No. 8 Women's Water Polo Finishes West Coast Trip This Week Including Contest vs. No. 1 UCLA

Wednesday, March 13

Claremont, Calif.

2:00 PM (11:00 AM PT)

Princeton University

Pomona-Pitzer

Kate Mallery

No. 8 Women's Water Polo Finishes West Coast Trip This Week Including Contest vs. No. 1 UCLA

March 12, 2024 | Women's Water Polo

LOS ANGELES – The No. 8 Princeton Women's Water Polo Team finishes its West Coast trip with three matchups this week.

The Tigers take on Pomona-Pitzer on Wednesday (2 p.m., 11 a.m. PT), No. 12 LMU on Friday (8 p.m., 5 p.m. PT) and No. 1 UCLA on Saturday (4 p.m., 1 p.m. PT). Each game will have live stats and video.

Princeton earned a victory over No. 17 San Jose State at the Aztec Invitational, 9-7, behind a hat trick from Kayla Yelensky, collecting its 13th straight win. The Tigers fell in their two remaining contests at the invitational to No. 13 Indiana and No. 13 UC San Diego. Yelensky had nine goals during the weekend, earning four tallies vs. Indiana.

The junior leads the squad in goals (40), steals (26) and drawn ejections (23). She has eight hat tricks during the season including a career-high five goals vs. Azusa Pacific. Rachael Carver paces the Tigers in scoring with 58 points highlighted by a team-best 38 helpers. She has 156 career assists which is third on the all-time list.

Head coach Derek Ellingson's group has 10 players with at least 10 goals in Yelensky, Kaila Carroll (31), Carver (20), Shanna Davidson (16), Meera Burghardt (16), Olivia Krotts (15), Ava Houlahan (14), Ally Lurie (13), Charlotte Riches (12) and Kate Mallery (10).

Lindsey Lucas has been a mainstay in goal for the Tigers, securing a 10-4 mark with a .552 save percentage and 133 saves.