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Sophomore Driver Brett Ormsby contemplates where to launch his shot in Saturday's 8-10 double overtime defeat.
Bruins lose battle with Trojans in double overtime
The USC men’s water polo team settled its crosstown score with UCLA Saturday with a 10-8 double overtime win, after having lost to the Bruins 9-7 in overtime in the first meeting between the two teams.
Though the Bruins’ two meter man, Ted Peck, dominated on offense, Trojan goalie Bozidar Damjanovic turned in a solid performance to stop the Bruins from beating his team a second time.
“Our goalie played an outstanding match,” USC coach Jovan Vavic said. “He kept us in the game.”
Damjanovic fired up his teammates, who played a physical defensive game.
“Their defense was aggressive,” Peck said, “so three shots that I took didn’t convert into goals. They got good defensive positioning and fronted me a lot of times.”
UCLA didn’t seem to wake up until the game’s second half. In the first quarter, the Bruins handed Damjanovic five saves and only beat the USC goalie twice in the first half with two goals from Peck. The Trojans led 4-2 at halftime.
“In the first half, we didn’t shoot the ball well at all,” UCLA coach Adam Krikorian said, “we shot at the goalie’s stomach, not the corners. We had no killer instinct, but we stayed in the game and kept shooting.”
Brett Ormsby started off the scoring in the third quarter for the Bruins with a four-meter penalty shot and Matt Flesher tied the score shortly after.
The Bruins struggled a little on defense, and the Trojans answered UCLA’s comeback efforts with a flashy backhanded goal from center Cameron Kaiser.
“We were a little too soft on guarding the hole,” Krikorian said.
The Bruins held the lead for most of the third and fourth quarters, but a late goal by USC’s Jaraj Zatovic sent the teams into overtime.
“We are both evenly matched teams,” Ormsby said, “and that is shown by the fact that we went into overtime both times. It could have gone either way both times.”
Peck scored the Bruin’s only goal in the first overtime, and Zatovic evened the game up again for the Trojans.
“Peck did a great job at the end of the game,” Krikorian said, “he had a big goal for us in overtime. Their center (Zatovic) is a really good shooter.”
The Trojans scored twice in the second overtime to seal their win over the Bruins.
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