Sunday, April 7
Irvine, CA
12:00 PM PT
UC Irvine
11
vs
4
UC Davis
‘Eaters Celebrate Seniors With Convincing Win Over UC Davis
April 07, 2019 | Women's Water Polo
IRVINE Calif. – No. 8 UC Irvine earned a convincing 11-4 win over No. 9 UC Davis in Big West Conference action on a sunny Sunday afternoon at Anteater Aquatics Complex.
UCI emerged with two key conference victories this weekend and now leads the Big West standings with a 3-1 record. The 'Eaters improve to 16-8 on the year.
UCD falls to 16-10 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
The Anteaters celebrated three seniors, Mary Brooks, Raegan Castillo and Jenna Phreaner, after the game.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Junior Tara Prentice matched a career-high five goals, which was also a game-high
> Brooks tallied a hat trick, finishing with three goals. Her second goal of the day notched her 200th career goal. Brooks also dished out an assist and grabbed four steals
> Toni Shackelford, Isabel Rack and Raegan Castillo each had a goal for the 'Eaters
> Morgan Jones made nine saves and two steals in 28 minutes in goal. Jenna Phreaner played the last four minutes of the game in the cage
> UCI held a slight 23-21 advantage in shots and converted two penalty shots. The Anteaters went 5-8 in powerplay situations while the Aggies were 4-12
> Annie Kutt led UCD with three goals
> Caitlin Golding and Sophia Noble split time in goal for the Aggies
QUARTER ONE
> Brooks found Prentice for a goal at 5:48
> Castillo and Shackelford scored back-to-back to put the 'Eaters up 3-0 with 3:31 to play
> The Aggies finally got on the board with an extra-man goal (:24)
QUARTER TWO
> The UCI defense held UCD scoreless in the second frame
> Prentice scored three-straight including a made five-meter penalty shot and two power-play goals as the Anteaters would go up, 6-1
> Rack dished a pass to Brooks who scored on a 6-on-5 situation to make it 7-1 at the intermission
QUARTER THREE
> UCI would not allow an Aggie goal in the frame
> Castillo found Brooks for a goal before Rack scored another at 2:59 to give the 'Eaters a 9-1 lead heading into the final quarter
QUARTER FOUR
> Prentice converted on a second five-meter penalty shot with 7:37 to play
> The Aggies broke their scoing draught at 5:30 before Brooks fired in her third goal of the day with 4:48 remaining
> UCD's Kutt tallied back-to-back goals to end the game
UP NEXT
> UCI takes a break from conference action for a road game against UC San Diego Friday, April 12 at 6 p.m.
UCI emerged with two key conference victories this weekend and now leads the Big West standings with a 3-1 record. The 'Eaters improve to 16-8 on the year.
UCD falls to 16-10 overall and 2-2 in conference play.
The Anteaters celebrated three seniors, Mary Brooks, Raegan Castillo and Jenna Phreaner, after the game.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
> Junior Tara Prentice matched a career-high five goals, which was also a game-high
> Brooks tallied a hat trick, finishing with three goals. Her second goal of the day notched her 200th career goal. Brooks also dished out an assist and grabbed four steals
> Toni Shackelford, Isabel Rack and Raegan Castillo each had a goal for the 'Eaters
> Morgan Jones made nine saves and two steals in 28 minutes in goal. Jenna Phreaner played the last four minutes of the game in the cage
> UCI held a slight 23-21 advantage in shots and converted two penalty shots. The Anteaters went 5-8 in powerplay situations while the Aggies were 4-12
> Annie Kutt led UCD with three goals
> Caitlin Golding and Sophia Noble split time in goal for the Aggies
QUARTER ONE
> Brooks found Prentice for a goal at 5:48
> Castillo and Shackelford scored back-to-back to put the 'Eaters up 3-0 with 3:31 to play
> The Aggies finally got on the board with an extra-man goal (:24)
QUARTER TWO
> The UCI defense held UCD scoreless in the second frame
> Prentice scored three-straight including a made five-meter penalty shot and two power-play goals as the Anteaters would go up, 6-1
> Rack dished a pass to Brooks who scored on a 6-on-5 situation to make it 7-1 at the intermission
QUARTER THREE
> UCI would not allow an Aggie goal in the frame
> Castillo found Brooks for a goal before Rack scored another at 2:59 to give the 'Eaters a 9-1 lead heading into the final quarter
QUARTER FOUR
> Prentice converted on a second five-meter penalty shot with 7:37 to play
> The Aggies broke their scoing draught at 5:30 before Brooks fired in her third goal of the day with 4:48 remaining
> UCD's Kutt tallied back-to-back goals to end the game
UP NEXT
> UCI takes a break from conference action for a road game against UC San Diego Friday, April 12 at 6 p.m.
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