UCSB Women's Water Polo Falls Short in Big West Quarterfinals to UC Irvine, 12-11

UCSB Women's Water Polo Falls Short in Big West Quarterfinals to UC Irvine, 12-11

The No. 6 seed UC Santa Barbara Women’s Water Polo team (16-13, 2-5 Big West) gave hosts and No. 3 seed UC Irvine (15-12, 5-2 Big West) everything the Anteaters could handle in Friday’s Big West Championship Quarterfinal, but the Gauchos’ late rally came up just a goal shy of sending things to overtime as Santa Barbara fell, 12-11.  Christina Mullane recorded a hat-trick, while Juju Amaral tallied five assists and Ava Donleavy made 14 saves. “We…

Aztecs’ comeback stalls against top-seeded LMU in GCC semifinal, will play for third place

Despite a furious rally to tie the game midway through the third quarter, the No. 22-ranked San Diego State water polo team could not keep pace with top-seeded Loyola Marymount, falling 16-10 in Saturday’s Golden Coast Conference (GCC) Tournament semifinal at Burns Aquatic Center. After trailing by three goals at halftime, the fourth-seeded Aztecs (15-14) stormed back to even the score at 8-8 with 5:17 remaining in the third quarter, sparked by …

Gauchos’ Rally Comes Up Just Short in Big West Quarterfinal - University of California, Santa Barbara

No. 6 seed UC Santa Barbara gave hosts and No. 3 seed UC Irvine everything the Anteaters could handle in Friday's Big West Championship Quarterfinal, but the Gauchos' late rally came up just a goal shy of sending things to overtime as Santa Barbara fell, 12-11. Christina Mullane recorded a hat-trick, while Juju Amaral tallied five assists and Ava Donleavy made 14 saves.