'Eaters Rally to Defeat UC San Diego 7-6

Oct. 23, 2009

IRVINE, Calif. --- Trent Baxter scored the game-winning goal with 2:28 remaining in regulation as No. 7 UC Irvine won its seventh straight game with a 7-6, non-conference victory over UC San Diego at Anteater Pool Friday night.

UCI trailed 4-1 at halftime before exploding for four goals in the third period. Greg Enloe opened the third quarter with a goal at the 6:30 mark to close the margin to 4-2 and Brandon Johnson followed with a penalty shot with 5:52 left to pull the Anteaters within 4-3.

Bryce Madsen gave 11th-ranked UC San Diego a 5-3 lead on an extra-man goal with 4:56 left and then UCI pulled even on power-play goals by Enloe (3:43) and Doug Lindsey (21 seconds).

The Tritons (9-11) reclaimed the lead at 6-5 on an extra-man goal by Sean Cruz with 6:10 left in the fourth quarter. UCI's Tom Kruip scored with 5:09 remaining to knot the score at 6-6, setting up the game-winner by Baxter.

Enloe and Brandon Johnson led the `Eaters with two goals each while six different UCSD players scored one each.

UCI, 13-5 overall, hosts No. 4 UCLA Saturday night at 7:00 in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game.

UC San Diego   1 - 3 - 1 - 1 --- 6
UC Irvine         0 - 1 - 4 - 2 --- 7

UCSD: Sean Roberts, Matt Kerchner, Lance Curtiss, Steven Donohoe, Bryce Madsen, Sean Cruz.

UCI: Greg Enloe 2, Brandon Johnson 2, Doug Lindsey, Tom Kruip, Trent Baxter.

Saves: David Morton (UCSD) 15; Matt Johnson (UCI) 5.