STOCKTON, Calif. – The Pacific women's water polo team will open up its 2020 season at home on Wednesday afternoon, taking on Sonoma State at 4:00 p.m. at the
Chris Kjeldsen Pool at the Pacific Aquatics Center.
GAMEDAY INFO:
Matchup: Sonoma State (0-2) at No. 9 Pacific (0-0)
Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2020
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Location: Stockton, Calif.
Venue: Chris Kjeldsen Pool at the Pacific Aquatics Center
Links: Live Stream |
Live Stats
ON THE PROWL:
- Pacific enters the 2020 season ranked No. 9 in the preseason CWPA Women's Varsity Top 25 with 67 points.
- The Tigers were unanimously picked to win the Golden Coast Conference for the fourth consecutive year, currently riding a streak of 21 straight victories over GCC opponents, including a 13-9 win in last year's GCC title game over LMU. Pacific has captured the last two regular season conference championships, most recently posting a 7-0 conference mark in the pool last season.
- UOP earned 49 points in this year's poll, claiming the top spot with the maximum number of first place votes and points.
- Pacific returns Savannah Fitzgerald, who led the Orange and Black with 36 goals while playing in all 27 contests, and Samantha Pfaff, who will be back in the cage after recording 20 saves through nine matches last season. All told, 19 Tigers will return for another year under head coach James Graham.
- Graham enters his eighth season with the women's team after leading this season's men's squad to the NCAA Championship match in Stockton this fall.
TIGERS IN THE OLYMPICS:
- Pacific will redshirt five players competing for their home countries in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo: Kyra Christmas (Canada), Truly Dorland (United States) Mariana Duarte (Brazil), Viktoria Tamas (Hungary) and Clara Vulpisi (Canada).
- Christmas ranked second in the GCC in goals last season (71) and first in goals per game (3.23) to earn a spot on the All-CWPC First Team, while Vulsipi ranked fifth with 189 total saves.
HEAD-TO-HEAD:
- This is the first matchup all-time between the Tigers and Seawolves.
FOLLOW US:
- For more information and updates on the Pacific women's water polo team, please follow the team on Twitter (@Pacific_WWP), Instagram (@pacificwaterpolo) and Facebook (@pacificwomenswaterpolo).
