April 8, 2010

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LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- For the first time since Feb. 27, the seventh-ranked LMU women's water polo team were on the wrong side of an outcome, falling to fourth-ranked UCLA, 8-4, at the Burns Recreation and Aquatics Center in non-conference action Thursday afternoon. It snaps the Lions' program record 14-game winning streak as LMU falls to 19-3 overall while UCLA improve to 16-6.

Offense was hard to come by for both teams, but UCLA used a four-goal third quarter to break open the game and earn the win.

UCLA held a 3-1 lead at the break and then scored the first three goals of the second half to go up 6-1. After Diana Romero's goal with 26 seconds left in the third quarter, UCLA's Kelsey McGinley answered with just 13 seconds left for a 7-2 margin.

The last second goal was a big one as LMU scored the first two goals of the fourth quarter. Mary Ann Campos scored at the 5:29 mark and Daisy Carrillo scored with 4:25 remining to cut the lead to three, 7-4.

However, Grace Reynolds scored her second goal of the game with 3:02 to play to stop the Lions late run.

The Lions will head to Santa Clara for The Bronco Invitational Saturday and Sunday. The Lions open with Western Water Polo Association foes Cal State San Bernardino (11:45 a.m.) and host Santa Clara (3:30 p.m.) on Saturday. They will then play another team in the top-10, this time No. 3 Cal at 9:15 a.m., Sunday. They will close with Colorado State at 1 p.m.