LA JOLLA, Calif. --- UCI women's water polo continued to march through the UCSD Triton Invite following a 14-10 win over No. 13 UCSB Saturday night at Triton Pool.

The two squads were in a hard-fought battle through one period. No. 13 UCSB kept with the No. 6 Anteaters trailing just 4-3. Kelsey Klatt and McKenna Mitchell scored a pair of goals each to pace UCI (6-2).

The 'Eaters erupted in the second period for five goals while shutting down the Gauchos at the same time to increase the lead to 9-3.

UCSB would close the gap in the fourth period with six goals of its own, but it wasn't enough as UC Irvine finished them off with a 14-10 triumph.

Kelsey Klatt lead the charge with a hat trick for UCI. Three players added a pair of goals with nine players scoring overall.

UC Irvine will get its grudge match against No. 5 Arizona State on Sunday at 12:30 p.m. looking to knock off the Sun Devils in day two of the UCSD Triton Invite.

#6 UC IRVINE 14, #13 UCSB 10

	1	2	3	4	F
UCI	4	5	2	3	14
UCSB	3	0	1	6	10

UCI goals: Kelsey Klatt (3), McKenna Mitchell (2), Devin Crothers (2), Hillary Estrada (2), Kelsey Thornton (1), Hannah Croghan (1), Michaela Pierandozzi (1), Emily Carlson (1), Cambria Shockley (1)

UCI saves: N/A

UCSB goals: Jessie Porter (3), Shelby Haroldson (2), Bryn Hudson (2), Kacey Creek (1), Debby Tickenoff (1), Samantha Murphy (1)

UCSB saves: N/A

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