13 Anteaters Score In Winning Affair Over CUI

Wednesday, March 13

Irvine, CA

6 p.m.

UC Irvine

11-9

Concordia Irvine

9-13

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Concordia	0	2	4	2	8
UC Irvine	5	6	3	4	18

13 Anteaters Score In Winning Affair Over CUI

March 13, 2024 | Women's Water Polo

Box Score

By: Jordan Kehoe

IRVINE, Calif. – No. 8 UC Irvine collected the 18-8 victory over cross-town opponent Concordia University Irvine on Wednesday evening.

13 different Anteaters scored in the non-conference affair.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

Jensine Bugelli, Lauren Hett, Maja Layden, Marilynn Hassett, and Vivian Bailey recorded two goals each
Avy Newton, Kennedy East, Sabina Shackelford, Libby Alexander, Brooke Hourigan, Madi O'Hara, Sara Naulty, and Gabby Norris rounded out the scoring effort
Rachel Kirchner earned the win in the cage with two saves and an assist in 16 minutes
Jordan Frost totaled 16 minutes in the net to go along with three saves and an assist
Airian Grisham and East dished out two assists apiece
Grisham, Bugelli, and Hourigan all had two steals
UCI shot at a 0.529 clip (18-34)
Concordia Irvine was led by Abby Mammen who recorded two goals on two shots

SCORING BREAKDOWN

First Period: Jensine Bugelli softly placed it over the goalkeeper for the first goal…she drew the exclusion then finished off with a power play goal at 3:10, 2-0…Madi O'Hara moved up and scored up top at 2:33…Maja Layden added another goal with 48 seconds remaining before Sabina Shackleford deposited it to the top right corner with five seconds left, 5-0

Second Period: Sara Naulty swam up the right side of the pool and scored at 6:19…Concordia got on the board with a goal from set at 6:02 (6-1)…Marilynn Hassett squeezed the ball just inside the post on the advantage at 5:34…Following a Golden Eagle goal (5:05), Kennedy East feed the ball outside to Gabby Norris who scored from the right side at 3:18…Layden scored again at 2:47…East battled down low, turned and scored with 1:56 remaining until half…Libby Alexander skipped it past the keeper at 1:01 (11-2).

Third Period: Lauren Hett started the scoring at 7:26 then scored again on five-meter penalty at 6:09…Concordia scored the next four, the second from seven meters out, to close to 13-6…Avy Newton stopped the momentum with a goal in the right corner at 1:00 (14-6) for the final score of the period.

Fourth period: Brooke Hourigan put it in the back of the cage at 5:57, before Concordia skipped it in, 15-7…Vivian Bailey got into the scoring column, firing it just under the goalkeeper's arm at 4:20, 16-7…After another CUI goal, Hassett beat the goalie for a score at 1:41, 17-8…Bailey lobbed it in with 31 seconds left for the final score 18-8.

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UCI heads up to Northridge for a Friday (Mar. 15) matinee at No. 24 CSUN.