The 8th-ranked UC San Diego men's water polo team finished the Triton Invitational with three wins in four games. The Tritons won their semifinal match against UC Irvine 8-7 in overtime on Chris Eichholz's score. UCSD would come up short in their quest to win their own tournament against Pepperdine as the Waves won 11-8. Finegold was UCSD's top performer netting three scores. UCSD could not keep up with the Waves' Adam Hewko who scored six times in the championship game.
In UCSD's semifinal win against UC Irvine, the teams battled back-and-forth as UCI would take a 6-5 advantagein the third period. UCSD's Hopkins would net a goal to tie the game at 6-6 with 6:39 remaining. UCI scored to go-ahead with 4:43 remaining. Hopkins had the answer, his third goal of the game to knot the game at 7-7 with 2:33 remaining in regulation. The teams would stay tied, well into the overtime period before UCSD's Eichholz netted a goal for the win with 13 seconds remaining.
In the day's Championship match, UCSD battled early but would eventually lose to Pepperdine 11-8. The Tritons never led, but tied the game at two on Chris Finegold's first goal of the game in the second period. The teams' were knotted at 4-4 with 3:01 left in the first half. Before halftime, Pepperdine would net two more goals for the 6-4 lead. The lead would reach as many as five goals before the Tritons closed with two scores to close the scoring at 11-8. Pepperdine's Adam Hewko scored six goals to pace the Waves. The Tritons were led by Finegold with three scores.
2005 UC San Diego Triton Invitational
Canyonview Aquatic Center
Saturday September 3rd Schedule
Group A
1. Pepperdine (4-0)
2. Air Force (2-2)
3. UCSD ?B' (2-2)
Group B
1. UC Irvine (3-1)
2. Davis (3-1)
3. UC Santa Cruz (1-3)
Group C
1. UC San Diego (3-1)
2. Whittier (1-3)
3. Redlands (1-3)
Group D
1. LMU (2-2)
2. UCSB (2-2)
3. Pomona-Pitzer (0-4)
#1 7:00 AM UCSD “B” def. Air Force, 9-4
#2 8:05 AM UC Davis def. UC Santa Cruz, 8-3
#3 9:10 AM Redlands def. Whittier, 8-6
#4 10:15 AM UC Santa Barbara def. Pomona-Pitzer, 11-4
#5 11:20 AM Pepperdine def. Air Force, 12-3
#6 12:25 PM UC Irvine def. UC Davis, 10-6
#7 1:30 PM UC San Diego def. Whittier, 17-1
#8 2:35 PM Loyola Marymount def. UC Santa Barbara, 7-5
#9 3:40 PM Pepperdine def. UCSD “B”, 10-6
#10 4:45 PM UC Irvine def. UC Santa Cruz, 9-2
#11 5:50 PM UC San Diego def. Redlands, 15-8
#12 6:55 PM Loyola Marymount def. Pomona-Pitzer, 15-8
Sunday September 4th Schedule
#13 7:00 AM UC Santa Barbara def. UCSD “B” 10-9
#14 8:05 AM UC Davis def. Redlands 5-3
#15 9:10 AM Pepperdine def. LMU 10-4
#16 10:15 AM UC San Diego def. UC Irvine 8-7
#17 11:20 AM Air Force def. Pomona-Pitzer 7-3
#18 12:25 PM UC Santa Cruz def. Whittier 9-8
#19 1:30 PM UC Davis def. UC Santa Barbara 7-6
#20 2:35 PM UCSD “B” def. Redlands 15-14
#21 3:40 PM Pepperdine def. UC San Diego 11-8
#22 4:45 PM UC Irvine def. LMU 5-4
#23 5:50 PM Air Force def. UC Santa Cruz 5-4
#24 6:55 PM Whittier def. Pomona-Pitzer 9-6
