STOCKTON, Calif. – Riding a three-game winning-streak, the No. 21 Pacific women's water polo program will wrap-up the regular season Friday with a 7 p.m. Senior Night match-up against No. 8 Fresno State at the Eberhardt Aquatics Center.
Before the game, Pacific (12-8, 5-1 GCC) will honor
Sierra Cavano,
Natasha Dykman,
Hila Futorian,
Natalie Johnston, Szamira Koppany,
Addison McGowan,
Lucia Sarimsakci and
Ilyana Zlobinsky.
The Tigers and the Bulldogs (11-7, 5-1 GCC) are tied for second-place in the conference standings. They sit one-game behind LMU (16-11, 6-0 GCC), which ends its regular season with a home game against Cal Baptist (12-13, 3-3 GCC).
Friday's game will conclude a four-game home stand as The Tigers have won each of the first three. It included victories over Fresno Pacific 13-5, No. 20 San Diego State 14-12 and Azusa Pacific 13-12. Pacific moved up two spots in this week's Collegiate Water Polo Association Top-25.
Junior
Dora Alaksza has scored 230 career goals, which is fourth in school history. Alaksza, who has scored 82 goals on the season, is chasing Molly Smith's career mark of 286 goals from 1997-00 and is one away from moving up to third as Dara Tawarahara scored 231 from 2008-11.
Futorian is second on the team in scoring with 37 goals and 33 assists. She's coming off back-to-back hat tricks against SDSU and APU, and tallied at least four assists in each of those games.
Pacific is going for its first win over Fresno State since 2019.
The
GCC Tournament is scheduled to begin Friday, April 25, hosted at LMU.
Tigers Tickets
Tickets for upcoming events can be purchased through the
PacificTigers.com tickets tab, or by calling the Box Office at
209-946-2474. Groups of 10 or more are eligible for a group discount and exclusive fan experiences.
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