Anteaters Close Out Home Slate With RV Cal State Fullerton

Saturday, April 13

Irvine, CA

12 p.m.

UC Irvine

Cal State Fullerton

Anteaters Close Out Home Slate With RV Cal State Fullerton

April 10, 2024 | Women's Water Polo

By: Jordan Kehoe

IRVINE, Calif. – No. 9/8 UC Irvine closes out their home portion of the regular season schedule on Saturday (Apr. 13) for a 12 p.m. tilt with RV Cal State Fullerton inside the Anteater Aquatics Complex.

Week Twelve Notes

GAME SCHEDULE
RV Cal State Fullerton at No. 9/8 UC Irvine
Saturday, April 13 | 12:00 PM | Anteater Aquatics Complex
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THIS WEEK'S STORYLINE'S
> UC Irvine enters the week at the ninth ranked spot in the weekly CWPA poll
> UCI comes in ranked eighth in the inaugural ACWPC weekly poll
> The Anteaters complete their home portion of the regular season schedule with RV Cal State Fullerton
> RV Cal State Fullerton enters the weekend with a 10-15 overall record and is 1-3 in the Big West
> The Titans split their games the previous week, dropping to UC San Diego (L, 15-4) before defeating CSUN (W, 5-4)
> CSUF's victory over the Matadors marked their first ever league win as a program
> Shyanne Rainey has amassed a team best 49 points just by scoring goals and leads the Titans in drawn exclusions (28)
> Destiny Hernandez is next up with 47 points which comprises of 32 goals and 15 assists
> Hernandez also leads all CSUF field players with her 16 steals
> Kieran Scout Bates dishes out a team high 19 assists
> Annabelle Sherman has played 22 games in the cage for 508 minutes, recording 204 saves and a team best 24 steals

LAST WEEK'S RECAP AND NOTES
> UC Irvine split 1-1 in their two game outing, dropping to No. 2/2 Hawai'i on Friday evening (L, 13-7) before collecting the 11-9 victory over No. 13/16 UC Davis on senior day
> Against Hawai'i...
   -- Freshman Annabelle Mundelius led UCI in scoring with two goals
   -- Airian Grisham, Kennedy East, Libby Alexander, Brooke Hourigan, and Lauren Hett had the remaining Anteater scores
   -- Rachel Kirchner made the start in the cage and played the first eight minutes of the contest
   -- Faith Tedesco saved five shots in the remaining three periods
> Versus UC Davis...
   -- Junior Libby Alexander paced the Anteater offense with perfect 4-4 shooting at the cage. This was the third four goal game of the season for Alexander
   -- Freshman Lauren Hett posted her seventh hat-trick of the season (3-3) while Maja Layden recorded two goals in the contest (2-4)
   -- Kennedy East and Annabelle Mundelius recorded the other two scores for UCI
   -- Senior Jordan Frost made the start in the cage, stopping seven shots in 16 minutes
   -- Frost made an appearance in the field in the remaining 1:46 of the fourth quarter
   -- Senior Faith Tedesco entered the cage in the second half for five stops
   -- UCI has beaten UCD in all three meetings in 2024
> Tedesco ranks fifth in the Big West in goals against average (8.99), and seventh in both save percentage (0.462) and saves (141)
> Bugelli is fourth in the league with her 33 steals on the season
> East is tied fifth in the conference in field blocks (10) while Hett is tied ninth (9)