LA JOLLA, Calif. — Twelve different players scored as 10th-ranked UC San Diego toppled Westcliff Thursday on Senior Night, 24-13.
The Tritons, who closed out their regular season tonight, improved to 16-11. The Warriors dropped to 9-16.
Prior to the game, the 11 Triton seniors were recognized.
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HOW IT HAPPENED
Of the 12 players that scored for UC San Diego, nine of them netted multiple goals. Leading the way in scoring were seniors
Ante Buzov and
Felipe Ferreira as well as freshman
Grant Kurtz, who each had a hat trick.
Senior
Eamon Hennessey accumulated a career-high seven points on a pair of goals and five assists. His assist total was also his career best.
Senior
Augi Macchi came away with a career-high five points on two goals and three helpers. The three assists were also a career-best.
UC San Diego had a balanced and potent attack all night, scoring seven goals in both the first and fourth quarters while netting five in both the second and third frames. The Tritons held a 12-3 lead at halftime.
Three goalies platooned for UC San Diego. Senior
Parker George, who played 16 minutes in his first start tonight, made a career-high five saves - including a five-meter penalty shot stop - en route to collecting his first win. Senior
Logan Estes and junior
Nikita Valajev each played eight minutes. Valajev assisted on two goals in the game.
Westcliff got six goals from Manuel Augusto, who played at UC San Diego in 2021 and 2022. Adam Hodi contributed three goals and an assist for the Warriors. Leonardo Monges finished with 12 saves in net.
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HIGHLIGHT REEL
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RHYS BUGELLI INTERVIEW
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TRITON TIDBITS
• The 2024 senior class:
Rhys Bugelli,
Ante Buzov,
Logan Estes,
Felipe Ferreira,
Parker George,
Eamon Hennessey,
Augi Macchi,
Trevor Moore,
Lucas Romaguera,
Collin Tournat, and
Matthew Wastila.
• The seniors contributed 29 points on 16 goals and 13 assists in the game.
• The 24 goals matched UC San Diego's season high (24-2 win at Chapman on 10/4).
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UP NEXT
With its regular season now complete, UC San Diego awaits the The Big West Championship, which is slated for Nov. 22-24 at UC Davis. The seeds will officially be announced by the conference this Saturday and UC San Diego is expected to be the No. 2 seed.
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About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions.
