IRVINE, Calif.— The hot hands of Elena Flynn and Jessica Lynch paced the UC Irvine (15-6, 5-0 BW) offensive in the 19-8 victory over No. 22 CSUN (16-11, 0-5 BW) in a Friday matinee.

UCI improves to 6-1 in the Anteater Aquatic Complex and are on a seven game win streak.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>No. 6 UC Irvine outshot No. 22 CSUN, 43-24
>Faith Tedesco earned the start in the cage, blocking eight shots in 24 minutes
>Erin Tharp and Portia Schiavone split time in goal during the final period
>12 Anteaters tallied shots in the contest
>Elena Flynn and Jessica Lynch led the scoring for UCI, going 5-7 and 4-7 at the cage, respectively
>Libby Alexander was the other 'Eater who had multiple goals in the game, scoring two on her four attempts
>Maeve Murphy had a game best three assists, dishing them all in the final stanza
>Mica Schiavone had a multi-assist game, dealing the ball out twice
>Sabina Shackelford and Flynn tallied team best two steals
>CSUN was led by Dorottya Telek who recorded the hat-trick on four shots, drew seven exclusions, and striped the ball three times
 
FIRST PERIOD
>No. 22 CSUN started hot, scoring the first two goals of the contest (6:46, 4:26), 0-2
>Gaining possession after a Matador offensive foul, Sabina Shackelford threw the distance of the pool to find a streaking Libby Alexander for the put in at 3:33, 1-2
>On the counter, CSUN drew an exclusion for their third goal of the period, 1-3
 
SECOND PERIOD
>Brooke Banta (7:26) saw her chance and hit the upper left corner of the cage to bring UCI back into striking distance, 2-3
>CSUN swung the ball to the far side of the pool, firing off a shot into the open nearside of the cage, 2-4 (6:47)
>Elena Flynn drew the foul at 5:53 and converted on the five-meter penalty shot, 3-4
>Jessica Lynch received the ball at the top of the Anteater formation, netting the equalizer at 5:03, 4-4
>Flynn's (4:04, 2:28) notched the hat-trick after two more made penalties, giving UCI their first lead of the day, 6-4
>The Matadors stopped the 'Eaters run at 1:10 to bring the game back within one, 6-5

THIRD PERIOD
>Kili Skibby (7:21) flicked her wrist to direct the ball into the goal off a Banta pass, 7-5
>On the next offensive drive for the 'Eater, Skibby connected with Nioka Thomas in the center for the spinning, behind the back goal at 5:50, 8-5
>Gracie Helberg deposited the ball into the cage off the dish from Flynn, 9-5 (5:00)
>Two straight points from CSUN (4:32, 4:02), forced UCI to burn a timeout to regroup, 9-7
>Using the crossbar to her advantage, Lynch (3:41) fired the ball on the bottom most part of the bar for the goal, 10-7
>Lynch then found Flynn (2:55) in the center for the no-look shot, 11-7
>The Matadors added a tally at 1:15 on the one player advantage, 11-8
>Airian Grisham (0:57) put her name on the scoresheet before Lynch (0:14) notched the hat-trick off her firey bullet into the upper right corner, 13-8

FOURTH PERIOD
>Maeve Murphy fed the hot-handed Lynch for her four goal of the contest, 14-8 (7:27)
>Two more would go the 'Eaters way, doubling their lead at 5:27, 16-8
>Gabby Norris lofted the ball into the upper corner, avoiding the outstretched hands of the Matador goalkeeper at 3:51, 17-8
>In the final minute of the game, Libby Alexander (1:00) would score on the pass from Mica Schiavone and M. Schiavone (0:01) knocked the ball into the cage, 19-8
 
UP NEXT
UC Irvine will clash with No. 5 Hawai'i on Saturday April 15^th at 9 p.m. PT (6 p.m. HT) in a battle of the undefeated Big West teams.