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Women's Water Polo

Houck Scores Hat-trick in Win

CLAREMONTKyla Houck scored three goals and had three assists, leading the Occidental women's water polo team to an 11-4 win over Penn St. Behrend at Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday.

The Tigers got off to a slow start, but went on a 4-0 run in the fourth quarter to cruise to victory.

Season Impact: Oxy improves to 2-5 on the season. 

Zulema Iboa-Garcia and Carly Zurcher ead scored a pair of goals for Oxy. Amanda Akiyama, Claudia Oppermann and Sabrina Palmer each had one.

"We got off to a little bit of a slow start which is going to happen in the fourth game of the weekend, but the team did a great job grinding through the last three quarters to finish the weekend strong," Oxy head coach Chris Lee said.

Anna De Groot had a good game in the net, saving eight shots with one assist and three steals.

Next Game: The Tigers play their first home game of the season on Thursday against Pomona-Pitzer at 4 p.m.

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Players Mentioned

Amanda Akiyama

#7 Amanda Akiyama

ATT
5' 4"
Junior
Anna De Groot

#1 Anna De Groot

GK
5' 11"
Junior
Kyla Houck

#11 Kyla Houck

ATT
5' 6"
Junior
Zulema Iboa-Garcia

#14 Zulema Iboa-Garcia

ATT
5' 5"
Junior
Claudia Oppermann

#2 Claudia Oppermann

UTL
5' 4"
First Year
Sabrina Palmer

#13 Sabrina Palmer

UT
6' 4"
First Year
Carly Zurcher

#6 Carly Zurcher

UT
5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Amanda Akiyama

#7 Amanda Akiyama

5' 4"
Junior
ATT
Anna De Groot

#1 Anna De Groot

5' 11"
Junior
GK
Kyla Houck

#11 Kyla Houck

5' 6"
Junior
ATT
Zulema Iboa-Garcia

#14 Zulema Iboa-Garcia

5' 5"
Junior
ATT
Claudia Oppermann

#2 Claudia Oppermann

5' 4"
First Year
UTL
Sabrina Palmer

#13 Sabrina Palmer

6' 4"
First Year
UT
Carly Zurcher

#6 Carly Zurcher

5' 7"
Junior
UT