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Women's Water Polo

Tigers Cruise Past Caltech at SCIACs

REDLANDSLizzy Kosin, Carly Zurcher and Amanda Akiyama each scored three goals as the Occidental women's water polo team cruised past Caltech 16-7 in the SCIAC Championship Tournament Play-In Game on Friday.

The Tigers advance to play top-seeded Whittier at 5:15 p.m. on Friday night.

Oxy went up 7-0 at the end of the first quarter and never looked back.

Claudia Oppermann had a great all-around game, finishing with three assists and five steals for Oxy. Nina Wheeler added an assist and three steals, and Mirei Yasuda had a pair of steals and three drawn exclusions.

From the Coach: "We focused a lot on coming out strong and using defense to fuel offense," Oxy head coach Chris Lee said. "We got some stops early and it kick-started our offense and counter attack." 

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Season Impact: The Tigers improve to 4-11 overall and 2-7 in SCIAC play.

Caltech falls to 3-19 and 0-9.

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Players Mentioned

Amanda Akiyama

#7 Amanda Akiyama

ATT
5' 4"
Junior
Lizzy Kosin

#17 Lizzy Kosin

UT
5' 3"
Senior
Claudia Oppermann

#2 Claudia Oppermann

UTL
5' 4"
First Year
Nina Wheeler

#9 Nina Wheeler

ATT
5' 8"
Senior
Mirei Yasuda

#12 Mirei Yasuda

ATT
5' 3"
Junior
Carly Zurcher

#6 Carly Zurcher

UT
5' 7"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Amanda Akiyama

#7 Amanda Akiyama

5' 4"
Junior
ATT
Lizzy Kosin

#17 Lizzy Kosin

5' 3"
Senior
UT
Claudia Oppermann

#2 Claudia Oppermann

5' 4"
First Year
UTL
Nina Wheeler

#9 Nina Wheeler

5' 8"
Senior
ATT
Mirei Yasuda

#12 Mirei Yasuda

5' 3"
Junior
ATT
Carly Zurcher

#6 Carly Zurcher

5' 7"
Junior
UT