SCU-CHAP
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WWPA
Championships Central
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. - The fifth-seeded Santa
Clara women's water polo team defeated tenth seed Chapman, 20-2,
and eighth seed Cal State San Bernardino, 10-5, in Western Water
Polo Championship consolation action today to earn its way into
tomorrow's fifth-place game against Cal State East Bay tomorrow at
noon.
The Broncos easily dispatched the Panthers in the 9:00 a.m.
game, giving up just one goal each in the first and second
quarters.
Three Santa Clara players, sophomore Marina
Allen, freshman Natalie
Kassel, and junior Caitlin
Espe, scored three goals each. Two others, senior Rochelle
Stowe and freshman Marina
Howard, scored two each. In total, the Broncos had 12 different
goal-scorers against the Panthers.
Junior goalie Wren
White played the first half, making two saves. Freshman Stephanie
Clements played the third quarter and went unchallenged while
her classmate Kathleen
Servatius took over in the fourth quarter, also making two
saves.
In the second game, Santa Clara and CSUSB each scored one goal
in the first quarter. The Broncos struck first with a goal by
Stowe, her first of three goals in the game.
Santa Clara took a definitive lead by the end of the half,
ending 16 minutes of play with a 5-2 advantage. Stowe added her
second goal while Espe scored twice and senior Meg
Zimmerman found the back of the cage.
Stowe and Espe gave the Broncos a 7-3 lead with eight minutes to
play and goals from Zimmerman, senior Jenny
Knutson, and freshman Alison
Norris put the Coyotes away in the final quarter. White played
all 32 minutes in goal, recording 11 saves.
Santa Clara will finish the 2010 season tomorrow against a very
familiar team, Cal State East Bay. The Broncos are 1-2 against the
Pioneers and will be looking to even the 2010 series against them
at noon tomorrow. East Bay, the third seed in the tournament, was
upset by sixth-seeded Colorado State in their opening game of the
WWPA Championship. The Pioneers defeated ninth-seeded Cal State
Monterey Bay and seventh-seeded Sonoma State today.
