Oct. 16, 2010
DAVIS, Calif. - Danny White tied the game with just a second remaining in regulation and then added the go-ahead goal with 27 seconds left in the first overtime period as Pepperdine beat host UC Davis 7-5 in a men's water polo matchup at Schaal Aquatics Center on Saturday evening.
Eleventh-ranked UC Davis dropped to 12-6 on the season while No. 13 Pepperdine, which also received two goal from Travis Gough, improved to 8-9. Cory Lyle scored on a pair of fve-meter penalty shots in the second quarter to help lead the Aggies' attack.
Aaron Salit gave UC Davis a 5-4 lead with 2:23 left in the fourth quarter and the Aggies tried to hold off the Waves down the stretch. However, Pepperdine drew an exclusion with 9 seconds to go and White followed with his goal to the right side of the cage with just one tick remaining.
White added his second goal with 27 seconds left in the first of two three-minute extra periods before Stephen Loomis added another with just 10 seconds to go. The teams played scoreless over the second extra period.
The game was close throughout with neither team forging more than a one-goal playe. Ryan Hagens evened the game 1-1 with just over three minutes gone in the first quarter after Pepeprdine had taken an early lead off a score from Nick Cooper. However, Gough put the Waves back in front with just a second to go in the first quarter.
UC Davis played a strong second quarter getting two five-meter goals from Lyle - the first with 6:41 left before half and the second with 16 seconds left - sandwiched around a score from the Waves' Nathan Castillo as the teams played a 3-3 first half.
Walter Eggert hit the second of UC Davis' two straight goals that put it in front 4-3, scoring with 5:10 left in the third. Gough tied it with just under four minutes left in regulation, setting up Salit's go-ahead score on the exciting finish.
Goalie Kevin Peat had 12 saves for UC Davis.
UC Davis returns to action next Saturday, traveling to The Rodeo at Santa Clara where it will face Brown and Cal Baptist on Saturday and Air Force and Bucknell on Sunday.
Saturday's scoresheet in PDF Format 
