LOS ANGELES – Through three quarters, #T-13 Women's Water Polo held a lead against #T-11 Princeton before the Tigers closed out the game with all three fourth quarter goals. Princeton took the game, 9-8.
 
Princeton scored three of the first four goals, with Ruth Arino Ruiz's penalty shot the first goal for LMU in the first six minutes of play. Yanah Gerber scored with 1:31 on the clock to pull the Lions within a goal before the Tigers converted a powerplay in the final minute of the period.
 
Arino Ruiz opened the second quarter with a goal to make it a 4-3 game before Princeton got the score back two minutes later. Mikayla Lopez and Carolina Magano scored on back-to-back possessions to tie the score and send the teams into halftime tied at 5-5.
 
Anna Tarantino started the second half with a go-ahead goal less than a minute and a half from the return to play. Princeton scored with 3:18 on the clock to even the score before Cianne Benjamin scored twice in the final 1:39 to push LMU ahead 8-6.
 
The first four minutes of the fourth quarter did not feature any goals before the Tigers scored three times over the last 3:36 of play to come back and win with the game-winning goal being scored with 19 seconds remaining in regulation.
 
Alyssa Barnuevo made 14 saves and recorded an assist in her 32 minutes in the cage.
 
The Lions will complete their three-game weekend with a 1:00 PM battle against #5 Cal on Sunday afternoon at Burns Aquatic Center.
 
Admission will be free and the game will air on ESPN+.
 
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