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Women's Water Polo

Gibbs, Tigers Cruise Past Caltech

LOS ANGELESKatie Gibbs scored three goals on her senior day, Zulema Iboa-Garcia tossed in a game-high five and the Occidental women's water polo team racked up 25 steals, cruising past Caltech 17-2 at Taylor Pool on Wednesday.

Carly Zurcher had a good afternoon setting up her teammates, finishing with three goals and four assists. Lizzy Kosin also had a hat-trick with three goals and Savannah D'Orazio, Kyla Houck and Amanda Akiyama each added one.

Mirei Yasuda and Nina Wheeler each had four steals for the Tigers. 

Souma Kannan led the Beavers with a pair of first-half goals.

Oxy gets its first SCIAC win of the season, improving to 2-23 overall and 1-6 in SCIAC play. Caltech falls to 0-17 and 0-7.

From the Coach: "It was a good overall performance by everybody. We executed our game plan, hit shots and converted our 6-on-5 opportunities," Oxy head coach Jon Bonafede said. "Everyone played solid defense and we hope to take this momentum into Redlands on Saturday."

Gibbs, Oxy's only senior, was honored by her teammates, coaches and fans with a brief pregame tribute. Prior to the game, Oxy's new scoreboard had a slide show of photos of Gibbs scrolling through during warm ups.

Next Game: The Tigers play their final regular season game at Redlands on April 19 at 10 a.m.

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Players Mentioned

Amanda Akiyama

#7 Amanda Akiyama

ATT
5' 7"
Sophomore
Savannah D

#10 Savannah D'Orazio

ATT
5' 4"
First Year
Katie Gibbs

#13 Katie Gibbs

UTL
5' 9"
Senior
Kyla Houck

#11 Kyla Houck

ATT
5' 6"
Sophomore
Zulema Iboa-Garcia

#14 Zulema Iboa-Garcia

ATT
5' 5"
Sophomore
Lizzy Kosin

#17 Lizzy Kosin

UTL
5' 5"
Junior
Nina Wheeler

#9 Nina Wheeler

ATT
5' 9"
Junior
Mirei Yasuda

#12 Mirei Yasuda

ATT
5' 3"
Sophomore
Carly Zurcher

#6 Carly Zurcher

UTL
5' 8"
Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Amanda Akiyama

#7 Amanda Akiyama

5' 7"
Sophomore
ATT
Savannah D

#10 Savannah D'Orazio

5' 4"
First Year
ATT
Katie Gibbs

#13 Katie Gibbs

5' 9"
Senior
UTL
Kyla Houck

#11 Kyla Houck

5' 6"
Sophomore
ATT
Zulema Iboa-Garcia

#14 Zulema Iboa-Garcia

5' 5"
Sophomore
ATT
Lizzy Kosin

#17 Lizzy Kosin

5' 5"
Junior
UTL
Nina Wheeler

#9 Nina Wheeler

5' 9"
Junior
ATT
Mirei Yasuda

#12 Mirei Yasuda

5' 3"
Sophomore
ATT
Carly Zurcher

#6 Carly Zurcher

5' 8"
Sophomore
UTL