Freshmen Lead Beach to Victory over LMU
LONG BEACH, CA-- Freshman Roberta Stewart’s (Auckland, NZ) skip shot with nine seconds left in the second overtime lifted No. 5-ranked Long Beach State (12-9) to 7-6 victory over No. 7-ranked Loyola Marymount (17-6) in non-conference women’s water polo match on Thursday afternoon.
Bri Hawkins (San Diego) added 16 saves-- one short of the school-record set last week by the freshman-- as the goalie held the Lions without a goal for 10:23.
The Lions had led 5-4 at the half on Christina Radvanyi’s goal with 13 seconds left in the second period, only to be held scoreless until the second overtime, when Teressa Guidi connected on a goal with 1:50 left to tie the game at 6-6.
Angelica Garcia (Cantano, Puerto Rico) finished with four goals for The Beach, including the game tying shot with 1:26 left in regulation, at 5-5, and a go-ahead goal at 2:27 in the first overtime to give LBSU a 6-5 advantage.
LMU goalie Devon Courtney (Soquel, CA) kept the game close, finishing the contest with seven saves. Courtney stopped two shots in the fourth period, one on Garcia at 4:15 and another on Ashley Richardson’s penalty shot at 3:12 to keep LMU up 5-4. Courtney also picked up a save in the second overtime off of Garcia miss with 45 seconds left.
The Beach host the LBSU Invitational on Saturday and Sunday at the campus pool starting at 8 a.m. both days. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | OT | FINAL | | #7 LMU (17-6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | | #5 LBSU (12-9) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Scoring: Wines, LMU (4:58, 1st), Garcia, LBSU (3:42, 1st), Stewart (1:19, 1st), Garcia (:39, 1st), Wines (6:15, 2nd), Conner (5:07, 2nd), Gordin (3:03, 2nd), Wald (2:00, 2nd), Radvanyi (:13, 2nd), Garcia (1:26, 4th), Garcia (2:27, 1OT), T.Guidi (1:50, 2OT), Stewart (:09, 2OT).
Saves: Hawkins, LBSU, 16; Courtney, LMU, 7. |
