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Women's Water Polo

Women's Water Polo Spilts At UC Irvine Invitational

Irvine, Calif. - The Pacific women's water polo team split it's final day at the UC Irvine Invitational with a 9-7 loss to No. 18 San Diego State and 13-3 drubbing of Bakersfield in the Tigers' finale.

Gracie Smith scored five goals, while Brydie Pye and Taylor Adair each added four and Malena Prlain three.

Against Bakersfield, the Tigers and Road Runners were knotted up at 1-1 after a quarter before Pacific exploded with a 4-0 second period. The Tigers poured it on with a five-goal third, for a 10-3 lead and brought it home with a three-goal fourth.

Smith scored all five of her goals against the Road Runners, while Prlain posted a hat trick. Adair and Brydie each tallied twice in the contest, while Chelsea added a score.

Meghan Nee record 15 saves while limiting Bakersfield to just three goals.

Pye and Adair scored twice each in the first game of the day, but Pacific fell to No. 18 San Diego State. Pacific led 5-2 at halftime, but the Aztecs posted a 3-0 third quarter and tallied four fourth-quarter goals for the win. Rebecca Wright, Elise Martin, and Weir added goals for Pacific.

Nee posted nine saves, but San Diego State's Melanie Merritt recorded 11 to keep the Tigers at bay.

The Tigers move to 5-10 on the season and are back in the pool March 15-16 at the Michigan State Invite.

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Players Mentioned

Taylor Adair

#5 Taylor Adair

Utility
5' 8"
Junior
Elise Martin

#18 Elise Martin

Utility
5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Meghan Nee

#1 Meghan Nee

Goalkeeper
Redshirt
Malena Prlain

#6 Malena Prlain

Attacker
5' 6"
Senior
Brydie Pye

#10 Brydie Pye

Utility
Junior
Gracie Smith

#7 Gracie Smith

Two-Meter Offense
Sophomore
Rebecca Wright

#4 Rebecca Wright

Utility
5' 4"
Redshirt Senior

Players Mentioned

Taylor Adair

#5 Taylor Adair

5' 8"
Junior
Utility
Elise Martin

#18 Elise Martin

5' 6"
Redshirt Senior
Utility
Meghan Nee

#1 Meghan Nee

Redshirt
Goalkeeper
Malena Prlain

#6 Malena Prlain

5' 6"
Senior
Attacker
Brydie Pye

#10 Brydie Pye

Junior
Utility
Gracie Smith

#7 Gracie Smith

Sophomore
Two-Meter Offense
Rebecca Wright

#4 Rebecca Wright

5' 4"
Redshirt Senior
Utility