Box Score NORTHRIDGE, Calif. – Maja Layden's hat-trick helped lead No. 8 UC Irvine to their first Big West victory of the season over No. 24 CSUN, 15-8, on Friday afternoon.
 
This was Layden's second hat-trick as an Anteater and second in the month of March.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Airian Grisham, Libby Alexander, Gracie Helberg, and Brooke Hourigan all placed two in the cage
• Sabina Shackelford, Jensine Bugelli, Madeline Kasper, and Annabelle Mundelius rounded out the scoring
• Faith Tedesco played in the cage for the game
• UC Irvine held CSUN to 3-16 (0.188) on power plays
• No. 24 CSUN was led by Helena Sandhagen who recorded two goals, two drawn exclusions,  and one steal  

 
SCORING BREAKDOWN

• First period: Gracie Helberg shot and scored right out the game 7:47, 1-0…CSUN responded at 7:25 on the power play, 1-1…Libby Alexander (6:42) and Jensine Bugelli (5:26) both converted on 6-on-5 opportunities, 3-1…Brooke Hourigan found the back of the cage (4:36) before Maja Layden (2:42) capped off the first period scoring with her five-meter penalty shot, 5-1
  • Alexander (1), Bugelli (1), Helberg (1), Hourigan (1), and Layden (1)
• Second period: Each team went back and forth in the second stanza with CSUN scoring first at 5:39, 5-2…Airian Grisham (5:23) deposited the ball in the net and then the Matadors (2:27) scored on the one-player advantage, 6-3…Sabina Shackelford shot and scored at 0:16 before CSUN registered a goal with one tick on the clock, 7-4
  • Grisham (1) and Shackelford (1)
• Third period: CSUN closed within two, 7-5, at 7:11…Hourigan put one in the cage at 6:50 and Helberg followed, 9-5 6:22…two Matador goals (5:35, 3:32) sandwiched Alexander's (5:21) placement into the cage, 10-6…Layden added two more before the end of the period for the hat-trick, 12-7
  • Layden (2), Alexander (1), Helberg (1), and Hourigan (1)
• Fourth period: Annabelle Mundelius added a tally to the score sheet at 5:28 before Grisham (4:19) dented the twine while up a player, 14-7…CSUN broke their scoring drought at 3:18 while Madeline Kasper (1:19) added another for the Anteaters, 15-8
  • Grisham (1), Kasper (1), and Mundelius (1)

 
UP NEXT
No. 8 UC Irvine returns to the Anteater Aquatics Complex for a 4 p.m. match against Brown on Mar. 26.