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Stingy Tritons edge UCD for WWPA tournament title
UCD sophomore Austin Beckwith looks for an opening on Sunday in the championship contest of the WWPA tournament at Schaal Aquatics Center. Beckwith scored a goal but the Aggies fell to UC San Diego, 6-4. Wayne Tilcock/Enterprise photo
In Sunday’s Western Water Polo Association championship game, the UC Davis men ran into the one thing teams want to avoid in the postseason: a hot goalie.
The host Aggies were looking for their first conference title in 16 years — and the automatic berth in the National Collegiate Championship that comes with it — but UC San Diego and goalie Cameron Ravanbach had other ideas.
In their 6-4 win over No. 11 UCD, the 10th-ranked Tritons held the locals to 4-of-32 shooting with the help of tournament MVP Ravanbach’s 13 saves.
For the Aggies, senior Bernie Rogers, sophomore Austin Beckwith, freshman Zoltan Lozar and junior Trevor Allen, a Davis High graduate, each scored one goal.
After Allen drew first blood in the game, converting a Rogers assist to complete a power play just three minutes in, UCSD went on a 5-1 scoring run to enter the final period up 6-2.
The Aggies got goals from Beckwith and Rogers in the fourth quarter, cutting the lead to 6-4, but Ravanbach made five key saves in the period as the Tritons held on.
Rogers and Chris Richardson earned all-tournament first-team distinction for UCD, while Aggie goalie Philip Bates, who had eight saves on Sunday, garnered a second-team nod.
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