NORTHRIDGE, Calif. -Â Ten different Tritons scored as the ninth-ranked UC San Diego Women's Water Polo Team defeated No. 22 CSUN, 19-12, Saturday on the road.
The Big West victory moved the Tritons to 14-12 overall and 3-2 in the conference. CSUN dropped to 16-11 and 1-6 in Big West match-ups.
HOW IT HAPPENED
UC San Diego scored the game's first four goals and never relinquished its lead.
Trailing 7-4 early in the second quarter, back-to-back CSUN goals by Helena Sandhagen brought the Matadors within one at 7-6. However, the Tritons responded by netting five straight goals to go up 12-6. The first came from
Courtney Okumura at 4:30 of the second.
Abigail Schechter,
Caroline Christl,
Sofia Munatones, and
Sydney Munatones followed, the
Sydney Munatones strike coming at 7:26 of the third.
Sofia Munatones assisted on four goals to end her game with five points.
CSUN would come no closer than four goals the rest of the way.
Schechter scored again with 5:09 remaining in the fourth period to put the Tritons ahead 18-10, the team's largest lead of the game.
Kendall Thomas led UC San Diego with four goals. Christl and Okumura each recorded hat tricks, while
Emily Cloherty joined Schechter with a pair of goals.
Lexi Stahl made seven saves and grabbed a steal as the Tritons' goalie.
For CSUN, Sandhagen scored four times and Dorottya Telek tallied three.
UC San Diego scored four power play goals in eight opportunities. The Tritons held a slim 29-27 advantage in shots but held a .655 shooting percentage to the Matadors' .444.
WHAT HEAD COACH BRAD KREUTZKAMP HAD TO SAY
"This was a great rebound game for us and we came in very focused. We stayed poised against a CSUN team that knows how to score. Several good individual efforts turned into a great team win."
TRITON TIDBITS
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Caroline Christl upped her goal scoring streak to 20 games. She has scored in all but one contest this season.
• Christl has netted multiple goals in 18 of 26 games.
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Kendall Thomas has scored 12 goals over her last four games.
UP NEXT
The Tritons host Big West opponent Hawai'i on April 10 at 6 p.m. Tickets are available through the
Triton Box Office.
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 II and III and helped guide 1,400 scholar-athletes to All-America honors. A total of 84 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 38 have earned 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.
