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Women's Water Polo Falls to CSUB and #3 Cal on Opening Day in San Diego
March 13, 2010 | Women's Water Polo
SAN DIEGO (3/13/10) - The 18th-ranked Princeton women's water polo team fell in overtime to CSU Bakersfield and to third-ranked Cal on the opening day of its Spring Break trip to California.
Princeton led by a goal after a quarter of play and maintained the one-goal margin at the half. Princeton outscored CSUB 3-1 in the third period and led 7-4 after 24 minutes of play, but the Roadrunners scored four goals in the final stanza to knot the game at 8-8 and force overtime.
In the first overtime period, CSUB outscored Princeton 2-1 and the teams each scored once in the second one to hand the Roadrunners the 11-10 win.
Carolina Ardila and Phoebe Champion each scored two goals in the loss, while six other players added single goals in the loss.
| Princeton | 3 1 3 1 - 1 1 - 10 |
| CSU Bakersfield | 2 1 1 4 - 2 1 - 11 |
Princeton goals: Carolina Ardila 2, Phoebe Champion 2, Cari Levine 1, Helen Meigs 1, Julie Phillips 1, Saranna Soroka 1, Tanya Wilcox 1, Brittany Zwirner
Princeton Saves: Ward 7
CSUB goals: Kaitlin Torres 4, Alyson Moss 3, Becky Seelos 2, Jessica Browning 1, Brittani Marquez 1
Princeton then dropped its second match of the day 13-4 at the hands of third-ranked Cal. Princeton trailed 3-0 after a quarter and Cal continued to extend its lead throughout the remainder of the game. All four Princeton goals came from freshmen with Brittany Zwirner scoring three times and Rachele Gyorffy adding a single goal.
Princeton is now 7-5 overall and faces UC San Diego and Wagner on Sunday at the Aztec Invitational at San Diego State.
| Princeton | 0 1 2 1 - 4 |
| Cal | 3 2 3 5 - 13 |
Princeton goals: Brittany Zwirner 3, Rachele Gyorffy 1
Princeton Saves: Ward 6 (20 minutes), du Pont 4 (12 minutes)
Cal goals: Meghan Corso 3, Elizabeth McLaren 3, Taylor Dodson 2, Kirsten Mase 2, Camille Hewko 1, Dana Ochsner 1, Stephanie Schnugg 1