STOCKTON, Calif. – By the identical score of 12-11, No. 4 Pacific beat No. 7 Princeton for the second time this season as Pacific remained undefeated Friday evening at the Eberhardt Aquatics Center.
 
Pacific (12-0, 1-0 WCC) trailed 6-4 late in the second quarter when it stormed back behind four second half goals from senior Mihailo Vukazic. The West Coast Conference Player of the Week winner tallied five goals and an assist in the affair. He's up to 43 goals on the season including 22 in the last five games.
 
Pacific outscored Princeton (15-7, 4-1 IVY) by a 5-1 margin in the third quarter to leap ahead 10-7. Princeton came back to cut it to an 11-10 deficit when Jeremie Cote scored an insurance goal to go up 12-10 with 1:59 left.
 
Princeton did not go away, and after scoring on its ensuing position and getting the ball back in a one-goal game, Pacific made a defensive stand in the end to seal the win.
 
Cote and senior Gil Gvishi notched two goals apiece, while Cote also distributed a pair of assists. Senior Reuel D'Souza, freshman Ori Buzaglo and graduate Oliver Fodor also found the back of the net for Pacific.
 
Graduate goalkeeper Bae Fountain made 13 stops in net. It helped Pacific improve to 8-3 all-time against Princeton.
 
Pacific will take the pool again Sunday when it hosts No. 18 LMU in a WCC contest at 1 p.m. at the Eberhardt Aquatics Center.
 


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