LA JOLLA, Calif.  ?The 19th-ranked UC San Diego women's water polo team split two games on the opening day of the Triton Invitational.  UCSD cruised past Marist by a 12-6 score as Sydney Gstettenbauer and Jessica Tran scored four goals apiece.  For most of the second game against No. 9 UC Davis, the Tritons looked to be in position to win after taking leads of 5-0 and 8-5.  UC Davis would rally and tie the game at 8-8 before defeating the Tritons 10-9 in overtime.  In the loss to the Aggies, Gstettenbauer scored three goals while Tran scored twice.  UCSD is back in action on Sunday morning at 8:00 a.m.

In the win against Marist, Gstettenbauer and Tran scored four goals apiece.  UCSD shut out Marist in the first quarter and led 3-0.  UCSD would take a commanding 7-2 lead into halftime and Marist would get no closer than that the rest of the way.  Gstettenbauer scored two fourth quarter goals while Crowell also scored in the final quarter.

In the loss to UC Davis, the Tritons scored the first five goals of the game and took a 5-2 lead at halftime.  UCSD went up 7-4 after a Gstettenbauer goal with 1:23 remaining in the third quarter.  Leading 8-5 through three quarters, UC Davis rallied to score three unanswered goals at 5:18, 1:24, and :33 seconds to tie the game at the end of regulation.  In the first 3:00 of overtime, neither team was able to score.  UC Davis broke through with a goal at the 1:16 mark to take a 9-8 lead.  On the next possession, Bridgette Bugay scored to retie the game with :57 left.  UCD scored the game winner with :07 remaining for the 10-9 win.

UCSD 12, Marist 6

Goals:  Marist:  Rosie Pauli (3), Hilary Schroeder, Angie Rampton, Colleen Lischwe.

UCSD:  Gstettenbauer (4), Jessica Tran (4), Stephanie Heinrich (2), Hanalei Crowell, Kirsten Bates.

1st: 

5:38  Heinrich (UCSD) 1-0

3:52  Tran (UCSD) 2-0

1:38  Gstettenbauer (UCSD) 3-0

2nd

6:19  Heinrich (UCSD) 4-0

5:36  Gstettenbauer (UCSD) 5-0

4:25  Pauli (Marist) 5-1

4:00  Tran (UCSD) 6-1

3:10  Bates (UCSD) 7-1

:34  Rampton (Marist) 7-2

3rd

4:28  Schroeder (Marist) 7-3

3:14  Tran (UCSD) 8-3

1:28  Tran (UCSD) 9-3

4th

7:07  Gstettenbauer (UCSD) 10-3

6:36  Gstettenbauer (UCSD)  11-3

6:14  Pauli (Marist) 11-4

4:06  Crowell (UCSD)  12-4

2:54  Lischwe (Marist)  12-5

1:05  Pauli (Marist) 12-6

UC Davis 10, UCSD 9 OT

Goals: 

UC Davis:  Mohr (2), Kiyama (2), Feeney, Nelson, Faber, Chandler, Patronas, Hiyabe.

UCSD:  Gstettenbauer (3), Tran (2), Crowell, Bocian, Bugay, Bloom.

1st

6:48  Gstettenbauer UCSD 1-0

3:30  Gstettenbauer UCSD 2-0

1:18 Bloom UCSD 3-0

2nd

7:35 Tran UCSD 4-0

6:15 Bocian UCSD 5-0

2:43 Chandler UCD 5-1

1:38  Hiyabe UCD 5-2

3rd

6:12  Feeney UCD 5-3

5:14  Kiyama UCD 5-4

3:31  Crowell UCSD 6-4

1:23  Gstettenbauer UCSD 7-4

:58  Nelson UCD 7-5

:21  Tran UCSD 8-5

4th

5:28  Mohr UCD 8-6

1:24  Faber UCD 8-7

:33  Mohr UCD 8-8

OT2

1:16  Patronas UCD 8-9

:57  Bugay UCSD 9-9

:07  Kiyama UCD 9-10