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No. 2 USC Dominates No. 10 ASU On Senior Day
April 13, 2019 | Women's Water Polo, Features
Trojans ring up a 17-3 victory behind four goals from Maud Megens and a staunch defensive effort.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — The No. 2 USC women's water polo team got right down to business with a decisive MPSF victory over No. 10 Arizona State today at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. After celebrating their three graduating seniors — Brooke Presten and captains Courtney Fahey and Amanda Longan — the Trojans had six scorers strike in the first half as USC put the visiting well out of reach en route to a 17-3 win. Longan allowed just two goals during her final regular-season appearance in home waters while racking up 10 saves for the Trojan defense. USC improves to 22-1 overall and 4-1 in MPSF play with today's victory.
Senior Fahey set the early tone for the Trojans, with her hard work at 2-meters earning the exclusion and setting up junior Kelsey McIntosh for her first of three goals on the day. Paige Hauschild zipped in a goal next, and USC was up 2-0 not two minutes into the game. The Sun Devils would convert on a 5-meter penalty shot next, but that one-goal margin ballooned to a four-goal advantage for the hosts by the end of the first as Maud Megens, Denise Mammolito and McIntosh each found the back of the net to make it a 5-1 USC lead at the end of the first. The Trojan defense held its ground in the next stretch, too. ASU would come up empty while Verica Bakoc and Bayley Weber joined the scoresheet and Megens ripped in her second. Up 8-1 at halftime, the Trojans' control of this Senior Day game was clear.
In the third, ASU was only able to break through during a 6-on-4 advantage. The Trojans, meanwhile, piled on six more goals. McIntosh tallied her third on a 5-meter penalty shot, while Tilly Kearns scored a ripper out of set off a feed from fellow freshman Alejandra Aznar. Bakoc netted her second of the day, as did Mammolito and Weber, while Megens scored off a counter to help USC along to a 14-2 lead entering the fourth. Megens unleashed her fourth goal to open the final frame, and Longan would give way to Holly Parker in the cage for the final six minutes of action. Parker was a force between the pipes, surrendering just one ASU goal from 2-meters while making three big saves. Before ASU broke its 13 minutes of scoring silence, USC had poured on two more goals of its own, as Elise Stein and Sabrina Garabet busted out goals for the Trojan cause to help round out a final 17-3 USC victory.
USC will finish out the regular season with a visit to crosstown rival UCLA next week. The Trojans will square off against the Bruins in a 4 p.m. faceoff on Saturday (April 20) in Westwood.
#2 USC 17, #10 Arizona State 3
April 13, 2019 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC 5 - 3 - 6 - 3 = 17
ASU 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 = 3
SCORING:
USC — Maud Megens 4, Kelsey McIntosh 3, Denise Mammolito 2, Verica Bakoc 2, Bayley Weber 2, Paige Hauschild, Tilly Kearns, Elise Stein, Sabrina Garabet.
ASU — Bente Rogge, Maud Koopman, Amira Van Buren.
SAVES: Amanda Longan (USC) 10, Holly Parker (USC) 3, Bridget Johnston (ASU) 6.
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