Thursday, March 14
Long Beach, Calif.
7:00 PM
Long Beach State University
15
vs
6
Bucknell
Long Beach State Steamrolls Bucknell To Extend Win Streak To Five
3/14/2019 9:31:00 PM | Women's Water Polo
No. 15 LBSU hosted the Bucknell Bison in their home opener and beat them with a score of 15-6.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Long Beach State (11-10) rode a four game winning streak as they hosted Bucknell (14-7) in their home opener. LBSU opened the game hot and never looked back. The Beach took down the Bucknell Bison, 15-6 and had two different players score four goals. Junior Marilia Mimidi and freshman Sarah Barker led the Beach with the four goals.
Long Beach State opened the game with an early two goal lead with both goals coming from Barker. Freshman Orsi Hertzka would add one more before the end of the quarter, making it 3-1.
Barker would continue her onslaught as she would tack on a third goal in the opening minutes of the second quarter to make it 4-1. Senior Annabel Harman would score before the end of the half to give the Beach a three goal lead, 5-2.
Mimidi would score in the third quarter to make it 6-2. Barker would score her fourth and final goal of the game, followed by junior Paige Bennett, two more by Mimidi and senior Tori Morrissey. The Beach would lead at the end of three, 11-4.
Bucknell would strike first in the fourth quarter before Mimidi would score her fourth and last goal of the game for the Beach making it 12-5. Bucknell would score one final time before sophomore Olivia Grim would net a goal twice along with freshman Katie Dill to finish the Bison off at 15-6.
Mimidi now has 30 goals on the season for the Beach with her four goal effort tonight. Barker climbs up to 25 goals with her separate four goal outing. Harman has totaled 23 goals on the season, while Morrissey adds 21 total goals on the 2019 campaign. Hertzka still leads the Beach with 49 total goals on the year. Although Hertkza did not score much tonight, she did display her ability to share the ball as she led the Beach with five assists. Hertzka's five assists tonight ties her for second most all-time in a single match in LBSU history. Hertzka ties Christina Wensman, Alison Braden, and Ashley Richardson.
LBSU will be back in the pool Saturday at 12 p.m. as they open up the Big West conference against No. 21 CSUN.
Long Beach State opened the game with an early two goal lead with both goals coming from Barker. Freshman Orsi Hertzka would add one more before the end of the quarter, making it 3-1.
Barker would continue her onslaught as she would tack on a third goal in the opening minutes of the second quarter to make it 4-1. Senior Annabel Harman would score before the end of the half to give the Beach a three goal lead, 5-2.
Mimidi would score in the third quarter to make it 6-2. Barker would score her fourth and final goal of the game, followed by junior Paige Bennett, two more by Mimidi and senior Tori Morrissey. The Beach would lead at the end of three, 11-4.
Bucknell would strike first in the fourth quarter before Mimidi would score her fourth and last goal of the game for the Beach making it 12-5. Bucknell would score one final time before sophomore Olivia Grim would net a goal twice along with freshman Katie Dill to finish the Bison off at 15-6.
Mimidi now has 30 goals on the season for the Beach with her four goal effort tonight. Barker climbs up to 25 goals with her separate four goal outing. Harman has totaled 23 goals on the season, while Morrissey adds 21 total goals on the 2019 campaign. Hertzka still leads the Beach with 49 total goals on the year. Although Hertkza did not score much tonight, she did display her ability to share the ball as she led the Beach with five assists. Hertzka's five assists tonight ties her for second most all-time in a single match in LBSU history. Hertzka ties Christina Wensman, Alison Braden, and Ashley Richardson.
LBSU will be back in the pool Saturday at 12 p.m. as they open up the Big West conference against No. 21 CSUN.
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