LA JOLLA, Calif. — No. 8 LMU lost to No. 11 UC San Diego 16-14 in overtime on Saturday. LMU scored four times in the fourth quarter and added one goal in each of the two overtime quarters, but UC San Diego prevailed.
UC San Diego scored at 7:19 and 6:35 to open the first quarter before the Lions answered through
Nick Leung at 6:08 and
Mateo Obando at 4:46, but UC San Diego added two more at 3:06 and 2:09. LMU put together consecutive second-quarter goals from
Nico Furneaux at 5:29 and
Gabrijel Burburan at 4:30, then traded scores before UC San Diego closed the quarter with back-to-back goals at 2:14 and 1:49. After UC San Diego scored the first two goals of the third quarter, the Lions produced six straight, with
Soren Martin at 6:06,
Eduardo Carraresi at 5:39 and Burburan at 3:39 scoring in the third before Burburan at 6:02,
Roman Saroyan at 5:03 and Furneaux at 4:08 followed in the fourth. UC San Diego responded with fourth-quarter goals at 3:37 and 1:29, and Burburan answered for LMU at 1:04. UC San Diego scored at 2:18 and :20 in the first overtime quarter before Furneaux converted a penalty shot at :06, then UC San Diego scored at 2:37 and :06 in the second overtime quarter around Furneaux's power-play goal at :57 to finish with a 16-14 edge. UC San Diego outshot the Lions 37-29 and scored four power-play goals, while LMU scored once on the power play and twice on penalty shots.
Burburan scored a team-high five goals on six shots and added a steal and an exclusion drawn. Furneaux finished with four goals and two assists on six shots, with a steal, a field block and an exclusion drawn. Saroyan tallied a goal, three assists, a steal and two sprint wins.
Pablo De Souza recorded 10 saves and added a steal.
LMU falls to 15-7 overall. Up next, the Lions travel to USAF Academy, Colo., to face Air Force on Friday, Oct. 30.
