Los Angeles, Calif.——#20 San Jose State suffered an 11-5 non-conference loss to #1 UC Santa Barbara on the first day of the Mountain Pacific Invitational co-hosted by UCLA and LMU.
Finn Pardon, Nick Marchione, Emerson Trout, Justin Pickering and Marc Weber each scored a goal for the Spartans (2-7).
#1 UC Santa Barbara started out strong with a 3-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. and never trailed in the match.
Spartan goalkeeper Yahav Fire was credited with 10 saves and goalkeeper Griffin O'Brien was credited with one save.
The Spartans will return to action tomorrow for the second day of the Mountain Pacific Invitational when San Jose State will play against #11 UC San Diego.
#20 San Jose State 0-3-1-1=5
#1 UC Santa Barbara 3-2-2-4=11
Scoring Summary
San Jose State- Finn Pardon(1), Nick Marchione(1), Emerson Trout(1), Justin Pickering(1), Marc Weber(1).
UC Santa Barbara- Thomas Fellner(3), Cole Brosnan(2), Jacob Halle(2), Nathan Puentes(2), Ryan Brosnan(1), Sam Nangle(1).
Ejections
San Jose State- 7
UC Santa Barbara- 17
Goalkeeper Saves
San Jose State- Yahav Fire, 10; Griffin O'Brien, 1.
UC Santa Barbara- Tiago Bonchristiano, 4; Danny Roland, 1; Justyn Barrios, 0.