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Women's Water Polo

No. 2 Sagehens hold off Whittier, 8-5

WHITTIER, Calif. – Katrina Thoreson scored four goals and Anahisa Aguirre made eight saves but the Poets were held scoreless in the fourth quarter as No. 2 Pomona-Pitzer held off the Whittier College women's water polo team, 8-5, on Wednesday afternoon in the final game played at the Lillian Slade Aquatics Center.

Thoreson scored two of her four goals in the first quarter. The first came less than a minute from the opening sprint on a lob shot over the outstretched arms of the Pomona-Pitzer goalie. The Sagehens answered the Thoreson scoring strike with a three-goal run to hold a 3-1 lead at the 2:26 mark of the first stanza.

Whittier (13-15, 2-4 SCIAC) drew consecutive ejections at 2:13 and 1:25, respectively, and capitalized on the second with a man-up goal to cut the Sagehen lead to 3-2 at the end of one.

Pomona-Pitzer scored at 6:55 of the second frame to extend its lead to 4-2 but Samantha McCord scored from outside of 10 meters and Thoreson notched her second goal to even the score at 4-4 at the intermission.

The second half started the same way the first did, with a Thoreson goal. Her score at 6:20 gave the Poets their first lead since they went up 1-0 to start the game. Pomona-Pitzer needed only 28 seconds to even the count at 5-5 as it scored on its ensuing possession.

Whittier drew an ejection midway through the third but couldn't capitalize while the Sagehens took advantage of their man-up situation with the go-ahead goal at 3:47, just 11 seconds into its advantage.

Pomona-Pitzer scored at 4:33 and 3:36 of the final quarter to take a three-goal, 8-5, lead. WC drew an ejection at 2:44 but failed to score and their last ditch effort in another man advantage came up short at the 1:24 mark.

The Poets will play its final regular season game of the year on Saturday, April 24, as they travel to Thousand Oaks to face Cal Lutheran.

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Players Mentioned

Anahisa Aguirre

#1 Anahisa Aguirre

Goalie
Sophomore
Katrina Thoreson

#7 Katrina Thoreson

Utility
Sophomore
Samantha McCord

#16 Samantha McCord

Attacker
Junior

Players Mentioned

Anahisa Aguirre

#1 Anahisa Aguirre

Sophomore
Goalie
Katrina Thoreson

#7 Katrina Thoreson

Sophomore
Utility
Samantha McCord

#16 Samantha McCord

Junior
Attacker