LOS ANGELES — No. 10 LMU defeated No. 13 Long Beach State 17-15 Thursday at Burns Aquatics Center. The Lions celebrated Senior Night by sending their seniors off with a win in their final home game as Lions.
Long Beach State scored the first three goals, with Zalan Nagy connecting at 7:05 and 6:08 and Corbin Stanley following at 4:51, before LMU answered through
Nico Furneaux at 3:13 and 2:31. After Federico Gulisano opened the second-quarter scoring for Long Beach State at 7:04,
Gabrijel Burburan answered at 6:40, and after Oliver Sudar scored at 5:50, Burburan and
Jake Bonavia followed for LMU at 5:01 and 4:19. Sam Abbott scored for Long Beach State at 3:54, but Bonavia scored at 2:34, Burburan converted a penalty shot at 2:00 and
Eduardo Carraresi scored at :01 after Stanley's goal at :27. Burburan opened the third quarter at 6:57, and LMU later put together three consecutive goals from Furneaux at 4:25, Burburan at 3:39 and Bonavia at 2:00 before
Nick Leung added a power-play goal at 1:09. In the fourth quarter, Carraresi scored at 5:51 before Long Beach State got consecutive goals from Gulisano at 5:26 and 4:04; Furneaux scored at 2:43, Long Beach State answered through Artur Diaz at 2:25, and Burburan scored twice at 1:51 and 1:24 before Gabi Acosta at 1:12 and Gulisano at :12 closed the scoring. The Lions finished with a 17-15 win, totaling 31 shots and converting five power plays and one penalty shot, while Long Beach State scored once on the power play among 33 shots.
Burburan scored seven goals on nine shots and added an assist. Furneaux finished with four goals, two assists and two steals. Bonavia scored three times on four shots and recorded two sprint wins.
Pablo De Souza recorded three assists and three saves.
LMU improves to 17-8 overall and is ranked No. 10 nationally. Long Beach State falls to 16-9 overall and is ranked No. 13 nationally.
Up next, the Lions travel to California Baptist on Saturday, Nov. 14, at 1 p.m. in Riverside, Calif.
