Saturday, January 22
Santa Barbara, Calif.
2:45 PM ET/11:45 AM PT
Princeton University
12
vs
9
Iona
Jovana Sekulic registered four goals in the win over Iona.
Photo by: Sideline Photos, LLC
Women's Water Polo Secures Split During Day Two of UC-Santa Barbara Invite
January 22, 2022 | Women's Water Polo
SANTA BARBARA – The No. 19 Princeton Tigers secured a split during day two of the UC-Santa Barbara Invitational.
No. 19 Princeton 12, Iona 9
Tied at 7-all, the Tigers scored three of the next four goals to take an 11-8 lead with 4:56 remaining. Fresh off a six-goal performance yesterday, Jovana Sekulic scored twice in that stretch, finishing with four total. The Tigers kept the Gaels at distance the rest of the way to secure the victory.
Princeton ran out with five of the first six in the first quarter while a 4-1 push by Iona set the contest at 6-5 at halftime. The two teams exchanged tallies before the game was tied at seven.
Goals: Sekulic 4, Yelensky 2, Carroll 2, Burghardt 2, Houlahan, Mallery
Assists: Evans 3, Robinson 2, Kresich, Fraipont, Houlahan, Carver, Mallery
Saves: Zaller 6
No. 18 UC-Santa Barbara 15, No. 19 Princeton 14
UC-Santa Barbara's Leigh Lyter's goal with two seconds proved to be difference in a back-and-forth affair. The fourth frame featured 11 goals and four lead changes before the final tally.
The Tigers started the contest with three of the first four tallies before UC-Santa Barbara rallied to tie the game. Kaila Carroll's tally gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead after eight minutes. Princeton held a 6-4 advantage at the break. Head coach Derek Ellingson's squad led by as many as three in the third stanza before consecutive goals by UCSB set the score at 9-all as the fourth quarter got underway.
Goals: Burghardt 3, Yelensky 3, Sekulic 2, Carroll 2, Larkin, Kresich, McPherson, Carver
Saves: Zaller 11
No. 19 Princeton 12, Iona 9
Tied at 7-all, the Tigers scored three of the next four goals to take an 11-8 lead with 4:56 remaining. Fresh off a six-goal performance yesterday, Jovana Sekulic scored twice in that stretch, finishing with four total. The Tigers kept the Gaels at distance the rest of the way to secure the victory.
Princeton ran out with five of the first six in the first quarter while a 4-1 push by Iona set the contest at 6-5 at halftime. The two teams exchanged tallies before the game was tied at seven.
Goals: Sekulic 4, Yelensky 2, Carroll 2, Burghardt 2, Houlahan, Mallery
Assists: Evans 3, Robinson 2, Kresich, Fraipont, Houlahan, Carver, Mallery
Saves: Zaller 6
No. 18 UC-Santa Barbara 15, No. 19 Princeton 14
UC-Santa Barbara's Leigh Lyter's goal with two seconds proved to be difference in a back-and-forth affair. The fourth frame featured 11 goals and four lead changes before the final tally.
The Tigers started the contest with three of the first four tallies before UC-Santa Barbara rallied to tie the game. Kaila Carroll's tally gave the Tigers a 4-3 lead after eight minutes. Princeton held a 6-4 advantage at the break. Head coach Derek Ellingson's squad led by as many as three in the third stanza before consecutive goals by UCSB set the score at 9-all as the fourth quarter got underway.
Goals: Burghardt 3, Yelensky 3, Sekulic 2, Carroll 2, Larkin, Kresich, McPherson, Carver
Saves: Zaller 11
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