Santa Barbara, Calif. – In the third
meeting against No. 18 UC Davis (UCD) of the season,
Pacific's women's water polo team dropped an 8-4
decision to the Aggies in the opening game of the 2011 Big West
Tournament. With the loss the Tigers fell to 20-12 (2-3 Big West)
on the season while UCD improved to 19-11 (1-4 Big West) on the
year.
In the loss to UCD the Aggies got off to a quick start,
outscoring the Tigers 3-1 in the first period. Despite being down
by two goals, behind three saves from Michele Relton the
Tigers limited UCD to a pair of goals in the second frame while
finding the back of the net once to trail the Aggies 5-2 heading
into the half. Over the next two periods Relton accumulated eight
additional saves but UCD added three goals to expand its lead.
Pacific tallied two goals during the final 16 minutes of regulation
in spite of this the Tigers were unable to overcome the Aggie lead
and fell 8-4 to the No. 5 seed UC Davis.
Individually the Tigers were led by seniors Bethany
Quertermous and Dara Tawarahara
who scored two goals apiece. Freshman Michele Relton
recorded 12 saves in the cage for Pacific.
The Tigers continue action on Sunday, May 1, at 11 am against
the loser of the Match 2, No. 16 Long Beach State vs. No. 14 UC
Santa Barbara contest.
Scoring Summary
| |
Q1 |
Q2 |
Q3 |
Q4 |
Final |
| No. 18 UC Davis |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
8 |
| No. 17 Pacific |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
Goals
Pacific: Quertermous 2, Tawarahara 2
Assists
Pacific: Martin 2
Steals
Pacific: Martin 3, M.King 2, J.Loper, Tawarahara
Field Blocks
Pacific: Tawarahara 2, M.King
Goalkeeper Saves
Pacific: Relton 12
