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LOS ANGELES - LMU men's water polo found away to move forward in 2014, fighting to the 2014 Western Water Polo Association Championship game with one senior and five juniors. As for UC San Diego, they showed their depth with eight seniors all season, climbing to No. 6 in the nation.

And the experience ruled in the title game, as the Tritons earned a 12-6 win on Sunday afternoon at the Burns Aquatics Center.

"They really showed their depth in the second quarter," said Head Coach John Loughran. "They did a good job developing this team to make a run this season. They are very good."

Tournament MVP Cameron Ravanbach set the tone early, making 13 of his 16 saves in the first half as the Tritons jumped out to a 12-1 lead. Joe Dietrich and Lukas Syka had three goals each. Matt Cuozzo and Jon Beck had two goals apiece.

Cuozzo made it a 2-1 game with 4:44 to play in the first quarter and from there the Tritons took over. Showing their depth, five different players scored the next five goals - including Matt Michalko, Josh Stiling, Syka, Andrew Moore and Dietrich to take an 8-1 halftime lead.

Dietrich scored twice more along with Syka and David Higginson for the 12-1 lead. Beck finally snapped the 10-goal run with 1:07 to play. The Lions would add three more as Kirk Wilenius came in to make eight saves in the second half.

Emanuel Di Stasio and Milutin Mitrovic earned first-team WWPA All-Tournament while Liam Jennis claimed second-team.

2014 WWPA All-Tournament Team
First Team
Joe Dietrich (Sr.) - UC San Diego
Emanuel Di Stasio (Jr.) - LMU
Milutin Mitrovic (Jr.) - LMU
Joseph Moorman (So.) - California Baptist
Cameron Ravanbach (Sr.) - UC San Diego
Chris Richardson (Sr.) - UC Davis
Josh Stiling (Sr.) - UC San Diego
Michael Wright (Sr.) - UC Davis

Second Team
David Guibord (Sr.) - Santa Clara
Liam Jennis (So.) - LMU
Teddy Nicholson (Sr.) - UC Davis
Robby Stiefel (So.) - Air Force
Lukas Syka (Sr.) - UC San Diego
Brent Teraoka (So.) - California Baptist