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Women's Water Polo Defeats UC Santa Barbara, 14-6
April 06, 2002 | Women's Water Polo
April 6, 2002
LOS ANGELES - Senior Sofia Konoukh scored five goals Saturday and the No. 1 USC Trojans defeated the No. 12 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos, 14-6, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at McDonald's Swim Stadium.
USC improves to 18-3 overall and 9-1 in MPSF play while UCSB falls to 14-14 overall, 3-6 in MPSF play.
Nina Wengst, Aniko Pelle and Konoukh scored in the first period as USC took a 3-0 lead. The Women of Troy outscored the Gauchos, 5-2, in the second period to take an 8-2 lead at halftime.
USC will host Hawai'i to complete MPSF play on Friday (March 12) at 5 p.m. at McDonald's Swim Stadium.
UCSB 0-2-2-2-6 USC 3-5-4-2-14
UCSB Goals: Mica Bell 2, Megan Ricks, Teresa Gorbett, Kelley Tiffany, Shawna Shipley USC Goals: Sofia Konoukh 5, Aniko Pelle 3, Katrin Dierolf 3, Suzannah Johnson 2, Nina Wengst 1
