Nov. 24, 2006

Irvine, Calif. The No. 7 ranked Pacific Tigers fall to No. 3 UCLA in first round action of the MPSF Tournament held Friday, November 25th in Irvine, Calif.

With the loss, the Tigers fall to 15-16 on the season, while the Bruins improve to 16-5 overall.

UCLA, who defeated the Tigers 11-6 earlier this season in Stockton, came out firing on all cylinders, scoring the games first 13 goals. The Tigers then got on the scoreboard in the fourth period as junior Duje Kaurloto (Split, Croatia) scored his 70th goal of the season to make the score 13-1. The Bruins added four additional goals to account for the final margin of 17-1.

Pacific will face Long Beach State on Saturday, Novembver 26th at 11:30AM in consolation action.

No. 6 Pacific 0-0-0-1 = 1
No. 3 UCLA 3-5-5-4 = 17

Scoring
Pacific: Kaurloto (70)
UCLA: Sbutega 3, Powell 3, Zider 3, Jemmett 3, March 1, Kuga 1, Davidson 1, Krikorian 1, Santos 1

Blocks
Pacific: Domecus 8, Andrus 2
UCLA: Lapin 2, Didinger 0