‘Eaters finish 2nd at Long Beach tourney

Long Beach State defeated UC Irvine, 12-7, in college women’s water

polo action Saturday at the Long Beach State Tournament.

The Anteaters got off to a slow start, but came back to score six

goals in the second half. The comeback, however, would fall short as

the 49ers took first place in Group B for the tournament. UCI

finished second. The Anteaters will face UC San Diego and Arizona

State in matches against the other two second-place finishers.

Junior Rebecca Wedemeyer scored twice for the Anteaters. Angelica

Garcia led all scorers with four goals for Long Beach State.

UCI will face the UC San Diego at noon today and Arizona State for

the fourth time this season at 2:40 p.m. at Long Beach. UCI has

dropped two matches to UCSD this year, most recently a 7-6 overtime

game on March 9. The ‘Eaters are 1-2 on the season against the Sun

Devils going into today’s game.

In earlier action, UCI

The Anteaters defeated the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs, 10-8, the

17th win of the season for UCI as the Anteaters set a school record

for wins in a season. Junior Erica Horman broke her own school-record

of 57 goals in a season. Horman with two goals in the match now has

59 on the year. Junior Hilary Horman and junior Erika Ranes each

scored two goals for UCI as the Anteaters held off the Banana Slugs,

who scored four times in the fourth quarter.

In the first game, the Anteaters defeated the Cal State Northridge

Matadors, 6-4, as they took a 6-1 lead entering the fourth quarter

and held on for their third win over the Matadors this season.

Wedemeyer led UCI with two goals in the match, while Horman tied her

own school-record of 57 goals in a season with one goal in the match.

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Long Beach St. 12, UC Irvine 7

UC Irvine 1 0 3 3 - 7 Long Beach 2 5 2 3 - 12

UCI - Wedemeyer 2, Fernandez 1, Frish 1, Horman 1,

Horman 1, Ranes 1. Saves -- Chamblee 9. LBSU -

Garcia 4, Wawrzynski 3, Stewart 2, Campbell 1,

Gordin 1, Vejar 1. Saves -- Hawkins 7

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UC Irvine 10, UC Santa Cruz 8

UC Irvine 3 4 0 3 - 10

Santa Cruz 1 2 1 4 - 8 UCI - Horman 2, Horman 2, Ranes 2, Carey 1, Feeney

1, Fernandez 1, Lyman 1. Saves -- Chamblee 3. UCSC

- Erskine 2, Hansen 2, Ryan 2, Doerr 1, Forouhi 1.

Saves - Martinez 11

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UC Irvine 6, CS-Northridge

UC Irvine 2 2 2 0 - 6

Northridge 1 0 0 3 - 4 UCI - Wedemeyer 2, O’Donnell 1, Volcan 1, Horman 1,

Carey 1. Saves -- Chamblee 9. CSN - Christopher 3,

Barba 1. Saves - Moody 6

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