No. 1 Stanford Downs Fourth-Ranked UC Irvine, 8-5No. 1 Stanford Downs Fourth-Ranked UC Irvine, 8-5
Men's Water Polo

No. 1 Stanford Downs Fourth-Ranked UC Irvine, 8-5

Sept. 26, 1999

STANFORD, Calif. - Sean Joy scored three goals to pace top-ranked Stanford to an 8-5 victory over fourth-ranked UC Irvine in a MPSF game Sunday at deGuerre Pool.

Joy scored two of his goals in the fourth period to lengthen the Cardinal's lead to 8-4.

Dan Hayes gave UCI a 2-1 lead in the first period with two goals, but two goals by Stanford's Peter Osborn and Michael Lipinski gave the Cardinal a 3-2 lead, and Stanford never trailed again.

Stanford's victory upps his season record to 7-1 and 1-1 in the conference. UC Irvine falls to 2-6 overall and 0-2 in league.

 
Stanford (7-1, 1-1) 1 2 3 2 = 8
UC Irvine (2-6, 0-2) 2 0 2 1 = 5

Stanford scorers: Joy 3, Snider 1, Osborn 1, Lipinski 1, Koelman 1, Nesmith 1

UCI scorers: Hayes 2, Dorfi 2, Grosso 1

Goalie saves: Ellis (S) 4, Kerr (UCI) 5