Oct. 27, 2002

Los Angeles, CA (Oct. 27, 2002) --Thanks to four unanswered goals in the first quarter by third-ranked California, the seventh-ranked Loyola Marymount University men's water polo team couldn't recover from the slow start as the Bears went on to win by a score of 9-3 at the Burns Recreation and Aquatics Center on Sunday afternoon.

Chris Lathrop and Attila Banhidy scored two goals a piece in the first period to pace the Bears to an early 4-0 lead. The Lions would cut the lead to two goals in the second period on goals by freshman Endre Rex-Kiss and junior Tamas Szego.

The Bears, however, would match the Lions goal-for-goal in both the second and the third period and then add two unanswered in the fourth to improve to 13-4 on the season. The Lions, who defeated sixth-ranked Pepperdine earlier in the week, fall to 11-12 on the year.

It was a hard fought game from the start with the teams combining for 15 total ejections on the day. The Bears would capitalize on the extra-man advantage three times, including Banhidy's third goal of the game in the second period.

The Lions would score two extra-man goals themselves, including junior Ryan Chapatte's goal in the third period that cut the lead to 7-3. Greg Panawek and Brian Rieben would score in the fourth for the final margin.

LMU will host USC on Friday, Nov. 1 at 3:00 p.m. and then UC Santa Cruz on Saturday, Nov. 2 at 11:00 a.m.

Box Score
Teams		1	2	3	4	OT1	OT2	SD	--	Totals
Cal		4	2	1	2	-	-	-	--	9
LMU		0	2	1	0	-	-	-	--	3
Goals:
Cal - Attila Banhidy 3, Chris Lathrop 2, Greg Panawek 2, Brian Rieben, Will Quist.
LMU - Endre Rex-Kiss, Tamas Szego, Ryan Chapatte
Saves:
Cal - Tim Kates 7.
LMU - Kevin Paulsen 6.

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