La Jolla, Calif. – The Cal State Fullerton Titans fell to the No. 7 UC San Diego Tritons on Friday night. The Titans lost 11-19 in their final road game of the regular season.
The Titans started off strong and kept up with the No. 7 Tritons in the first half, but let the game slip away in the final half.
Denes Dobi and
Jason Joseph each tallied a hat trick in Friday night's game.
Joseph got the Titans started with an early goal before the Tritons notched their first of the night. The freshman scored his second of the contest just two minutes into the game, followed by
Ethan MacLeod, who gave the Titans an early 3-1 lead. UC San Diego tied the game at 3-3 with just under two minutes remaining in the first quarter. Dobi tallied the Titans fourth goal. The Titans and Tritons were tied at four each at the end of the first.
MacLeod got the second started with a goal before UCSD scored back-to-back. Dobi and
Marton Thuroczy also netted a goal in the second period, but UCSD outscored the Titans 6-3, taking a 10-7 lead going into halftime.
Joseph finished his hat trick in the third and Thuroczy tallied his second of the game. The Tritons took a 14-9 lead after three. Dobi tallied back-to-back goals to start the fourth quarter, but Fullerton was unable to catch up to UCSD who tallied five straight to end the game.
Dobi led Fullerton with four goals and two assists. He also drew an exclusion and tallied four steals.
Ethan Ivey spent the full 32 minutes in the cage and recorded six saves.
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