Courtesy: Cal Athletics
BERKELEY – All-American Kitty Lynn Joustra scored four goals and the No. 4 Cal women’s water polo team held off a late charge by No. 13 Indiana to register a 12-10 victory Saturday at Spieker Aquatics Complex.
Fellow All-Americans Brigit Mulder and Claire Sonne each added two goals and one assist apiece for Cal (10-6, 5-6), which jumped out to a 6-1 lead midway through the second quarter but could never completely shake the Hoosiers, who are coached by former Cal attacker Taylor Dodson.
Joustra and junior Elli Protopapas scored early goals for the Bears before the Hoosiers got on the scoreboard. Cal then scored four straight goals to open up the lead. The Bears held a 7-3 advantage at halftime.
Indiana cut the deficit to two goals twice in the second half before the Bears notched three in a row in succession themselves to make it 12-7 with 4:45 to play. The Hoosiers answered with a three-goal string of their own to get within a pair of scores for the final time with 1:43 to play.
Goalie Cassidy Ball made seven saves for the Bears.
Cal closes out the regular season Sunday against the Hoosiers. It will be the final home game for the Bears’ four seniors – Ball, Sonne, Mulder and injured center Georgia Gilmore. They will be honored in a special pregame ceremony.
Courtesy: Indiana Athletics
BERKELEY, Calif. – The No. 13-ranked Indiana University water polo team couldn’t overcome a strong offensive start by No. 4 California, dropping a 12-10 match on Saturday afternoon at the Spieker Aquatics Complex.
With the loss, the Hoosiers fall to 9-14 and to 1-10 in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) play. The Golden Bears move to 10-6 on the year and 4-6 in MPSF action.
KEY MOMENTS
• Junior Tina Doherty opened the scoring for IU on a powerplay goal with 3:13 left in the first period.
• After a 4-0 run from California, sophomore Zoe Crouch put the ball in the back of the net to get IU back on the board in the second period.
• Just moments later, Crouch added her second of the afternoon on a penalty shot to bring IU within 6-3.
• Doherty’s last-minute chance before the half beat the goalie but couldn’t find the back of the net after hitting off the post.
• IU grabbed the opening goal of the second half thanks to sophomore Katherine Hawkins who scored to bring the Hoosiers within three.
• After IU’s 30-second timeout, sophomore Lanna Debow grabbed an even-strength goal to cut the California lead to just two goals.
• Right before the end of the third quarter, junior Izzy Mandema grabbed one back to halt the late California offensive surge.
• IU won a penalty early in the fourth period and Doherty converted calmly from the spot.
• Doherty completed her hat-trick with 4:18 left in the fourth period and then scored a fourth just minutes later.
NOTABLES
• Doherty’s four-goal game marked her fourth game of the season with four or more goals.
• This was IU’s 13th double-digit goal effort on the season and the fourth in conference play.
• Crouch and Debow each bagged a pair of goals for the Hoosiers in the close loss.
• Junior Mary Askew matched her career-high with 13 saves on Saturday afternoon and moved into eighth place on the career saves list with 321.
• Mandema (57) is seven goals shy of tying Candyce Schroeder in 10th place on the single-season goals list.
• Crouch (41) is four assists shy of tying Deb Simone and Lauren Wyckoff in 10th place on the single-season assists list.
• Doherty (139) is eight goals shy of tying Colleen McNaught for 10th place on the career goals list.
UP NEXT
• IU and California will resume their two-game series tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. EST in the regular season finale.
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