Nov. 26, 2004

UC Irvine           1   1   3   1   = 6
Long Beach State    2   0   1   2   = 5

UC Irvine scorers: Noon 2, Merlo 2, Barry 1, Mello 1
Long Beach State scorers: Gerardi 2, Tomassi 1, Sakata 1, Scoles 1

Goalie Saves: Wynne (UCI 4; Onyshko (LBS) 5

Recap: Rick Merlo scored what proved to be the winning goal with 5:45 in the fourth period to give fifth-seeded UC Irvine a 6-5 victory over fourth-seeded Long Beach. Merlo scored two goals along with Dan Noon. Down 6-3 in the fourth period, Long Beach scored goals at 5:06 by Jay Gerardi and at 13 seconds byReid Tomassi, but could get no closer.