Friday, April 12
La Jolla, CA
6:00 PM PT
UC Irvine
11
at
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UC San Diego
‘Eaters Defeat Tritons, 11-8
April 12, 2019 | Women's Water Polo
LA JOLLA, Calif. – Piper Smith and Tara Prentice each had hat tricks as No. 6 UC Irvine defeated future Big West Conference member, No. 14 UC San Diego, 11-8, Friday at Canyonview Aquatics Center.
UCI wins its fourth-straight game, improving to 16-8 on the season. The Tritons fall to 16-13 overall.
The 'Eaters used a strong first half, out-scoring UCSD 7-4 to secure the win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Prentice and Smith led the team with three goals apiece
> Mary Brooks finished with two goals while Sarah Nichols, Danielle Ayala and Ariana Bockstahler had one each
> Morgan Jones played all 32 minutes in goal, making 11 stops
> Brooks won all four sprints and grabbed three steals
> UCI held a slight 33-32 advantage in shots and went 2-5 on power-plays
> UCSD's Ciara Franke had a game-high five goals while Bennett Bugelli made 10 saves in goal
FIRST QUARTER
> Nichols scored from the center to get the 'Eaters on the board first at 5:48
> Franke fired in a goal for the Tritons to tie things up, 1-1 (4:53)
> Prentice and Smith scored back-to-back to put UCI up 3-1
SECOND QUARTER
> UCI added four goals in the frame to take a 7-4 lead at the half
> Ayala and Brooks scored for the Anteaters to make it 5-1 at 3:49
> Franke tallied a goal for the Tritons before Bockstahler and Brooks answered with back-to-back goals giving UCI a 7-2 lead (1:15)
> In the final minute, Franke scored twice for UCSD
THIRD QUARTER
> The scoring slowed down in the third frame as each team only scored one goal each
> UCSD's Taylor Onstott made a five-meter penalty shot at 4:50
> Brooks found Smith for a goal at 1:15 at UCI led UCSD 8-5 after the frame
FOURTH QUARTER
> Prentice had two goals while Smith had one
> The Tritons scored three times but it wasn't enough as UCI earned the 11-8 victory
UP NEXT
> UCI concludes the regular-season with its final BWC match against Long Beach State Thursday, April 18 at 7 p.m.
UCI wins its fourth-straight game, improving to 16-8 on the season. The Tritons fall to 16-13 overall.
The 'Eaters used a strong first half, out-scoring UCSD 7-4 to secure the win.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Prentice and Smith led the team with three goals apiece
> Mary Brooks finished with two goals while Sarah Nichols, Danielle Ayala and Ariana Bockstahler had one each
> Morgan Jones played all 32 minutes in goal, making 11 stops
> Brooks won all four sprints and grabbed three steals
> UCI held a slight 33-32 advantage in shots and went 2-5 on power-plays
> UCSD's Ciara Franke had a game-high five goals while Bennett Bugelli made 10 saves in goal
FIRST QUARTER
> Nichols scored from the center to get the 'Eaters on the board first at 5:48
> Franke fired in a goal for the Tritons to tie things up, 1-1 (4:53)
> Prentice and Smith scored back-to-back to put UCI up 3-1
SECOND QUARTER
> UCI added four goals in the frame to take a 7-4 lead at the half
> Ayala and Brooks scored for the Anteaters to make it 5-1 at 3:49
> Franke tallied a goal for the Tritons before Bockstahler and Brooks answered with back-to-back goals giving UCI a 7-2 lead (1:15)
> In the final minute, Franke scored twice for UCSD
THIRD QUARTER
> The scoring slowed down in the third frame as each team only scored one goal each
> UCSD's Taylor Onstott made a five-meter penalty shot at 4:50
> Brooks found Smith for a goal at 1:15 at UCI led UCSD 8-5 after the frame
FOURTH QUARTER
> Prentice had two goals while Smith had one
> The Tritons scored three times but it wasn't enough as UCI earned the 11-8 victory
UP NEXT
> UCI concludes the regular-season with its final BWC match against Long Beach State Thursday, April 18 at 7 p.m.
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