Feb. 9, 2006
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THIS WEEK
Saturday, Feb. 11 - vs. Hartwick (at UCSD Invitational), 1:30 p.m.
Saturday, Feb. 11 - vs. UC Santa Barbara (at UCSD Invitational), 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Feb. 12 - at UC San Diego Triton Invitational, All Day
LAST WEEK
Wednesday, Feb. 1 - Lost vs. Cal, 7-9
Saturday, Feb. 4 - Lost vs. San Jose State, 3-5
Sunday, Feb. 5 - Won vs. UC Santa Cruz, 13-3
Sunday, Feb. 5 - Won vs. Cal State Monterey Bay, 15-2
NOTES
The UC Davis women's water polo team split four games last week as they defeated WWPA conference opponents UC Santa Cruz and Cal State Monterey Bay and fell to Cal and San Jose State... The Aggies, who are currently ranked No. 15 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association Top 20 poll, came within two points of both Cal and San Jose State... Katherine O'Rourke led the Aggies against Cal posting a hat trick against the No. 6 Bears... O'Rourke currently leads the Aggies in goals with 11 on the season so far, she has also posted three multi-goal games... Against No. 11 San Jose on Saturday, the Aggies faced a tough deffensive battle against the Spartans... Christ Raycraft, Casie Mota and O'Rourke each scored a goal apiece... Against the Banana Slugs on Sunday, Mary Lowe led the Aggies to a 13-3 win posting four goals and tallying three steals... In the final game of the week, the Ags took a 15-2 win over the Otters, Ashley Greenwood posted a hat trick in the win... Greenwood is currently second on the team for goals with nine total and she also leads in drawn ejections with eight... Goalie Lina Moore, who has gotten the nod to start in the cage for the Aggies three times this season, leads the UC Davis goalies with 14 saves.
UPCOMING OPPONENTS
UC Davis will head to La Jolla, Calif. this weekend to participate in the UC San Diego Triton Invitational which is being held at UCSD's Canyonview Pool on Saturday and Sunday. The Aggies are slated to face Hartwick and UC Santa Barbara on Saturday with their Sunday play to be determined based on the outcome of Saturday's games.
No. 14 Hartwick currently holds a season record of 2-2 and was last in action against No. 2 USC where they took a 20-4 loss against the Trojans. Last season the Aggies defeated Hartwick in a narrow 10-9 win at the Davis Shootout.
No. 10 UC Santa Barbara opened the season last weekend with wins over Cal Baptist and Cal State San Bernadino on Saturday before falling to defending national champions No. 1 UCLA, 10-7 to start the season with a 2-1 overall record. The Aggies split a pair of games with the Gauchos last season. UC Davis fell to UC Santa Barbara 8-6 at the 2005 Triton Invitational but the Aggies took an 8-7 sudden-death overtime victory from the Gauchos later in the season.
HEAD COACH Jamey Wright
"This weekend will be another good opportunity to see our progress, what we need to keep working on and what we are doing well. All of the games are going to be difficult, competitive, quality games. All of our easy games this season are behind us. No easy teams are going to be at this tournament so we will have our hands full. How we finish is not as important as how we play."
