Friday, March 25
Long Beach, Calif.
7:00 PM
UC Irvine
14-5, 2-0
11
at
7
Long Beach State
11-11, 0-1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UC Irvine | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| Long Beach State | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
Photo by: Matt Brown
No. 6 Anteaters Earn Black & Blue Victory, 11-7
March 25, 2022 | Women's Water Polo
LONG BEACH, Calif. --- UC Irvine women's water polo defeated No. 10 Long Beach State for a third time this season, this time in a Big West match Friday night at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center, 11-7.
UCI (15-5, 3-0) began with their usual aggressive opening period putting five goals in. Tara Prentice's goal at the 5:19 mark gave UCI the 2-1 lead, and they never looked back adding goals by Jessica Lynch and two from Elena Flynn to end the period up, 5-2.
Long Beach State (11-12, 0-2) closed the gap to one goal after no offense for the first 4:39 of the second period. The 'Eaters clung to their 5-4 lead before Piper Smith netted her second goal with 49 seconds to go in the half for a 6-4 lead.
Again the lead bobbed to within a goal in the third period before Isabel Rack and Jessica Lynch scored in succession to close out the period up, 9-6.
LBSU scored early in the fourth period with 7:30 left in the game, but that's the last one they'd get, and UCI closed the win out with strikes from Flynn and Toni Shackelford down the stretch to win, 11-7.
Elena Flynn led all scorers with three, now her second straight hat trick and third game of three or more goals on the season. Smith and Lynch also added two-goal games while Tara Prentice scored one goal and now stands 10 from the all-time program record. Goalkeeper Faith Tedesco again earned the win stopping eight shots and lowering her goals-against-average.
The Anteaters have now won 22 straight matches in the series and have yet to drop at match at Long Beach State since 2004.
No. 6 UCI continues to climb in the Big West standings with a 3-0 record along with a 15-5 mark overall. The 'Eaters take a brief detour for its final non-conference matchups next week with trips to Cal and Cal State East Bay scheduled for Saturday, April 2.
UCI (15-5, 3-0) began with their usual aggressive opening period putting five goals in. Tara Prentice's goal at the 5:19 mark gave UCI the 2-1 lead, and they never looked back adding goals by Jessica Lynch and two from Elena Flynn to end the period up, 5-2.
Long Beach State (11-12, 0-2) closed the gap to one goal after no offense for the first 4:39 of the second period. The 'Eaters clung to their 5-4 lead before Piper Smith netted her second goal with 49 seconds to go in the half for a 6-4 lead.
Again the lead bobbed to within a goal in the third period before Isabel Rack and Jessica Lynch scored in succession to close out the period up, 9-6.
LBSU scored early in the fourth period with 7:30 left in the game, but that's the last one they'd get, and UCI closed the win out with strikes from Flynn and Toni Shackelford down the stretch to win, 11-7.
Elena Flynn led all scorers with three, now her second straight hat trick and third game of three or more goals on the season. Smith and Lynch also added two-goal games while Tara Prentice scored one goal and now stands 10 from the all-time program record. Goalkeeper Faith Tedesco again earned the win stopping eight shots and lowering her goals-against-average.
The Anteaters have now won 22 straight matches in the series and have yet to drop at match at Long Beach State since 2004.
No. 6 UCI continues to climb in the Big West standings with a 3-0 record along with a 15-5 mark overall. The 'Eaters take a brief detour for its final non-conference matchups next week with trips to Cal and Cal State East Bay scheduled for Saturday, April 2.
Team Stats
UCI
LBSU
Shots
22
23
Goals
11
7
Assists
2
4
Points
13
11
Exclusions
11
10
Steals
1
5
Sprints
3
1
1
Piper Smith
6:22
Orsi Hertzka
5:37
Tara Prentice
5:19
Jessica Lynch
4:02
Anne de Kleer
3:26
Elena Flynn
2:52
Elena Flynn
0:37
2
Jamie Oberman
3:21
Rachael Kowalchick
1:12
Piper Smith
0:49
3
Jamie Oberman
6:34
Sarah Nichols
6:10
Elena Kotanchyan
3:50
Isabel Rack
3:20
Jessica Lynch
2:17
4
Rachael Kowalchick
7:30
Elena Flynn
6:30
Toni Shackelford
2:57
Game Leaders
Shots
5
Goals
3
Assists
0
Points
3
Shots
3
Goals
2
Assists
1
Points
3
Shots
3
Goals
1
Assists
1
Points
2
Shots
3
Goals
1
Assists
0
Points
1
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