March 7, 2008
IRVINE, Calif. - The No. 9 UC Irvine women's water polo team (9-7, 2-4) lost 6-5 to No. 6 San Diego State Friday night in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play at Anteater Aquatics Complex.
Jenna Schuster scored on a power play 50 seconds into the match to put San Diego State up 1-0. Junior Sarah Frost scored on a breakaway with 4:24 left in the first period to tie the match at 1-1. Anna Gonzales put the Aztecs back up 2-1 as she scored on a power play goal with 1:37 left. Senior Nicole Flacco tied the match at 2-2 on a sweep shot with 16 seconds remaining in the opening period. Gonzales scored 35 seconds into the second period for a 3-2 Aztec lead that remained until the third period. Sarah Frost tied the match at 3-3 following a breakaway on a pass from senior keeper Lauren Machanis with 3:47 left in the third. San Diego State received power play goals from Schuster and Gonzales to close the third period with a 5-3 lead. Schuster scored her third goal of the match with 4:12 left in regulation to give the Aztecs a 6-3 lead. Sophomore Kat Plummer scored on a backhanded shot with 2:58 left to cut the lead to 6-4. Plummer cut the lead further to 6-5 as she swam around a defender and threw it in off the right post with 59 seconds remaining. Gonzales picked up her third exclusion of the match with 14 seconds remaining giving UCI a chance to send the match to overtime, but the `Eaters were unable to get a shot off ending the match with a 6-5 San Diego State win.
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Keeper Lauren Machanis had seven saves for UCI. Keeper Heather Fenske had 11 saves for the Aztecs.
The Anteaters return to action Saturday as they host No. 8 Arizona State at 12:00 p.m. in MPSF play at Anteater Aquatics Complex.
