Oct. 11, 2003

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - Junior Brian Alexander scored seven goals, including the final three in regulation and the game-winner in overtime, to lead tenth-ranked UC Santa Barbara to an 8-6 victory over ninth-ranked Loyola Marymount on Saturday at UCSB's Recreation Center Pool.

Loyola Marymount's Ryan Chapatte scored his third and final goal of the match with 3:08 remaining in the third quarter, giving the Lions their largest lead at 5-2. Alexander scored with 58-seconds remaining in the third quarter to pull the Gauchos to within 5-3.

Santa Barbara scored the only two goals of the fourth quarter and Alexander had both. He tallied with 5:42 remaining to make the score 5-4 Loyola Marymount and then he tied the score with 3:27 to go. The teams did not score again over the final 3:27 of regulation.

Alexander gave UCSB its first lead of the match, 6-5, with 20-seconds to go in the first three-minute overtime. Junior Andrew Schoneberger became the first Gaucho player other than Alexander to score when he gave his team a two-goal cushion with 1:15 remaining in the second overtime period. Loyola Marymount's Scott Smith scored with just 31-seconds to cut the gap to 7-5, but Alexander finished-off his career-best day, scoring on a penalty shot with just 0:11 remaining.

The non-conference win improves UCSB's record to 10-7. Loyola Marymount drops to 9-8 on the year. The Gauchos return to action on Friday, October 17, when they travel to UC Santa Cruz for a 3:00 p.m. match. UCSB opens Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play on Saturday, October 18 when they travel to Stanford.

Match Summary
                           1   2   3   4   OT  OT   Total
Loyola Marymount           1   3   1   0    0   1     6
UC Santa Barbara           1   1   1   2    1   2     8

Goal Scorers
Loyola Marymount: Ryan Chapatte-3, Tevor Wagner-1, Kris Barr-1, Scott Smith-1
UC Santa Barbara: Brian Alexander-7, Andrew Schoneberger-1

Goalie Saves
Loyola Marymount: Ian Elliott-8
UC Santa Barbara: Rick Wright-7

Records: UCSB 10-7, Loyola Marymount 9-8

Note: Loyola Marymount head coach John Loughran was issued a yellow card