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Women's Water Polo

Overtime Caps Final Day Sweep.

Feb. 23, 2014

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IRVINE, Calif. -- Senior Alexandra Honny scored six goals, including a pair in the first overtime, to lift LMU women's water polo to a 13-12 win over San Jose State to wrap-up ninth place in the UC Irvine Invitational on Sunday. The Lions finished the final day with a sweep and went 3-1 on the tournament. They improve to 8-4 on the season.

The Lions opened the day with an 8-4 win over No. 16 UC Santa Barbara and then followed that with their second win of the season over the 11th ranked Spartans. LMU opened the tournament with a 6-5 set-back to No. 10 Cal State Northridge and then defeated CSU Bakersfield, 13-5.

"In this tournaments, especially one as loaded with top-ranked programs like this one, it is important when you don't win that opening game to respond in the next three," said HEad Coach Kyle Witt. "We really put the pressure on our team to sin the next three, move past the errors we made in the first game. I thought we responded well in the next three to win that side of the bracket. That was very important for us."

Sophomore goalie Claire Wright was solid for the Lions, making 35 saves while allowing just 5.0 goals per game heading into the overtime contest.

"Claire really stepped up for us all weekend," said Witt. "Her goals against number was really low for the most part and she dominated play."

On offense the Lions had balance throughout the line-up as eight different Lions scored on the day. Ivana Castro had five goals on the day, scoring a pair against the Gauchos. Castro was the only Lion to score in every game on the weekend. Mackenzie Beck also had a big weekend, scoring five goals.

"The positive of this weekend is that we responded well to win those last three games," said Witt. "However, we had the same problems we have had the last couple weeks and we are at the point we have to start changing that if we are to be more successful. We made steps toward that today, but we have to get better."

The Lions will play their first home game of the season when they host UCLA on Saturday, Mar. 1 at 1 pm.

Game 25 - 9th place (1:30 PM)
at Corona del Mar
LMU 13, San Jose State 12 (ot)

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#11 San Jose St.34130112

LMU goals: Alexandra Honny (6), Ivana Castro (3), Laura Lopez, Bridgette Alvarez, Kingsley Hill, Mackenzie Beck

SJSU goals: Espar Llaquet (4), Molnar (2), Smith (2), Lekness (2), Seyfert, Henry

Saves: Claire Wright (LMU) - 9; Reardon (SJSU) - 6

Game 12 (8 AM)
at Corona del Mar
LMU 8, UC Santa Barbara 4

Teams1234OT1OT2Final
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#16 UC Santa Barbara0310--4

LMU goals: Ivana Castro (2), Mackenzie Beck (2), Bridgette Alvarez, Danielle Johnson, Erin Byrne, Laura Lopez

UCSB goals: Porter, Martin, Shore, Christian

Saves: Claire Wright (LMU) - 12; Browkaw (UCSB) - 6

Game 10 (3:30 pm)
at UC Irvine
LMU 13, CSU Bakersfield 5

Teams1234OT1OT2Final
CSU Bakersfield1112--5
#9 LMU3361--13

CSUB goals: De Leon (3), Aldridge, Shelby

LMU goals: Laura Lopez (3), Kingsley Hill (3), Ivana Castro (2), Danielle Johnson (2), Alexandra Honny, Kiara Cerda, Bridgette Alvarez

Saves: Wahlstrom (CSUB) - 8; Claire Wright (LMU) - 8

Game 2 (9:15 am)
at UC Irvine
CS Northridge 6, LMU 5

Teams1234OT1OT2Final
#10 CS Northridge1311--6
#9 LMU2210--5

CSUN goals: Young (3), Ferriera, Doll, Nelson

LMU goals: Mackenzie Beck (2), Ivana Castro (2), Erin Byrne

Saves: Davis (CSUN) - 4; Claire Wright (LMU) - 7

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Players Mentioned

Claire Wright

#1 Claire Wright

GK
5' 10"
Senior
3V
Laura Lopez

#2 Laura Lopez

DR
5' 6"
Junior
2V
Mackenzie Beck

#8 Mackenzie Beck

UTL
5' 8"
Junior
2V
Alexandra Honny

#14 Alexandra Honny

DR
5' 7"
Senior
3V
Claire Wright

#1 Claire Wright

GK
5' 10"
Freshman
HS
Laura Lopez

#2 Laura Lopez

DR
5' 6"
Sophomore
1V
Erin Byrne

#3 Erin Byrne

2M
5' 8"
Freshman
HS
Ivana Castro

#4 Ivana Castro

UTL
5' 5"
Freshman
HS
Bridgette Alvarez

#6 Bridgette Alvarez

UTL
5' 7"
Freshman
HS
Danielle Johnson

#7 Danielle Johnson

DR
5' 11"
Freshman
HS
Mackenzie Beck

#8 Mackenzie Beck

UTL
5' 8"
Sophomore
1V
Kiara Cerda

#12 Kiara Cerda

2MD
6' 1"
Junior
2V

Players Mentioned

Claire Wright

#1 Claire Wright

5' 10"
Senior
3V
GK
Laura Lopez

#2 Laura Lopez

5' 6"
Junior
2V
DR
Mackenzie Beck

#8 Mackenzie Beck

5' 8"
Junior
2V
UTL
Alexandra Honny

#14 Alexandra Honny

5' 7"
Senior
3V
DR
Claire Wright

#1 Claire Wright

5' 10"
Freshman
HS
GK
Laura Lopez

#2 Laura Lopez

5' 6"
Sophomore
1V
DR
Erin Byrne

#3 Erin Byrne

5' 8"
Freshman
HS
2M
Ivana Castro

#4 Ivana Castro

5' 5"
Freshman
HS
UTL
Bridgette Alvarez

#6 Bridgette Alvarez

5' 7"
Freshman
HS
UTL
Danielle Johnson

#7 Danielle Johnson

5' 11"
Freshman
HS
DR
Mackenzie Beck

#8 Mackenzie Beck

5' 8"
Sophomore
1V
UTL
Kiara Cerda

#12 Kiara Cerda

6' 1"
Junior
2V
2MD