Friday, May 11
Los Angeles, CA
3:30 PM
UC Irvine
8
vs
14
Stanford
Anteaters Fall To Stanford, 14-8, In NCAA Quarterfinals
May 11, 2018 | Women's Water Polo
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The UC Irvine women's water polo team fell to second-seeded Stanford by a score of 14-8 in the NCAA quarterfinals at the Uytengsu Aquatics Center Friday in Los Angeles.
UCI rallied with fourth goals in the fourth quarter, out-scoring Stanford, 4-2, but it was not enough to erase at 9-3 halftime deficit.
Competing in her final game for UCI, senior Natalie Seidemann led the team in scoring with two goals. Toni Shackelford, Corinna Toledo, Cara Borkovec, Julie Swieca and Danielle Ayala each scored once for the Anteaters.
Jenna Phreaner, Morgan Jones and Riley Shaw shared time in goal. Phreaner and Jones collected two saves apiece while Shaw had one.
"This group did a lot to come together towards the end of the season," said head coach Dan Klatt. "I am proud of our team. I think we had a lot of freshman who got to see what it takes to compete at a championship and at this level and hopefully they gained a lot of experience through this."
Mackenzie Wiley, Jordan Raney, Kat Klass, Aria Fischer and Madison Berggren led Stanford with two goals apiece. Julia Hermann and Eilsa Eichelberger each played in goal for the Cardinal. Hermann notched one save while Eichelberger grabbed two.
"Stanford came out very strong on offense and attacked us from the start," added Klatt. "We were challenged on defense and Stanford was able to come out and score from the start and we had to play catch up and play from behind after the first quarter."
Both teams each took 25 shots while Stanford held the advantage in steals (6-3). UCI struggled on extra-man situations, only converting on 2-of-8 while the Cardinal went 4-of-7.
Stanford got the scoring started with a goal at 7:18 before a Keana Eldridge shot skipped in at 5:32 to knot the score at 1-1. Kat Klass scored the first of four consecutive Stanford goals as the shot clock ran down at 5:01, followed by three more for the Cardinal at 3:41, 2:47 and 2:01 to end the quarter 5-1.
Stanford started the second period right where they left off, adding a goal at 6:48 before Cara Borkovec tossed the ball across the cage to a waiting Corinna Toledo who touched it in to the goal at 6:29, 6-2. Natalie Seidemann took a pass from Megan Falcon and fired a backhand as the keeper came out, to get UCI within three, 6-3, at 3:35. Stanford answered with a power play goal at 3:19. To close out the half, Shannon Cleary (:27) and Makenzie Fischer (:01) added goals to give Stanford a 9-3 lead at the break.
Stanford would tack on two more (7:27, 6:23) before Toni Shackelford out-worked the Stanford goalkeeper for possession and muscled the ball in the goal at 1:24. A goal at 1:10 would give Stanford the 12-4 advantage heading in to the final period.
After a Stanford goal (7:34), Danielle Ayala put away a power play goal for the Anteaters at 7:13 and Borkovec added a goal at 6:20, 13-6. Following a Cardinal goal, Seidemann fired another backhand to make the score 14-7 at 3:59. Swieca had the final goal of the game (2:33) to make it, 14-8, at the last horn.
The Cardinal (19-3) advance to play in the semifinals tomorrow at 5 p.m.
UCI ends its season with a 15-14 overall record and its second-straight postseason appearance.The Anteaters graduate seven seniors.
NOTES: This is only the second time UCI has played the Cardinal at the NCAA Championships … Eight goals is the second-highest ever scored by the Anteaters against the Cardinal ... UCI competed at its sixth NCAA Championships and second-straight ... The Anteaters are ranked eighth nationally this week.
SCORING BY PERIOD
UC Irvine 1-2-1-4 = 8
Stanford 5-4-3=2 = 14
SCORING
UC Irvine:Seidemann 2, Eldridge, Toledo, Shackelford, Swieca, Ayala, Borkovec.
Stanford: Berggren 2, Raney 2, A. Fischer 2, M. Fischer 2, Klass 2, Wiley 2, Cleary, Baldridge.
GOALKEEPING
UC Irvine: Phreaner 2 (1st half) , Jones 2 (3rd quarter), Shaw 1 (4th quarter).
Stanford: Hermann 1, Eichelberger 2
UCI rallied with fourth goals in the fourth quarter, out-scoring Stanford, 4-2, but it was not enough to erase at 9-3 halftime deficit.
Competing in her final game for UCI, senior Natalie Seidemann led the team in scoring with two goals. Toni Shackelford, Corinna Toledo, Cara Borkovec, Julie Swieca and Danielle Ayala each scored once for the Anteaters.
Jenna Phreaner, Morgan Jones and Riley Shaw shared time in goal. Phreaner and Jones collected two saves apiece while Shaw had one.
"This group did a lot to come together towards the end of the season," said head coach Dan Klatt. "I am proud of our team. I think we had a lot of freshman who got to see what it takes to compete at a championship and at this level and hopefully they gained a lot of experience through this."
Mackenzie Wiley, Jordan Raney, Kat Klass, Aria Fischer and Madison Berggren led Stanford with two goals apiece. Julia Hermann and Eilsa Eichelberger each played in goal for the Cardinal. Hermann notched one save while Eichelberger grabbed two.
"Stanford came out very strong on offense and attacked us from the start," added Klatt. "We were challenged on defense and Stanford was able to come out and score from the start and we had to play catch up and play from behind after the first quarter."
Both teams each took 25 shots while Stanford held the advantage in steals (6-3). UCI struggled on extra-man situations, only converting on 2-of-8 while the Cardinal went 4-of-7.
Stanford got the scoring started with a goal at 7:18 before a Keana Eldridge shot skipped in at 5:32 to knot the score at 1-1. Kat Klass scored the first of four consecutive Stanford goals as the shot clock ran down at 5:01, followed by three more for the Cardinal at 3:41, 2:47 and 2:01 to end the quarter 5-1.
Stanford started the second period right where they left off, adding a goal at 6:48 before Cara Borkovec tossed the ball across the cage to a waiting Corinna Toledo who touched it in to the goal at 6:29, 6-2. Natalie Seidemann took a pass from Megan Falcon and fired a backhand as the keeper came out, to get UCI within three, 6-3, at 3:35. Stanford answered with a power play goal at 3:19. To close out the half, Shannon Cleary (:27) and Makenzie Fischer (:01) added goals to give Stanford a 9-3 lead at the break.
Stanford would tack on two more (7:27, 6:23) before Toni Shackelford out-worked the Stanford goalkeeper for possession and muscled the ball in the goal at 1:24. A goal at 1:10 would give Stanford the 12-4 advantage heading in to the final period.
After a Stanford goal (7:34), Danielle Ayala put away a power play goal for the Anteaters at 7:13 and Borkovec added a goal at 6:20, 13-6. Following a Cardinal goal, Seidemann fired another backhand to make the score 14-7 at 3:59. Swieca had the final goal of the game (2:33) to make it, 14-8, at the last horn.
The Cardinal (19-3) advance to play in the semifinals tomorrow at 5 p.m.
UCI ends its season with a 15-14 overall record and its second-straight postseason appearance.The Anteaters graduate seven seniors.
NOTES: This is only the second time UCI has played the Cardinal at the NCAA Championships … Eight goals is the second-highest ever scored by the Anteaters against the Cardinal ... UCI competed at its sixth NCAA Championships and second-straight ... The Anteaters are ranked eighth nationally this week.
SCORING BY PERIOD
UC Irvine 1-2-1-4 = 8
Stanford 5-4-3=2 = 14
SCORING
UC Irvine:Seidemann 2, Eldridge, Toledo, Shackelford, Swieca, Ayala, Borkovec.
Stanford: Berggren 2, Raney 2, A. Fischer 2, M. Fischer 2, Klass 2, Wiley 2, Cleary, Baldridge.
GOALKEEPING
UC Irvine: Phreaner 2 (1st half) , Jones 2 (3rd quarter), Shaw 1 (4th quarter).
Stanford: Hermann 1, Eichelberger 2
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