Saturday, February 17
Irvine, CA
12 p.m.
UC Irvine
vs
USC
UC Irvine Opens Home Slate With No. 5/6 USC
February 16, 2024 | Women's Water Polo
IRVINE, Calif. – UC Irvine opens their home portion of the schedule with a Saturday matinee with No. 5/6 USC.
Week Four Notes
GAME SCHEDULE
No. 5/6 USC at No. 10/10 UC Irvine
Saturday, February 17 | 12:00 PM | Anteater Aquatics Complex
Live Stats
THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
> UC Irvine enters the week at the tenth ranked spot in the weekly CWPA poll
> UCI comes in ranked tenth in the inaugural ACWPC weekly poll
> The Anteaters open up their home slate with No. 5/6 USC on Saturday afternoon
> The two teams last met in Los Angeles a year ago where UCI fell 16-5
> UCI and USC have not met in Irvine for a true home game since the 2019 season
> No. 5/6 USC heads into the contest with a 4-2 record and have dropped two straight contests
> Both of the losses for the Women of Troy have come against top-5 opposition, then No. 5 Fresno State (L, 8-7) and then No. 4 Hawai'i (L, 10-6)
> No. 5/6 USC is paced offensively by freshman center Rachel Gazzaniga with a team high 13 goals and has three hat-tricks on the year
> Julia Janov is not far behind Gazzaniga with her 12 goals
> Ava Stryker rounds out the players that have scored in double figure goals this year with her 10
> Stryker went a perfect 6-6 at the cage in the 16-9 win over Michigan at the Triton Invitational
> Carolyne Stern has played all six games in the cage for USC where she has saved 41 (0.577) of the shots she has faced
> Laine Hourigan has come off the bench twice to replace Stern in the net where she has only allowed two goals in 24 minutes played and stopped nine shots
NOTES
> UC Irvine dropped their lone contest of the week to the undefeated No. 1/1 UCLA, 16-5
> UCI out-shot UCLA 32-29
> Sophomore center Maja Layden led the way for the Anteaters with her two goals on three shots
> Freshman Lauren Hett was hard working in the pool drawing a game best four exclusions
> Hett also added a goal for UCI
> Freshman Annabelle Mundelius contributed a goal and an assist in the match
> Junior Gracie Helberg was the final Anteater to add a tally to the scoresheet
> Libby Alexander and Brooke Hourigan dished out an assist each in the loss
> Faith Tedesco blocked three shots in three quarters of action in the net
> Tedesco ranks fourth in the Big West in total saves (65) and third in both save percentage (0.058) and goals against average (9.33)
> Freshman goalkeeper Rachel Kirchner made her first appearance of her career in the final period of action
Week Four Notes
GAME SCHEDULE
No. 5/6 USC at No. 10/10 UC Irvine
Saturday, February 17 | 12:00 PM | Anteater Aquatics Complex
Live Stats
THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
> UC Irvine enters the week at the tenth ranked spot in the weekly CWPA poll
> UCI comes in ranked tenth in the inaugural ACWPC weekly poll
> The Anteaters open up their home slate with No. 5/6 USC on Saturday afternoon
> The two teams last met in Los Angeles a year ago where UCI fell 16-5
> UCI and USC have not met in Irvine for a true home game since the 2019 season
> No. 5/6 USC heads into the contest with a 4-2 record and have dropped two straight contests
> Both of the losses for the Women of Troy have come against top-5 opposition, then No. 5 Fresno State (L, 8-7) and then No. 4 Hawai'i (L, 10-6)
> No. 5/6 USC is paced offensively by freshman center Rachel Gazzaniga with a team high 13 goals and has three hat-tricks on the year
> Julia Janov is not far behind Gazzaniga with her 12 goals
> Ava Stryker rounds out the players that have scored in double figure goals this year with her 10
> Stryker went a perfect 6-6 at the cage in the 16-9 win over Michigan at the Triton Invitational
> Carolyne Stern has played all six games in the cage for USC where she has saved 41 (0.577) of the shots she has faced
> Laine Hourigan has come off the bench twice to replace Stern in the net where she has only allowed two goals in 24 minutes played and stopped nine shots
NOTES
> UC Irvine dropped their lone contest of the week to the undefeated No. 1/1 UCLA, 16-5
> UCI out-shot UCLA 32-29
> Sophomore center Maja Layden led the way for the Anteaters with her two goals on three shots
> Freshman Lauren Hett was hard working in the pool drawing a game best four exclusions
> Hett also added a goal for UCI
> Freshman Annabelle Mundelius contributed a goal and an assist in the match
> Junior Gracie Helberg was the final Anteater to add a tally to the scoresheet
> Libby Alexander and Brooke Hourigan dished out an assist each in the loss
> Faith Tedesco blocked three shots in three quarters of action in the net
> Tedesco ranks fourth in the Big West in total saves (65) and third in both save percentage (0.058) and goals against average (9.33)
> Freshman goalkeeper Rachel Kirchner made her first appearance of her career in the final period of action
Players Mentioned
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