‘Eaters Drop to Pacific at Barbara Kalbus Invitational

Friday, February 22

Irvine, CA

4:15 PM

UC Irvine

Pacific

‘Eaters Drop to Pacific at Barbara Kalbus Invitational

February 22, 2019 | Women's Water Polo

By: Sarah Zetlmeisl

IRVINE, Calif. – No. 7 UC Irvine dropped a 13-11 decision to No. 10 Pacific in the first round of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, Friday at Anteater Aquatics Complex.

The loss moves UCI to 7-5 on the season while UOP improves to 3-3 overall.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Sarah Nichols, Piper Smith and Isabel Rack each finished with two goals for UCI
> Mary Brooks, Kayleigh Schultz, Danielle Ayala, Megan Falcon and Tara Prentice had one goal apiece
> Morgan Jones grabbed seven saves in goal
> The Anteaters converted on 4-8 power-play situations while the Tigers went 5-12
> Brinnley Barthels had four goals for UOP while Clara Vulpisi notched 14 saves in goal

QUARTER ONE
> Pacific got on the board first before Rack evened things up with a goal at 6:20
> The Tigers scored twice more to take a 3-1 lead

QUARTER TWO
> UCI out-scored UOP 4-2 in the frame to take a 5-4 lead at the half
> The 'Eaters got back-to-back goals from Smith (6:15) and Prentice (5:03)
> Kyra Christmas scored on a power-play before Sarah Nichols added an extra-man goal at 2:32
> Prentice found Falcon for a goal with under 20 seconds left on the clock

QUARTER THREE
> Smith gave UCI a 6-4 lead early in the frame with a goal at 7:01
> The Tigers would score before Brooks fired in a shot on a power-play to make it 7-5 at 2:57
> Schultz and Ayala added two more goals for the 'Eaters to give UCI a 9-7 lead

QUARTER FOUR
> The Tigers out-scored UCI 6-2 in the final frame to seal the win
> Rack and Nichols each tallied a goal
> UOP's Barthels notched a hat trick in the frame including the game-winner at 1:31

UP NEXT
> UCI will play CSUN tomorrow morning at Corona del Mar High School at 10:30 a.m. to continue action at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational.