Photos by John Fajardo

 Alexsandr Petrovic scored three goals to lead the No. 8 Long Beach State 49ers in a, 11-6, loss to the No. 3 Stanford Cardinal in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Conference game Saturday afternoon at the Long Beach State 49er Campus Pool.

Long Beach State (8-10, 1-4 MPSF) trailed the entire match falling behind, 2-0, before 49er Shane Luthscored a goal with 3:41 left in the first period. Alexsandr Petrovic scored a goal with just :04 seconds remaining in the first period to round out the scoring for The Beach in the first half.

The Cardinal (17-1, 5-0 MPSF) were led by MPSF leading scorer Drac Wigo who scored a game-high five goals for Stanford including two in the first period.

The Beach’s Justin Koeppen and Matt Farrington scored the remaining goals for the 49ers. Goalie Derek Wiebe-Bailey had a game-high seven saves for The Beach.

Long Beach State is at home again tomorrow to take on No. 2 Cal at 12:00 p.m. PT. 49er head coach Gavin Arroyo was a first-team All-American at Cal in 1993, and helped the Bears to three National Championships in his time there.

SCORES BY PERIOD:

LBSU: 2-0-3-1—- 6

UCSB: 3-3-2-3—-11

LBSU GOALS: Petrovic -3, Luth, Koeppen, Farrington

STANFORD GOALS: Wigo -5, Noll, Schwimer, Rudolph, Sefton, Pulido, Kent

GOALIE SAVES: 

LBSU: Derek Wiebe-Bailey 7

Stanford: Jimmie Sandman 7

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