IRVINE, Calif. – No. 4 UC Irvine will close out the regular season with a game against Black and Blue rival No. 7 Long Beach State on Senior Day (Sat. Apr. 22).
 
Week 14 Notes

THIS WEEK
No. 4 UC Irvine vs. No. 7 Long Beach State
Saturay, Apr. 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Anteater Aquatics Complex
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THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
>UCI enters the weekend with an 16-6 record and rank fourth according to the CWPA weekly poll, their highest ranking this season
>Brooke Banta, Elena Flynn, Jessica Lynch, Maeve Murphy, Mica Schiavone, and Portia Schiavone will be honored for Senior Day
>The Anteaters are on a eight game win streak, improving to 6-1 on the road
>Kennedy East was named the Big West Player of the Week on April 19th
>No. 4 UC Irvine remains the only team undefeated in conference play, taking down fellow undefeated then No. 4 Hawai'i 11-10 on Saturday Apr. 15
>The last time the 'Eaters defeated Hawai'i in the regular season was on Apr. 5, 2019, winning in a close 7-6 battle
>UCI holds at least a share of the Big West regular season title and look to win it outright in Saturday's contest
>UC Irvine last won the regular season crown in 2017 where they went a perfect 5-0 in league action
>No. 7 Long Beach State enters the contest with a 17-6 record, 5-1 in Big West play
>The Beach are on a four game winning streak
>In LBSU's last time out, they defeated No. 12 UC Davis 13-12 in the final five seconds of the overtime period
>The two teams last faced off at the Triton Invitational where UCI won 8-7
>Elena Flynn is now one goal away from entering the record book for career goals, to tie 16th all-time with 118
>Flynn and Nioka Thomas are seven and eight goals away from reaching the all-time goals in a season leader board, entering in to tie for 19th (50 goals)
 
WEEK RECAP
>No. 6 UC Irvine was out shot their opponents, 23-22
>Erin Tharp made the start in the cage, blocking six shots in her seventh win of the season
>Kennedy East led the team in goals with four on five shots
>East also tallied an assist and steal in the contest
>Libby Alexander notched the hat-trick going 3-5 at the cage
>Both Gracie Helberg and Brooke Banta had perfect shooting (1-1)
>Mica Schiavone led the game in steals, tallying two
>Jessica Lynch ranks fourth in the Big West for points in conference games (18), fifth in assist (7), and eighth in goals (11)
>Kili Skibby second in conference play for steals with 11
>Faith Tedesco and Tharp are first and fourth in the Big West for goals against average in conference games, with 6.55 and 7.83 averages respectively