LOS ANGELES — No. 8 LMU defeated No. 18 Santa Clara 14-13 on Sunday. The Lions scored six goals in the fourth quarter to mount a comeback from three goals down.
Santa Clara opened the scoring at 7:33 of the first quarter, but the Lions answered with goals from
Luka Dimic at 5:31 and
Nick Leung at 4:39 before the teams continued trading goals through the quarter. Santa Clara put together consecutive scores early in the second quarter, while LMU responded with power-play goals from
Eduardo Carraresi at 5:26 and
Roman Saroyan at 1:59 around Santa Clara goals. The third quarter stayed active on both ends, with Carraresi,
Bence Barics and
Mateo Obando scoring for LMU before Santa Clara closed the quarter with back-to-back goals at :03 and :00. The Lions scored six times in the fourth quarter, including five consecutive goals from Carraresi at 4:39, 4:04 and 2:43 and Leung at 2:19 and 1:06. Santa Clara added a final goal at :57, but LMU finished with 14 goals on 32 shots, including five power-play goals, to Santa Clara's 13 goals on 29 shots.
Carraresi scored five goals and added two assists on six shots. Leung finished with four goals, four assists and a field block.
Nico Furneaux recorded three assists, a steal, a field block and a sprint win.
Pablo De Souza made seven saves in goal.
The Lions improve to 14-6 overall and Santa Clara falls to 8-10 overall.
Up next, LMU travels to Irvine, Calif., to face Concordia University Irvine on Friday, Oct. 23, 2026, at 1 p.m.
