UCI Set To Face No. 21 Brown; At No.11 UC Davis

Wednesday, March 29

Irvine, CA

7 p.m.

UC Irvine

Brown

UCI Set To Face No. 21 Brown; At No.11 UC Davis

March 28, 2023 | Women's Water Polo

By: Jordan Kehoe

IRVINE, Calif. – The Anteaters resume action on Wednesday Mar. 29 when they host No. 21 Brown before they head to No. 11 UC Davis for a Friday contest.

Week 11 Notes

THIS WEEK
No. 6 UC Irvine vs. No. 21 Brown
Wednesday, Mar. 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Anteater Aquatics Complex
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No. 6 UC Irvine at No. 11 UC Davis
Saturday, Mar. 31 | 12:00 p.m. | Schaal Aquatics Center
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THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
>UCI enters the weekend with an 12-6 record and rank sixth according to the CWPA weekly poll
>The Anteaters defeated Concordia University Irvine, 15-2, on Friday March 17th before taking a 12-day hiatus for finals
>UC Irvine is one of three teams in the Big West who are undefeated in conference play (Hawai'i and UC Davis)
>No. 21 Brown enters the contest with a 18-4 record, 0-2 in Collegiate Water Polo Association conference play
>UCI looks to keep their unbeaten streak against Brown to improve to 6-0 all-time
>The Bears are on their California and Big West tour, facing the likes of CUI (W, 12-11 F/OT), Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (W, 10-9), No. 22 CSUN (W, 5-2), Whittier (W, 15-6), and will face No. 9 Long Beach State a few hours prior to the match with UCI
>No. 11 UC Davis heads into the weekend with 13-9 overall record, 2-0 in Big West play
>The Aggies won two straight conference contests, defeating No. 22 CSUN 11-7 and No. 10 UC Santa Barbara 12-10
>UCI's last loss to UC Davis came in the 2021 season where the 'Eaters fell 11-9 in Davis on Mar. 12

WEEK RECAP
>No. 6 UC Irvine outshot Concordia University Irvine, 33-23
>Erin Tharp made the start in the cage, making one stop
>Faith Tedesco entered in the second period, blocking three shots
>Jordan Frost took over the net in the third period and had two saves
>Portia Schiavone closed out the game in the cage, making one stop and had a steal
>Nioka Thomas and Libby Alexander paced the Anteaters, both scoring three goals on four shots
>Kili Skibby (2-3), Airian Grisham (2-4), and Gabby Norris (2-3) had multiple goals in the contest
>Eight different Anteaters tallied an assist
>Kennedy East, Sabina Shackelford, and Norris had a game high two assists
>Mica Schiavone had a team high six shots in the contest