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IRVINE, Calif. – No. 10 UC Irvine could not contain No. 1 UCLA in a 11-5 loss to start the second day of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational at Marion Bergeson Pool at Corona del Mar High School.

After a slight 3-2 lead in the opening period, the Bruins held UCI scoreless in the second period to open a 7-2 lead at the half. UCLA out-scored UCI 4-3 in the final two periods to close out the game.

Libby Alexander scored twice to lead the Anteater offense with Jordan Frost recording eight saves.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS
>Madi O'Hara, Maja Layden and Marilyn Hassett rounded out the UCI scoring
>UCLA was effective with a player advantage, scoring on 7-11, while UCI was 2-8
>Bruin goalkeeper Lauren Steele recorded 20 saves in the win. Taylor Smith had a team-high two goals

SCORING BREAKDOWN
FIRST QUARTER: Bruins got on the board with the first two goals…Marilynn Hassett scored down low at  3:01 before Maja Layden fired it in the goal off the goalie deflection to tie it up at 2:16… UCLA ended the quarter with a goal at 27 seconds.

SECOND QUARTER: UCLA scored five unanswered goals to go into the break with a 7-2 advantage.

THIRD QUARTER: Libby Alexander scored up top to start the quarter (6:58)…the Bruins countered with the next two goals one on a powerplay and one at full strength, 9-3.

FOURTH QUARTER: UCLA netted a goal at 6:24…Alexander scored her second goal at 6:11…Sabina Shackelford fed the ball inside to Madi O'Hara who scored on a backhand rocket at 3:16, 10-5…UCLA scored the final goal for the 11-5 final.

UP NEXT
UCI will return to action at 1:30 against Stanford or USC.