Feb. 8, 2010

STATE, UC SAN DIEGO: The No. 11 UC Irvine women's water polo team (3-3) will host No. 10 San Diego State Friday at 6:00 p.m. and UC San Diego Saturday at 12:00 p.m. at Anteater Aquatics Complex.

ABOUT THE OPPONENTS: The No. 11 Aztecs are 7-2 on the year coming off a third place finish at the Triton Invitational including a 10-5 win over the ‘Eaters.

The Tritons are 2-6 on the year and finished 11^th in their own tournament this past weekend. UCSD plays Long Beach State before arriving at UCI.

WEEK IN REVIEW: UCI went 2-2 and finished fourth at the Triton Invitational. UCI beat California Baptist 18-3 and UC Santa Barbara 7-6 in overtime on Saturday. The team lost 11-5 to LMU and 10-5 to San Diego State Sunday. Freshman Jessica Cardey (Fresno/Clovis West HS) led the team with six goals on the week.

ANTEATER LEADERS: Junior Caitlin Haskell (Fresno/Buchanan HS) leads UCI with 11 goals on the year. Senior Erin Kiene is tied with junior Cortney Collyer (Santa Barbara HS) and Cardey for second on the team with eight goals.

TOP RETURNERS: Sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Vickers (Newport Harbor HS) was named 2009 Big West Co-Freshman of the Year. Senior Kat Plummer (Thousand Oaks HS) earned All-Big West second team honors and Cortney Collyer was named All-Big West honorable mention. Caitlin Haskell tied for fifth on the team in scoring last season with 30 goals.

UCI RANKED 11TH IN NATION: The Anteaters are ranked 11^th in the country in the National Collegiate Water Polo poll. UCI has been ranked as high as 9^th this season. The ‘Eaters ended the 2009 season ranked 9^th nationally following their Big West Tournament championship.

ANTEATERS IN THE RECORD BOOK: Kat Plummer is seventh with 100 goals. Erin Kiene is currently 14^th with 57 goals and needs six more to enter the top-10. Junior keeper Lauren Davis (Downey HS) is fourth all-time with 122 saves and Morgan Vickers is fifth with 119.

COACH KLATT: Head coach Dan Klatt is in his sixth season leading the ‘Eaters. He was named 2009 Big West Coach of the Year after guiding UCI to the Big West Tournament championship and a Big West regular season tri-championship. He is 90-66 in his first five seasons at the helm.