Stockton, Calif. – In the first of two
games on the day, Pacific's women's water polo team
defeated Sonoma State, 9-6. With the win the Tigers improved to
19-11 (2-3 Big West) on the year while Sonoma State (SSU) fell to
8-26 (3-9 WWPA) on the season.
The SeaWolves scored the first goal of the contest at the 6:29
mark at the start of the first frame, but senior Bethany
Quertermous countered at the 4:18 spot to tie the game at one
all. SSU regained the one point advantage with :56 remaining on the
clock before senior Meara McCarthy countered with 8 seconds
left in regulation to make it a 2-2 contest.
At the start of the second frame SSU scored its third goal of
the game at the 5:53 spot. The Tigers then countered with four
consecutive goals from Mandy King, Malena Prlain,
Quertermous and Elise Martin to put
Pacific up 6-3 heading into the half.
In the third frame Pacific's scoring momentum continued as
the Tigers took the 9-4 lead while limiting the SeaWolves to one
goal in the quarter. Finding the back of the net at the start of
the quarter were Allison King and
Martin who tallied goals at the 7:18 and 6:03 spots. Kyleigh Shea
scored for the SeaWolves at the 3:07 spot but Prlain countered with
a skip shot to the far post on the breakaway with 13 seconds
remaining on the clock.
In the final eight minutes of regulation SSU tallied goals at
the 6:16 and 1:09 points for a 9-6 final score.
Pacific was led by senior Bethany
Quertermous, and freshmen Elise Martin and Malena Prlain
who scored two goals apiece. Also scoring goals for the Tigers were
Meara
McCarthy, Mandy
King and Allison King, who
found the back of the net once. Freshman Michele Relton
recorded nine saves in the cage for Pacific. Senior Kailiee Bucknum
played the final four minutes of regulation in the cage for the
Tigers.
The Tigers return to action at 4 pm against Cal State Monterey
Bay.
Scoring Summary
| |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Final |
| Sonoma State |
2 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
| No. 17 Pacific |
2 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
Goals
SSU: Stansfield, Del Carlo
Pacific: Quertermous 2, Prlain 2, Martin 2, McCarthy, M.King,
A.King
Goalkeeper Saves
SSU: Goode 5
Pacific: Relton 9
