IRVINE, Calif. – The Anteaters close out their tournament portion of the season with four games at the Convergence Invitational.
 
Week Six Notes | Tournament Central
 
THIS WEEKEND
No. 7/7 UC Irvine vs. Santa Clara     
Friday, March 1 | 10:15 AM | Axelrod Aquatics Center    
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No. 7/7 UC Irvine vs. RV/23 Pomona-Pitzer        
Friday, March 1 | 2:00 PM | Haldeman Pool
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No. 7/7 UC Irvine vs. No. 23/25 Marist  
Saturday, March 2 | 9:15 AM | Haldeman Pool
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No. 7/7 UC Irvine vs. No. 25/23 San Diego State  
Saturday, March 2 | 3:30 PM | Haldeman Pool   
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THIS WEEK'S STORYLINES
> UC Irvine enters the week at the seventh ranked spot in the weekly CWPA poll, moving up three spots
> UCI comes in ranked seventh in the inaugural ACWPC weekly poll, moving up two spots
> The Anteaters will face four teams in two days at the Convergance Invitational
> UCI looks to remain undefeated against Santa Clara (9-0), Pomona-Pitzer (14-0), and Marist (3-0) in the all-time series records
> Santa Clara enters the weekend with a 4-9 overall record, 1-0 in GCC play
> The Broncos picked up their fourth win of the year against Austin College, 14-6, at the Bronco Invitational 
> This is the first time this season where UCI will take on an unranked opponent
> RV/Pomona-Pitzer heads into the contest with a 4-6 record
> The Sagehens went 1-3 at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, earning their lone win over Biola (W, 10-4) before narrowly falling to No. 13 Indiana (L, 7-6) to close out the weekend
> No. 23/25 Marist is 10-10 so far on the season and have played in five different tournaments already
> The Red Foxes are on a four game win streaking coming out of the Bronco Invitational as they collected wins over Pacific (W, 11-10), Concordia University Irvine (W, 15-9), Santa Clara (W, 18-4), and CSU Monterey Bay (W, 21-9)
> No. 25/23 San Diego State holds a 7-6 overall record heading into the four-game weekend
> The Aztecs last played two weeks ago at the Princeton Invitational where they split the weekend, 2-2

NOTES
> UC Irvine split the Barbara Kalbus Invitational 2-2
> UCI defeated No. 8 Michigan 16-11, dropped to both No. 1 UCLA 11-5 and No. 5 USC 12-9, and collected their final victory of the weekend over No. 12 Long Beach State, 11-10
> Two Anteaters scored eight goals over the weekend
> Brooke Hourigan finished the week with eight goals, three assists and three steals
> Libby Alexander posted eight goals, three assists, two steals, and four drawn exclusions
> Jensine Bugelli poured in four goals in the Anteaters 16-point effort over No. 8 Michigan to go along with two steals
> Kennedy East notched a hat-trick over the Wolverines before scoring multiple goals (2) over No. 5/6 USC
> Gracie Helberg had a multi-goal game against the Women of Troy, finding the back of the cage twice
> Gabby Norris also tallied a hat-trick over the weekend with hers coming against The Beach
> Annabelle Mundelius dished out a team best three assists against Michigan
> Senior Faith Tedesco saw action in two contests, stopping a total of 19 shots
> Senior Jordan Frost got the start against No. 1 UCLA where she blocked eight shots
> Freshman Rachel Kirchner made her first collegiate start and earned her first win of her young career with 10 saves and two steals against No. 12 Long Beach State
> Tedesco ranks third in the Big West in save percentage (0.455) and fourth in both total saves (92) and sgoals against average (9.78)