CLAREMONT —The Occidental College women's water polo team picked up two more wins at the Claremont Convergence tournament on Saturday, extending the longest winning streak in program history to 13 games.
The Tigers (14-2), currently ranked No. 1 in the Collegiate Water Polo Division III women's water polo poll, beat Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 11-7 and Macalester 19-6, making it 4-0 at the tournament this weekend and three consecutive weekends that Oxy's been perfect at a non-conference tournament.
Oxy went 4-0 at both the Chapman Classic on Feb. 25-26 and the Cal Lutheran Posada Royale Invitational on March 3-4.
GAME 1: Occidental 11, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 7
The Tigers started the day with a come from behind 11-7 victory over SCIAC rival CMS.
Trailing 2-0 midway through the first quarter, sophomore Morgan McClafferty (Huntington Beach) got Oxy on the board with the first of her two goals in the game.
The two teams traded goals over the next two minutes, and CMS added one more score in the final 30 seconds of the first quarter, taking a 4-2 lead at the end of the period.
Oxy cut the lead to one on a 6-on-5 goal from senior Corrine Casey (Lodi), but CMS responded with a goal on their very next possession to go up 5-3 at the half.
The Tigers defense took over in the second half as the team held CMS to just two goals in through the remainder of the game, while picking up eight of their own at the other end of the pool.
Oxy scored the first two goals of the third quarter, before the Athenas re-took the lead with 5 minutes to play in the third quarter. It would be the final lead of the game for CMS, as Oxy would go on a 6-0 run to pull away for the win.
Seven different Tigers scored in the game with Nanea Fujiyama (Honolulu) leading the way with three goals. Junior goalie Rachel Adeleye (Elizabeth, NJ) anchored the defense with 10 saves.
BOX SCORE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
OCCIDENTAL 2 1 3 5 11
CMS 4 1 1 1 7
GOALS SCORED:
OCCIDENTAL-Fujiyama-3, McClafferty-2, Garcia-2, Casey-1, DesCombes-1, Albino-1, Bailey-Findley-1
CMS-Toohey-3, C.Filipelli-2, Conner-2
SAVES:
OCCIDENTAL-Adeleye-10
CMS-Basso-7
GAME 2: Occidental 19, Macalester 6
After falling behind 2-0 to start, Oxy scored nine unanswered goals and cruised to a 19-6 victory over Macalester College.
The Tigers took a 10-3 lead into halftime, then continued to pour on the offense in the second half with 10 different Oxy players scoring.
Danielle Garcia (Houston) and Tessa Bailey-Findley (Anaheim Hills) each finished with a team-high three goals. For Bailey-Findley it was her eighth hat-trick in 16 games this season.
Lauren Ransom (Albuquerque, N.M.), Katie Gibbs (Orinda), Katya Soot (West Albany, Ore.), Lindsay Albino (Greenwhich, Conn.) and Fujiyama each finished with two scores; while Kelsey Shyba (Los Gatos), Izzy Mayer (Berkeley) and Merry Sanders (Arcadia) finished with one goal apiece.
Goalies Sofie Munoz (La Crescenta) and Geneva Perez (Fresno) combined for 13 saves in the win.
The Tigers are back in action on Tuesday at the Cal State Northridge Mini-Tournament. Occidental will take on Division I Bucknell at 4 p.m., followed by a 7 p.m. match against No. 13 ranked Division I Cal State Northridge at 7 p.m.
BOX SCORE 1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
OCCIDENTAL 4 6 6 3 19
Macalester 2 1 1 2 6
GOALS SCORED:
OCCIDENTAL-Bailey-Findley-3, Garcia-3, Ransom-2, Albino-2, Gibbs-2, Fujiyama-2, Soot-2, Sanders-1, Shyba-1, Mayer-1
