LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Women's water polo dropped all four of its contests at the Claremont Convergence from February 28-March 1.
 
GAME 1 VS UC Merced – L, 9-4
 
Despite never leading, Oxy kept the game close and even outscored the Bobcats in the second quarter. However, after closing the deficit to 5-4 to end the first half, UC Merced pulled away with a 4-0 run to end the game.
 
Koko Butcher led the Tigers with two goals in the game. Emma Wilderman and Tori Carlson added one apiece.
 
Alexandra Moye did all she could to keep the Tigers in the game, racking up 11 saves, but the Bobcats defense proved too much for Oxy.
 
GAME 2 VS Cal St. Monterey Bay – L, 13-7
 
A little more offense in this one, but a 3-0 run to open the game, followed by a 4-0 run to close it by the Otters was the difference.
 
In the middle quarters, the Tigers outscored CSUMB 7-6 with five different Tigers scoring goals on the evening. Butcher and Hannah Lee were the lone Tigers to tally two goals in the game – the first year Lee has four to open her young career, while Butcher has eight in their final campaign.
 
Another first year, Mia Colabianchi added a goal as did Estella Gray and Lucy Worden. Moye tacked on nine saves.
 
GAME 3 VS McKendree – L, 14-6
 
The Tigers played close with the Bearcats through the first half, playing to a tie midway through the second quarter, 3-3. However, as the offense went stagnant, the Bearcats set fire. A nine-goal outburst in the final two periods gave McKendree a big late lead.
 
Moye had a great first half, notching five of her nine saves in the second quarter. Two came on five-meter penalty opportunities.
 
Offensively, Carlson and Cate Sloat tallied two goals. Lee and Wilderman each added one.
 
GAME 4 VS Augustana – L, 9-7 OT
 
A hard-fought defensive battle through the first two quarters, Oxy scored its first goal with two minutes to go in the half. Worden began a six-minute, four goal stretch for the Tigers.
 
She converted on the power play, then just two minutes later in the waning seconds of the second quarter, Butcher notched their first goal of the game. After a Carlson goal to bring the score even at three, Butcher added another.
 
Lee closed the third quarter with a floating shot, falling in the goal just over the outstretched arm of the Augustana keeper, closing the third at an even 5-5.
 
Moye picked up a key save to open the fourth on a five-meter opportunity, but minutes later a Vikings power play gave them the lead until Gray, like Lee, lobbed a perfectly placed ball into the cage to tie the game at six.
 
On the next possession a key miss from the Vikings on a five-meter penalty, gave Oxy a chance to take the lead, which Butcher did, scoring their third goal of the game and seventh of the weekend.
 
Augustana tied it up towards the end of the fourth and carried that momentum into the overtime periods, scoring a goal in each, notching the victory.   
 
The Tigers are back in action at home on Wednesday, March 5, hosting Redlands at 7 p.m.