LA JOLLA, Calif. – The No. 11 UC San Diego women's water polo team will continue their road swing this weekend, traveling to Cal Baptist for the Lancer Joust tournament, taking on a pair of non-conference opponents. The Tritons will first take on Biola before challenging Pomona-Pitzer to finish the day on Saturday, Jan. 29.
DETAILS
UC San Diego (2-2, 0-0 BW) vs Biola (1-1)
Saturday, January 29 at 9:15 am (Non-conference)
Lancer Joust – Riverside, California
UC San Diego (2-1, 0-0 BW) vs Pomona-Pitzer (0-1)
Saturday, January 29 at 1 pm (Non-conference)
Lancer Joust – Riverside, California
[There will be no live video for these matches. Live stats can be found at the main Lancer Joust page, linked above.]
WHAT'S AT STAKE THIS WEEKEND
UC San Diego returned just four starters from last season's ninth-ranked squad, and new players combined forces with veterans of previous squads to put together two wins against top-25 opponents last week. Freshmen
Lucia Doak and
Courtney Okumura netted their first career goals last week, Doak now has two goals and Okumura three, while
Ciara Franke and
Annika Arroyo provided the bulk of the offense, with 12 goals and eight goals to their names, respectively.
DE-FENSE! DE-FENSE!
In the first four games of their season at the UCSB Winter Invite, UC San Diego held opponents to less than eleven goals in each, with the opposition being held to single-digits against each opponent other than No. 3 UCLA. "We definitely are doing well on individual defense, in particular in the cage and 2-meter defense, [though] our team defense has a way to go" said UC San Diego head coach
Brad Kreutzkamp after the tournament ended. "We'll get there but it certainly is something we need to work on."
RECORD WATCH
With 654 career saves,
Bennett Bugelli ranks fifth all time, having already leapt up from ninth place over the span of four games, making 25 saves at the UCSB Winter Invite. Next on the list is Maryam Hadiashar with 697 saves.
| Goalie Saves |
Player Name |
Years Played |
| 1,465 saves |
Courtney Miller |
2013-2016 |
| 852 saves |
Jefi Paulsen |
1987-1990 |
| 701 saves |
Leona Mason |
1993-1996 |
| 697 saves |
Maryam Hadiashar |
1997-2000 |
| 654 saves |
Bennett Bugelli |
2017- |
Coach Kreutzkamp also changed his standing in the record books last weekend by collecting his 246
th career win, moving him to the top spot all-time with the Tritons. "It's a bit surreal getting that record, I'm not sure it's set in yet," said coach Kreutzkamp. "Looking back at all the athletes that have come and gone it's mind blowing, but every single one of them had a hand in this. Having two amazing associate head coaches in Jenna Williamson and
Nicki Davidson was critical and I can't thank them enough."
"It's simply mind blowing to be on any list with [
Denny Harper]. As the father of women's water polo here at UCSD, I hope he's proud that one of his assistant coaches was the one to catch him. I've learned so much from him and it's pretty cool to be with him on this list now."
UC SAN DIEGO AND COVID-19
UC San Diego's nationally renowned Return to Learn program was created to return to in-person teaching, learning, conducting pioneering research and serving our communities in the safest way possible. The program has three adaptive pillars that are central to our strategy to resume on-campus activity: risk mitigation, viral detection, and intervention.
For the latest information on UC San Diego and COVID-19, please visit the University's
Return to Learn site.
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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 38 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 90 percent, the highest rate among public institutions in Division I or II. For more information on the Tritons, visit UCSDtritons.com or follow UC San Diego Athletics on social media @UCSDtritons.
