LONG BEACH, Calif. – The No. 9 UC San Diego women's water polo team took down No. 15 Long Beach State 8-6 in their non-conference contest at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center. The Tritons improve to 9-5 on the season while the Beach drops to 2-7.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Both teams traded a pair of goals in the first quarter with the Beach striking first with a goal from Elena Kotanchyan on a penalty shot. Tera Richardson scored on a power play to give the Tritons their first lead of the day at 3-2 near the end of the first quarter.
 
After three scoreless minutes in the second, the Beach equalized the game. Ciara Franke found the back of the net to reclaim the lead at 4-3. Kotanchyan scored her second penalty goal of the day to tie the game up, but the Tritons reclaimed advantage with a goal from Franke to take a 5-4 lead into the half.
 
Neither team seemed to find any offensive rhythm in the third quarter. The Beach tied the game up with a penalty goal with 2:20 left to tie the game up.
 
Sydney Boland scored to give the Tritons a 6-5 lead in the fourth. Grace Pevehouse scored on a penalty shot with two minutes left and Arroyo scored on a power play with less than a minute left to give the Tritons a three-goal lead and put the game out of reach for the Beach.
 
TRITON TIDBITS

• Long Beach State scored three of their goals on Penalty opportunities.
• Arroyo scored a hat trick to lead the Tritons in scoring.
• The Tritons held the Beach to 1-for-5 on powerplay opportunities.

UP NEXT
The Tritons will host UC Irvine in their final home games of the regular season at Canyonview Aquatic Center. Game one will be April 23 at 6:00 pm and game two will be on April 24 at 12:00 pm. Both games will be on BigWestTv.

About UC San Diego Athletics
After two decades as one of the most successful programs in NCAA Division II, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program has begun a new era as a member of the Big West Conference in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have garnered prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. UC San Diego scholar-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent, one of the highest rates among institutions at all divisions. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
 
Return To Sport… Safely
In order for UC San Diego scholar-athletes to be permitted to return to training and competition safely and within federal, state, local and university guidelines, the athletic department implemented a number of measures designed to complement and enhance the university's highly-successful Return To Learn program.  Notable actions include being physically distanced when practical, including during out-of-season training sessions; wearing masks, except when undergoing physically strenuous exercise; and maintaining proper hygiene.  Athletes, coaches and staff are testing at a higher frequency than the campus population, teams adhere to CDC, NCAA and Big West Conference guidelines and department officials participate in regular meetings with conference and university-affiliated physicians and the UC San Diego emergency operations staff.