GOLETA, Calif. – The No. 13 University of California, San Diego women's water polo team closed out the weekend sweeping both their opponents. The day was highlighted by a triple-overtime win over No. 4 Berkeley for their first win ever over the Bears. After four games, UC San Diego sits at 3-1.
VS BERKELEY
Both teams played to the wire in a game that featured seven lead changes and nine ties.
The Bears struck first, but a pair of goals from
Grace Pevehouse helped spark a 4-0 run for the Tritons and force a Berkeley timeout. After the timeout, Berkeley crawled back with a 4-0 run of its own to retake the lead. Both teams traded goals throughout the half to close it out 8-8.
Berkeley opened the fourth quarter with a goal in the first minute to take a 11-9 lead. Goals from
Robyn Carter and
Taylor Onstott equalized the game and sent it into overtime.
The Tritons would score first in the first two overtime periods but the Bears would respond each time to tie it up. In the third overtime,
Ciara Franke was able to deliver and scored the golden goal to give the Tritons the win.
Franke led the way for the Tritons and matched a career high with five goals. Onstott added four more goals for UC San Diego.
VS IONA
The Tritons went up early and never looked back.
Taylor Onstott had four goals in the first quarter alone as the Tritons claimed a 5-1 to close out the quarter. UC San Diego would continue to add onto its lead and took an 8-2 advantage into halftime.
Onstott's six goals against Iona set a new career high. During the game, Onstott also scored her career 100
thgoal.
Ten other Tritons were able to find the back of the net against Iona including
Kayla Peacock for a hat trick.
The game against Iona was only the fourth time the two teams have met. The Tritons have won all four match-ups.
UP NEXT
The Tritons will take a day trip up north take part in the California Baptist Mini Tournament. There, they will compete against Concordia Irvine and Pomona-Pitzer.
About UC San Diego Athletics
With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
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