BOX SCORE
FRESNO, Calif. – For the second straight season, the Golden Coast Conference Championship Sunday featured LMU and Pacific battling for the conference crown. Despite an early UOP surge, the Lions continued to battle and remain close, but came up short to the three-time reigning champions, 13-9.
Marialena Seletopolou provided an early response to Pacific's first goal of the title game, evening the score at 1-apiece at the 5:41 mark. The Tigers then closed out the period to take a 4-1 lead into the second quarter.
After UOP extended their lead to 5-1, Seletopoulou again scored to snap the top-seeded Pacific's run.
Abbey Grosse followed by finding senior
Katie Hungerford less than a minute later to make it a 5-3 game with 4:12 to play until the half. The Tigers added two consecutive goals before
Hana Vilanova converted a powerplay opportunity for her first goal of the day. With Pacific adding two goal in the final two minutes, LMU capitalized with one second remaining before the half with another Vilanova goal.
Vilanova continued her strong play with two consecutive goals to open the third quarter, a personal 3-0 streak continuing back to the first half. After LMU cut it to a two-goal game, UOP added one back making it 10-7 heading into the fourth quarter.
Seletopoulou scored both of LMU's fourth quarter goals, but Pacific's three made it a 13-9 final.
Sky Flores made 12 saves in goal for the Lions, her third-largest total of the season.
Following the conclusion of the game, the GCC announced the 2019 All-Tournament team. The Lions were represented by the senior pair of
Hana Vilanova and
Sky Flores. The complete team is listed below.
Vilanova's 228 career goals rank fourth all-time in program history. Flores ranks third in program history with 691 career saves.
ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM
| NAME |
CLASS |
POS |
SCHOOL |
HOMETOWN |
| Brinnley Barthels |
SR |
ATT |
Pacific |
Sacramento, CA |
| Kyra Christmas |
JR |
ATT |
Pacific |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Sky Flores |
SR |
GK |
LMU |
Commerce, CA |
| Shelby Kraft |
JR |
UTL |
San Diego St. |
Rancho Cucamonga, CA |
| Mar Pastor |
SR |
CTR |
Azusa Pacific |
Barcelona, Spain |
| Mackenzie Richards |
SR |
GK |
Fresno St. |
Simi Valley, CA |
| Viktoria Szmodics |
SR |
ATT |
Pacific |
Gelsesziget, Hungary |
| Hana Vilanova |
SR |
DR |
LMU |
Barcelona, Spain |
TOURNAMENT MVP
| NAME |
CLASS |
POS |
SCHOOL |
HOMETOWN |
| Kyra Christmas |
JR |
ATT |
Pacific |
Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
