Nov. 25, 2005

Los Angeles, Calif. - The Pacific Tigers men's water polo team dropped its first round game in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Tournament to No. 4 UC Irvine, 7-6, on Friday, Nov. 25. The loss dropped Pacific to 18-13 on the season.

The Tigers fell behind 5-2 midway through the third period, but Pacific battled back, scoring four of the next five goals in the match to pull even at 6-6.

UC Irvine, however, was able to capitalize on the next possession for what proved to be the game-winning goal.

The Tigers return to action tomorrow in a consolation game against No. 6 Pepperdine at 11:30 a.m.

Final Results:

Team 1 2 3 4 Total

Pacific 1 1 2 2 6

UC Irvine 2 2 2 1 7

Goals: Pacific: Dragan Bakic 3, Matt Turnbull 2, Yamamoto

UC Irvine: NA

Saves: Pacific: Marko Popovic (14)

UC Irvine: NA