Long Beach State University
San Diego State
Beach Women's Water Polo Upsets SDSU With A Win
2/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
San Diego, Calif. - No. 15 Long Beach State women's water polo beats No. 12 San Diego State Aztecs with a 5-4 win. Freshman goalie Marriette Harris had eleven saves throughout the game for the Beach.
In the first quarter, the Aztecs scored the first the goal of the match. At the end of the quarter senior Rachel Cretcher scored the first goal for LBSU with a six versus five man up power play opportunity.
In the second quarter, LBSU dominated the Aztecs by adding two more goals on the scoreboard. Harris had a shut out for the quarter and did not let any shots go by her. Junior Emily Matheson scored a backhand shot from the center position and freshman Virginia Smith scored from the post on a pop-up shot to end the halftime at 3-1.
In the third quarter, SDSU scored two more goals to tie LBSU at 3-3. In the final nail biting quarter, junior Jessica Brooks scored on a power play to bring the Beach ahead of SDSU. Junior Kayla Robert scored from center to seal the win for LBSU at 5-4.
Long Beach State will play again next Saturday March 7 at the Claremont Convergence against Chapman at 11:40 a.m. and against Redlands at 5:00 p.m.
Long Beach State- 1, 2, 0, 2| 5
San Diego State- 1, 0, 2, 1| 4
Goals:
LBSU: Matheson, Cretcher, Robert, Brooks, Smith
SDSU:Isreals 2, Benekou, Gums
Saves:
LBSU: Harris 11
SDSU: Mitchell 8
