LOS ANGELES – LMU women's water polo moved to 3-0 in a battle of Golden Coast Conference unbeatens on Saturday afternoon. The #11 Lions moved to 21-2 overall with a 12-8 win over #6 Fresno State.
 
Noa Sasover scored her first of four goals to open the game. The Bulldogs scored the next two to take their only lead of the day with 2:32 on the clock. Lior Ben David converted a powerplay goal to even the score and Anna Tarantino scored the go-ahead goal at even-strength with 1:11 remaining in the period.
 
Sasover opened the second quarter the same way she opened the first with another goal. The two sides traded off the scoring the first four goals of the second with Fresno State answering, then Skye Nankervis building the lead back up to two, and the Bulldogs cutting the lead back to one with 3:26 to play before halftime. Over the final 1:11 of the game, LMU scored twice to build a 7-4 lead as Sasover scored her third of the night and Sophie Kadifa beat the halftime horn with a goal of her own.
 
Fresno State scored on their opening possession of the second half and added a second less than three minutes into the quarter. The Lions responded with the next three goals to close out the half. Ruth Arino Ruiz scored twice and Nankervis added another to push LMU ahead 10-6 after three.
 
The Bulldogs scored on their first possession off the fourth quarter as well to cut their deficit to three goals. Nobody scored for the next three-plus minutes until Arino Ruiz fired one in the back of the cage from distance to surpass over 100 points on the season. Fresno State converted a penalty shot with less than three minutes showing on the clock. Sassover closed the game with a goal in the final half minute to secure the 12-8 win.
 
Both Inbar Geva and Madison Geva allowed four goals in 16 minutes of play. Geva recorded six saves in the first half, and Davis followed with five second-half saves.
 
 LMU remains home to host Concordia on Thursday night back at Burns Recreation Center.
 
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