SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The 11th-ranked UC San Diego women's water polo team split a pair of matches Sunday to wrap up action at UC Santa Barbara's Winter Invitational.
In the morning, the Tritons were defeated by third-ranked UCLA, 16-2. The afternoon match featured a UC San Diego win against Pomona-Pitzer, 13-2.
The Tritons finished the season-opening tourney with a 2-2 mark.
On Saturday, they were edged, 12-10, by No. 14 Indiana before taking a 19-5 win over Cal State Monterey Bay.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Nine different Tritons scored against Pomona-Pitzer.
Annika Arroyo,
Caroline Christl,
Lucia Doak, and
Kenzie Larson accounted for eight goals as they each finished with two.
In net, goalie
Lexi Stahl made a total of nine saves.
After the opening quarter, UC San Diego held a 4-0 lead. The Tritons added another three and the Sagehens netted their first goal of the game in the second frame, making it 7-1 Tritons heading into halftime.
The second half of the game saw UC San Diego out-score Pomona-Pitzer 2-0 in the third quarter and 4-1 in the fourth.
Against UCLA, the Tritons scored their two goals in the first quarter, one coming from
Sofia Munatones at 4:54, the other coming from
Courtney Okumura at 1:09.
The Bruins scored four times in the first, five times in the second, and four times in the third.
Over the four games in Santa Barbara,
Kendall Thomas scored a team-best seven goals. Arroyo, Doak, and freshman Maya Layden all found the net six times.
UP NEXT
UC San Diego heads to the East Coast to compete in the Princeton Invite. The Tritons will face Princeton, Wagner, Bucknell, and Long Island over Jan. 28 and 29.
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 began a new era in 2020 as a member of The Big West in NCAA Division I. The 23-sport Tritons earned 30 team and nearly 150 individual national championships during its time in Divisions III and II and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 83 Tritons have earned Academic All-America accolades, while 38 have received 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 NCAA Division I and II institutions.
