the only unbeaten team at the 2003 UC San Diego Triton Men's Water Polo Invitational with a perfect record of 4-0.

Upcoming: The Falcons travel to New Jersey this weekend to compete in the Princeton Tournament, Sept. 12-14.

Triton Tournament Results:Saturday's Pool Play Results
GAME 1 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTLOYOLA MARYMOUNT (1-0) 6 2 4 2 - - 14WHITTIER (0-1) 1 0 1 3 - - 5
LMU GOALS:  Tamas Szego-4, Kris Barr-3, Sean Wimer-3, Scott Smith-2,Nick Oster, Endre Rex-Kiss.WHIT GOALS:  Mark Canner, Damon Kern, Robert Curreri, Tyler Middleton,Cody Pletcher.
GAME 2 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTUC SAN DIEGO (1-0) 6 8 4 7 - - 25POMONA-PITZER (0-1) 0 0 0 2 - - 2
UCSD GOALS:  Jonathan Hopkins-4, Steven Jendrusina-3, Brandon Borso-3,Matthew Ustaszewski-3, Chris Finegold-2, Chris Eichholz-2, Matt Ellis-2,Clark Petersen-2, Kevin Smoker, Nate Cooper, Joe Woodring, TravisBoettner.PP GOALS:  Tim Brown-2.
GAME 3 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTUC IRVINE (1-0) 4 3 5 1 - - 13LA VERNE (0-1) 0 0 0 1 - - 1
UCI GOALS:  Phil Garcia-3, Dan Noon-3, Tim Hutten-2, Nate White, ChrisPeters, Mark Masterson, Rick Merlo, Cameron Bassett.ULV GOALS:  John Dandoy.



GAME 4 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTUC SANTA BARBARA (1-0) 6 4 5 6 - - 21WHITTIER (0-2) 1 2 0 1 - - 4
UCSB GOALS:  Joe Ferguson-4, Matt Tilborg-3, Brian Alexander-3, AndrewSchoneberger-3, Doug Arthur-2, Ramiro Saldain-2, Paul Helfer, RossSinclair, Matt Dale, Nick McGilvray.WHIT GOALS:  Damon Kern, Tyler Middleton, Cody Pletcher, Jeff Padgett.
GAME 5 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTREDLANDS (1-0) 4 6 2 4 - - 16POMONA-PITZER (0-2) 1 1 1 0 - - 3
RED GOALS:  Spencer Dinnean-3, Jay Boand-2, Aaron Seeks-2, NolanBalmert-2, Grant Culton-2, Wilson Walters, Jacob Medina, Brendan Whelan,Chris Avedissian, Alex Strand.PP GOALS:  Glenn Anderson-3.
GAME 6 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTAIR FORCE (1-0) 3 5 3 3 - - 14LA VERNE (0-2) 1 1 0 1 - - 3
AFA GOALS:  Scott Butler-3, Brian McShane-2, Kirk Reimer-2, JoshJewett-2, Murphey Morgan, Eric Baber, Chris Nary, Mitchell Adams, EricSwenson.ULV GOALS:  Ricardo Negron, Owen Barrett, Jason Walters.
GAME 7 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTLOYOLA MARYMOUNT (1-1) 2 0 2 3 - - 7UC SANTA BARBARA (2-0) 1 2 3 2 - - 8
LMU GOALS:  Endre Rex-Kiss-4, Kris Barr-2, Scott Smith.UCSB GOALS:  Brian Alexander-3, Matt Tilborg-2, Steve Traverso-2, AndrewSchoneberger.
GAME 8 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTUC SAN DIEGO (2-0) 3 5 3 5 - - 16REDLANDS (1-1) 0 1 1 1 - - 3
UCSD GOALS:  Jonathan Hopkins-5, Clark Petersen-4, Steven Jendrusina-3,Matt Ellis, Kevin Smoker, Brandon Borso, Matthew Ustaszewski.RED GOALS:  Wilson Walters, AJ Ferrill, Ian Calpin.
GAME 9 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTUC IRVINE (2-0) 2 1 3 1 - - 7AIR FORCE (1-1) 0 3 0 2 - - 5
UCI GOALS:  Nate White-3, Dan Noon-3, Cameron Bassett.AFA GOALS:  Murphey Morgan-2, Scott Butler-2, Eric Baber.

Saturday Results (Day One)Pool Play:Loyola Marymount 14, Whittier 5UC San Diego 25, Pomona-Pitzer 2UC Irvine 13, La Verne 1UC Santa Barbara 21, Whittier 4Redlands 16, Pomona-Pitzer 3Air Force 14, La Verne 3UC Santa Barbara 8, Loyola Marymount 7UC San Diego 16, Redlands 3UC Irvine 7, Air Force 5

Sunday's Results
GAME 10 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTLA VERNE (0-3) 2 1 1 1 - - 5WHITTIER (1-2) 2 2 2 1 - - 7
ULV GOALS:  Darren Richards-2, Owen Barrett, Jason Walters, John Dandoy.
WHIT GOALS:  Damon Kern-2, Jake Zerbe-2, Mark Canner, Tyler Middleton,Jeff Padgett.
GAME 11 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTAIR FORCE (2-1) 1 3 3 0 - - 7LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (1-2) 1 3 1 1 - - 6
AFA GOALS:  Scott Butler-2, Murphey Morgan, Brian McShane, Eric Baber,Josh Jewett, Micah Peterson.LMU GOALS:  Tamas Szego-2, Scott Smith-2, Cutberto Hernandez, Kris Barr.
GAME 12 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTUC IRVINE (3-0) 2 0 1 4 - - 7UC SANTA BARBARA (2-1) 1 2 1 1 - - 5
UCI GOALS:  Phil Garcia-2, Dan Noon-2, Tim Hutten-2, Cole Bitter.UCSB GOALS:  Andrew Schoneberger-3, Steve Traverso, Doug Arthur.



GAME 13 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTLA VERNE (0-4) 0 0 3 0 - - 3POMONA-PITZER (1-2) 2 2 2 1 - - 7
ULV GOALS:  Jason Walters-2, Ricardo Negron.PP GOALS:  Tim Brown-2, Benny Blum, Ben Cooper, Chris Prochnow, GlennAnderson, Eric Kort.
GAME 14 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTAIR FORCE (3-1) 3 3 2 1 - - 9REDLANDS (1-2) 1 3 2 0 - - 6
AFA GOALS:  Kirk Reimer-3, Brian McShane-2, Josh Jewett-2, Eric Baber,Scott Butler.RED GOALS:  Adam Foley-2, Spencer Dinnean-2, Jay Boand, Wilson Walters.
GAME 15 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTUC IRVINE (3-1) 1 2 2 3 - - 8UC SAN DIEGO (3-0) 3 2 4 1 - - 10
UCI GOALS:  Phil Garcia-2, Nate White-2, Rick Merlo-2, Dan Noon, ChrisPeters.UCSD GOALS:  Jonathan Hopkins-3, Chris Eichholz-2, Brandon Borso-2, MattEllis, Nate Cooper, Clark Petersen.
GAME 16 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTPOMONA-PITZER (1-3) 3 1 1 1 - - 6WHITTIER (2-2) 4 4 3 1 - - 12
PP GOALS:  Ben Cooper-3, Tim Brown, Ben Demarchelier, Glenn Anderson.WHIT GOALS:  Damon Kern-4, Jeff Padgett-4, Tyler Middleton-2, MarkCanner, Robert Curreri.
GAME 17 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTREDLANDS (1-3) 1 2 0 1 - - 4LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (2-2) 1 3 1 2 - - 7
RED GOALS:  Ian Calpin-3, Spencer Dinnean.LMU GOALS:  Tamas Szego-2, Ryan Chapatte-2, Scott Smith, Scott Marshall,Kris Barr.
GAME 18 1 2 3 4 OT OT TOTUC SAN DIEGO (4-0) 2 2 2 4 - - 10UC SANTA BARBARA (2-2) 1 1 4 2 - - 8
UCSD GOALS:  Brandon Borso-3, Matt Ellis-2, Jonathan Hopkins-2, ChrisEichholz, Clark Petersen, Matthew Ustaszewski.UCSB GOALS:  Steve Traverso-2, Matt Dale-2, Matt Tilborg, IanChristensen, Doug Arthur, Joe Ferguson.









Saturday Results (Day One)Pool Play:Loyola Marymount 14, Whittier 5UC San Diego 25, Pomona-Pitzer 2UC Irvine 13, La Verne 1UC Santa Barbara 21, Whittier 4Redlands 16, Pomona-Pitzer 3Air Force 14, La Verne 3UC Santa Barbara 8, Loyola Marymount 7UC San Diego 16, Redlands 3UC Irvine 7, Air Force 5
Sunday Results (Day Two)Whittier 7, La Verne 5Air Force 7, Loyola Marymount 6UC Irvine 7, UC Santa Barbara 5Pomona-Pitzer 7, La Verne 3Air Force 9, Redlands 6UC San Diego 10, UC Irvine 8Whittier 12, Pomona-Pitzer 6Loyola Marymount 7, Redlands 4UC San Diego 10, UC Santa Barbara 8
Tournament RecordsUC San Diego  4-0UC Irvine  3-1Air Force  3-1UC Santa Barbara 2-2Loyola Marymount 2-2Whittier   2-2Redlands  1-3Pomona-Pitzer  1-3La Verne  0-4

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