UCI claims seventh place

Junior Tim Hutten scored three of his game-high five goals in the

first quarter to lead No. 8-ranked UC Irvine to a 7-6 win over Long

Beach State in the seventh-place game of the Southern California

tournament Sunday at the Anteater Aquatics Complex.

Hutten scored the trio of goals in the first five minutes of the

game to give the Anteaters a 3-0 lead.

Long Beach State’s Jay Gerardi scored with 6:24 left in regulation

to tie the game, 6-6, before Hutten scored the game-winner in an

extra-man situation with 4:11 remaining.

Brent McCleave led the 49ers (9-3) with three goals.

The Anteaters (5-4) lost, 7-4, to Pepperdine in the fifth-place

semifinals earlier Sunday.

Senior Dreason Barry had three goals for the ‘Eaters against the

Waves.

Southern California

tournament

Seventh-place game

UC Irvine 7, Long Beach State 6

Score by Quarters

*--*

LB State 2 0 3 1 -- 6

UCI 3 1 2 1 -- 7

*--*

LB State -- McCleave 3, Gerardi 1, Geoffroy 1, Sakata 1. Saves --

Onyshko 7.

UC Irvine -- Hutten 5, Barry 1, Bitter 1. Saves -- Garcia 9.

Fifth-place semifinal

Pepperdine 7, UC Irvine 4

Score by Quarters

*--*

Pepperdine 1 4 1 1 -- 7

UCI 1 1 0 2 -- 4

*--*

Pepperdine -- Hewko 2, Smith 2, Digges 1, MacDonell 1, Miller 1.

Saves -- Tait 9.

UC Irvine -- Barry 3, Bitter 1. Saves -- Wynne 5.

Braves edge Anteaters

* SOCCER: Host Bradley scored the lone goal in the 21st minute to

hand the UC Irvine men’s soccer team a 1-0 defeat in the Bradley

Classic Sunday night.

The Anteaters (1-3-2) outshot the Braves, 22-10, but were unable

to get one past goalkeeper Chris Dunsheath, who had four saves to

record the shutout and earn tournament Most Valuable Player

recognition.

Bradley, which won the tournament title, improved to 5-2-0.

UCI junior Cameron Dunn and freshman teammate David Sais were

named to the all-tournament team.

UCI falls to Nebraska

* SOCCER: The visiting UC Irvine women’s soccer team lost, 2-1,

Sunday afternoon to No. 19-ranked Nebraksa.

The Anteaters (1-6-1) took a 1-0 lead just 2 minutes, 5 seconds

into the match as freshman Megan Ortiz capitalized on a defensive

miscue to score her third goal of the season.

But the hosts (5-3) pulled even in the eighth minute as Selenia

Iacchelli scored on a Brittany Timko assist. Nebraska took a 2-1 lead

in the 12th minute as Timko scored on a breakaway knocking the ball

past freshman keeper Rosie Aguilera.

Aguilera had a career-high eight saves for the Anteaters, who

forced Nebraska goalkeeper Jamie Klages to make two saves.

UCI plays host to San Diego Friday at 6 p.m. in the opening game

of a doubleheader with the UCI men’s team, which will face UC Davis

at 8.