Goldenberg Nets Two - UCLA Heads Home Still Unbeaten After Princeton Invite

PRINCETON, N.J. -- No. 1 UCLA improved to 8-0 on the year with a 17-5 win at No. 13 Princeton (6-2) in the Bruins' final game of the Princeton Invitational on Sunday morning at Denunzio Pool.

The Bruins were led by sophomore Nicolas Saveljic who scored a career-high-tying four goals. Freshman Danny Roland played the entire game in the cage for the Bruins, recording a seven saves while allowing five goals.

Saveljic opened the scoring with a shot from the front court (7:29). Casey Conrad would tie it at 1-1 with a shot off the near post (7:09) for Princeton. Saveljic would score his second of the game on a power play (5:38) to make it 2-1 Bruins. Sophomore Quinten Osborne then scored an easy goal (1:56) off an extra pass to push the lead to 3-1. Freshman Ashworth Molthen made it 4-1 with a strike from the front court (0:18), but Alec Mendelsohn painted the corner with just one second remaining to cut the lead to 4-2 at the end of the first period.

Saveljic quickly earned the hat trick with the first goal of the second period (7:02) off a nice one-timer as the Bruins showed off some quick passing. Conrad added his second of the game for Princeton with a power play goal (5:28) to cut the lead to 5-3. Redshirt freshman Peter Lovas netted his first of the game on a power play (4:06) to double up the Tigers, 6-3. Then sophomore Chasen Travisano made it 7-3 with a nearside goal (3:12). Matt Payne scored a power play goal (2:40) to cut the lead to 7-4. But the Bruins' Osborne answered with back-to-back goals to complete a hat trick. His first (2:21) was on a backhanded shot and his second (1:28) was a strong catch and turn at set to score against three defenders as the Bruins entered halftime with a 9-4 advantage.

Senior Kent Inoue scored on a nearside shot (6:48) to open the scoring in the third period and redshirt junior Eric Goldenberg fired a shot from the front court that found the back of the net (5:02) that extended the lead to 11-4. Lovas scored his second of the game (2:43) off a high corner shot from the front court and sophomore Felix Brozyna-Vilim surfaced out of the water and caught a nice pass from Saveljic to score a power play goal from in close (0:38) to make it 13-4. Then Freshman Ashworth Molthen provided a highlight shot from eight meters out, beating the game clock and the Princeton goalie as time expired to give the Bruins a 14-4 lead heading into the final stanza.

Keller Maloney scored on a 6-on-5 opportunity for Princeton to open the scoring in the fourth quarter, trimming the UCLA lead to 14-5. Saveljic scored his fourth of the game on a power play with a low cross-cage shot (3:52). Inoue notched his second of the game (2:34) with a nearside skip shot to make it 16-5. Then Goldenberg netted his second of the game (0:31) from the front court to provide the 17-5 final.

No. 1 UCLA at No. 13 Princeton (Princeton Invitational Game 5)

SCOREBOARD	1	2	3	4	FINAL
No. 1 UCLA	4	5	5	3	17
No. 13 Princeton	2	2	0	1	5

6x5 - UCLA - 4/4 - PU - 3/8
Penalties - UCLA - 0/0 - PU - 0/0

UCLA Goals: Nicolas Saveljic 4, Quinten Osborne 3, Eric Goldenberg 2, Ashworth Molthen 2, Peter Lovas 2, Kent Inoue 2, Chasen Travisano 1, Felix Brozyna-Vilim 1
UCLA Saves: Danny Roland 7

PU Goals: Casey Conrad 2, Alec Mendelsohn 1, Matt Payne 1, Keller Maloney 1
PU Saves: n/a