April 15, 2007
Northridge, Calif. The Pacific women's water polo teams dropped a pair of games to top 20 teams, conference foe No. 19 Cal State Northridge, and non-conference for No. 12 Hartwick on Sunday, April 15th.
The Tigers fell to the Matadors by a final score of 20-7, and to the Hawks by a 21-10 margin. Pacific finishes conference play at 0-12 in the MPSF, with their overall record falling to 5-21 with two non-conference games remaining on the schedule.
In the first game of the day against No. 19 Northridge, the Matadors and Tigers were evenly matched through the first period, with CSUN holding a 5-3 lead after one period of play. In the second period, the Matadors outscored the Tigers 4-0 to take a 9-3 lead into the halftime break. Pacific could never recover, as the Tigers were outscored 11-4 the rest of the way for a 20-7 final.
Freshman Sarah Harris (Cape Town, South Africa) led the Tigers with four goals in the game, with juniors Kellie Fletcher (Roseville, Calif.) and Virginia McConnell (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) along with freshman Alex Kutac (Houston, Texas) each scoring a goal.
In the second game of the day against No. 12 Hartwick, the Hawks got out to a 3-0 lead, but the Tigers came storing back in the first period, as Harris found the back of the cage twice, and Kutac tallied a goal to tie the game at 3-3. Hartwick came back to score the final goal of the period, and started the second with four straight goals to give them a cushion at 8-3. Harris then connected on her third goal of the game to close the gap back to four, but that is as close as it would get, as the Hawks scored two more goals in the final minute of the second to make the score 10-4 heading into intermission. Pacific was outscored 11-6 the duration of the contest, making the final score 21-10.
Harris again led the Tigers with seven goals, giving her 11 on the day and 97 on the season.
Pacific coach Megan Thomson was familiar with the Tigers second opponent of the day, Hartwick. Thomson was a two-time AWPCA All-American at Hartwick (2001-02), and spent the past four seasons as an assistant for the Hawks before coming to Stockton.
The Tigers are next in action as they travel to Davis, Calif. for a road affair against the UC Davis Aggies. Opening sprint is scheduled for noon on Saturday, April 21st.
Pacific: 3-0-2-2 = 7
CSUN: 5-4-5-6 = 20
Goals:
Pacific: Harris 4 (87, 88, 89, 90), Fletcher (56), Kutac (16), McConnell (38)
CSUN: Van Gorder 4, Brookes 4, Cruz 3, Macdonell 2, Scamara 2, Coy, Kylander, Cuzynski, Gackstetter, Wilson
Blocks: Stapf (CSUN) 7; Gray (PAC) 2
Pacific: 3-1-4-2 = 10
Hartwick: 4-6-5-6 = 21
Goals:
Pacific: Harris 7 (91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97), Fletcher (57), Kutac (17), McConnell (39)
Hartwick: Zablith 4, Sevigny 4, Evans 3, Hudson 3, Dahl-Smith 2, James 2, Amaro, Leima, Sumich
Blocks: Gray (PAC) 13, Colebourne (HART) 3, Alonzo (HART) 2
