Saturday, April 22
Irvine, CA
12 p.m.
UC Irvine
vs
Long Beach State
Anteaters Close Out Regular Season With No. 7 Long Beach State
April 20, 2023 | Women's Water Polo
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
Watch | Live Stats
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
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
Watch | Live Stats
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
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