STOCKTON, Calif. - The matchup of Tigers vs. Tigers went in favor of No. 7 Pacific as four-different players scored multiple goals in a 14-8 victory over No. 12 Princeton at the Chris Kjeldsen Pool on Monday night.
 
Pacific, which was playing its third game in three days, raises its record to .500 at 8-8 on the season. Bogdan Djerkovic posted his fourth-straight multi-goal game with his third four-goal game of the season to lead the UOP attack. Also, for Pacific: Jeremie Cote had three goals for his fifth game with at least three goals on the season; Mihailo Vukacic also had multiple goals for the fifth time on the season and Reuel D'Souza posted his fourth-straight multiple goal game and seventh on the season. Princeton falls to 16-4 overall on the season.
 
How it happened
• Pacific jumped out to an early 4-0 lead as Jeremie Cote scored twice in the opening quarter.
• Vladan Mitrovic and Pierce Maloney scored for Princeton to cut into the lead to make it a 4-2 contest in favor of Pacific.
• A 5-2 run that included a pair of goals by Bogdan Djerkovic put Pacific ahead 8-4 at the intermission.
• Pacific held Princeton off the scoreboard in the third quarter and scored four more times to take a 12-4 lead. Djerkovic added two more goals in the quarter.
• Princeton outscored Pacific, 4-2 in the final quarter for the final margin.
 
Coach James Graham on the Win:
"This was a big game for us. Princeton is a really good team. They actually had a couple solid wins against a couple of our conference teams in Pepperdine and UC Irvine. We knew this was going to be a tough game coming out. While playing three games in three day where we took this weekend as a preview to be ready for our championship weekend. We will have to play three tough games in three days. We came out on the first day against UC Santa Barbara and we played really well and got that win. Then, yesterday was a tough game against UCLA and to rebound with the effort that we had tonight bodes well for the mentality and the identity of our team. We cleaned up on the details of what was plaguing our team yesterday. I am really proud of the guys and how they adjusted from yesterday to today."
 
Goal Scorers
Pacific: B. Djerkovic – 4; J. Cote – 3; M. Vukacic – 2; R. D'Souza – 2; C. Behm -1; E. Lule – 1; C. Murphy - 1
Princeton: G. Caras – 2; P. Maloney – 2; K. Maloney - 1; W. Benson – 1; V. Mitrovic – 1; M. KIllon – 1.

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Pacific will travel to Malibu to face Pepperdine on Saturday, Oct. 23 at 11 a.m.