BERKELEY, Calif. -- Junior goalkeeper Sophia Noble finished with 26 saves and a .605 save percentage on the day, while the Aggies' offense capped off a high-scoring start to the Cal Cup with a combined 28 goals, as No. 13 UC Davis posted wins over No. 12 San Jose State and No. 13 Long Beach State on Saturday at the Spieker Aquatics Center in Berkeley, Calif.

The Aggies opened with a huge rally to stun the Spartans, 14-13, in overtime before taking down Big West Conference rival Long Beach State, 14-5, later in the day. UC Davis improved to 4-0 overall with the wins -- its best start since the 2007 squad opened with eight consecutive victories.

Junior Noelle Wijnbelt led the Aggies with six goals on the day -- five of those coming in the extra-time victory over SJSU -- while Allyson Clague and Julia Hartmann added four goals apiece to go with a pair of assists for six points. Kelly Hungerford scored three times and added three assists for six points of her own, while Emily Aikema led the team with four assists to go with a pair of scores.

UC Davis closes out the two-day Cal Cup with a pair of matches on Sunday, taking on No. 8 Fresno State at 8:30 a.m., before meeting No. 15 Pacific at 3:15 p.m. in its tournament finale.

#13 UC DAVIS 14, #12 SAN JOSE STATE 13 (OT)
Noelle Wijnbelt finished with five goals, Allyson Clague netted the eventual game-winner with 62 seconds remaining in the first overtime, and Emily Aikema and Julia Hartmann came up huge with blocks in the final overtime to preserve a 14-13 victory over San Jose State to start the day.

Goalkeeper Sophia Noble finished with 13 stops in net to help the Aggies improve to 3-0 on the year as Clague, Hartmann, and Kelly Hungerford, each chipped in two goals apiece in the win. Aikema and Hungerford added assists to finish with four points apiece.

The win didn't come easy as UC Davis had to climb out of a four-goal halftime hole to force overtime, winning the third quarter, 3-1, after Wijnbelt scored twice to complete the hat trick and Hailey Williams found the back of the cage to make it a two-goal deficit heading to the fourth.

After a Hartmann win on the sprint, Hungerford and Aikema scored back-to-back goals around a San Jose State (4-2 overall) offensive foul to tie the match at nine apiece. The two teams them traded goals as Clague's first of the day knotted the match at 10-all before the Spartans threatened to run away and hide with back-to-back goals of their own to regain a two-goal advantage.

The Aggies didn't go away quietly as Grace Pelkey converted off of one of Aikema's three assists on the day and Wijnbelt cashed in a 5-meter with 55 seconds remaining to tie things up at 12 apiece.

Alyssa Lengtat then swiped one of her three steals on SJSU's next possession, but scoring chances by Sam Yoo and Aikema to win in it regulation were denied, sending the two teams to overtime.

Wijnbelt got the scoring started off the sprint in the first overtime and the Spartans answered three possessions later to make it 13-13. Just 22 seconds later, Clague gave UC Davis the lead for good, converting a pass from Hartmann for a 14-13 advantage the Aggies would not relinquish, and Noble stopped San Jose State on the powerplay after an exclusion with 48 seconds to go in the first overtime.

Hungerford took the ball away from San Jose State after the Spartans won the sprint to start the second overtime and the Aggies drew an exclusion with 2:29 play looking to extend the lead, but a turnover out of a timeout ended that hope. 

The UC Davis defense then came up huge as Hartmann knocked down a scoring attempt after an exclusion against the Aggies with just over a minute to play and Aikema followed suit after SJSU got the ball back out of a timeout with 26 seconds remaining, knocking down Riley Agerbeek's bid for a fourth goal on the day to end the match.

UC Davis outshot San Jose State, 39-35, and shot .359 on the morning to the Spartans' .371 for the match.

#13 UC DAVIS 15, #13 LONG BEACH STATE 4
Goalkeeper Sophia Noble duplicated her game one finish with 13 saves in three quarters of work and 10 different Aggies found the back of the cage as UC Davis completed its two-match sweep on day one of the Cal Cup with a dominating 15-4 win over Big West rival Long Beach State in Berkeley.

The Aggies improved to 4-0 on the year, getting a pair of goals from Hailey Williams, Alyssa Lengtat, Julia Hartmann, and Allyson Clague, while Hartmann and Clague finished with three points apiece thanks to an assist.

Nellie McAdams entered in relief of Noble in the fourth and finished with four stops in her second appearance of the season.

After the Beach put home the first goal of the game, the Aggies quickly took control of the contest, using a pair of 4-0 runs to score eight of the next nine goals. UC Davis led 4-2 at the end of one and stretched its lead out to 9-4 at the halftime break as eight different players finished with a goal in the first 16 minutes.

UC Davis then scored the only four goals of the third quarter as Hartmann, Lengtat, Williams, and Grace Gulsvig, each scored goals, while Noelle Wijnbelt answered a Long Beach State score with her only goal of the match at the 4:29 mark to cap the scoring.

The Beach finished with a slim, 30-29, advantage in shots, but shot just .250 for the match to the Aggies' .483 shooting performance.
 

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