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No. 3 USC Defends Home Waters With 9-6 Win Over No. 6 UC Irvine
February 15, 2020 | Women's Water Polo, Features
Seniors Denise Mammolito and Kelsey McIntosh tally hat tricks in USC’s home opener.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF. — The No. 3 USC women's water polo team stood tall in its home opener as a trio of seniors shouldered the bulk of the scoring load as the Trojans hauled in a 9-6 win over visiting No. 6 UC Irvine today at Uytengsu Aquatics Center. USC gripped a four-goal lead entering the fourth before the Anteaters made a rally to cut it to a one-goal game, prompting seniors Denise Mammolito, Kelsey McIntosh and Elise Stein to blaze in big goals to get the Trojans back into control for the win. USC is now 7-1 overall on the year.
Mammolito and McIntosh would wrap their day's work with three goals apiece to go along with the two opening goals from Grace Tehaney, while redshirt junior Holly Parker hauled in nine saves for the Trojan cause in the home-opening win.
USC would tally the first four goals of the game thanks to the fuse lit by Tehaney's back-to-back goal out of the gates. McIntosh would hit Mammolito for a searing 6-on-5 skipper to make it 3-0 Trojans by the end of the first. The Trojans would shut down three straight UC Irvine power play chances before Mireia Guiral's hard work at set earned the Trojans a 5-meter penalty shot. McIntosh made short work of that opportunity, and USC was up 4-0 on the Anteaters. UC Irvine would convert on a counterattack two minutes later to get on the board, and the 4-1 score held to halftime.
McIntosh would unleash a cross cage rocket to net a 5-1 lead for USC in the third, but UC Irvine answered with a 6-on-5 finish with 42 seconds left in the frame. Guiral got it done once again with another 5-meter penalty earned, and Mammolito ripped in the score to lift USC ahead 6-2 entering the fourth. That's where things heated up. The Anteaters scored twice in the first stretch of the fourth to make t 6-4, but Mammolito pounced on a 6-on-5 chance next for a 7-4 USC advantage. Again, UC Irvine was able to piece together back-to-back strikes, scoring out of set and then on a 6-on-5, and all of a sudden it was a one-goal margin with 4:27 to go. The Trojans were up to the test, though. Sophomore Tehaney would set up her seniors for two big blasts — the first a ripper from McIntosh at 4:10, and the second a rocket from Stein with 2:21 left. That would seal it, and the Trojans held their ground to preserve a 9-6 victory over UC Irvine in home waters.
Next up for USC is a trip to Irvine for action at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, running Feb. 23-25.
#3 USC 9, #6 UC Irvine 6
Feb. 15, 2020 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 = 9
UCI 0 - 1 - 1 - 4 = 6
SCORING:
USC — Denise Mammolito 3, Kelsey McIntosh 3, Grace Tehaney 2, Elise Stein.
UCI — Calysa Toledo 2, Piper Smith 2, Christina Reyes, Tara Prentice.
SAVES: Holly Parker (USC) 9, Morgan Jones (UCI) 7.
Mammolito and McIntosh would wrap their day's work with three goals apiece to go along with the two opening goals from Grace Tehaney, while redshirt junior Holly Parker hauled in nine saves for the Trojan cause in the home-opening win.
USC would tally the first four goals of the game thanks to the fuse lit by Tehaney's back-to-back goal out of the gates. McIntosh would hit Mammolito for a searing 6-on-5 skipper to make it 3-0 Trojans by the end of the first. The Trojans would shut down three straight UC Irvine power play chances before Mireia Guiral's hard work at set earned the Trojans a 5-meter penalty shot. McIntosh made short work of that opportunity, and USC was up 4-0 on the Anteaters. UC Irvine would convert on a counterattack two minutes later to get on the board, and the 4-1 score held to halftime.
McIntosh would unleash a cross cage rocket to net a 5-1 lead for USC in the third, but UC Irvine answered with a 6-on-5 finish with 42 seconds left in the frame. Guiral got it done once again with another 5-meter penalty earned, and Mammolito ripped in the score to lift USC ahead 6-2 entering the fourth. That's where things heated up. The Anteaters scored twice in the first stretch of the fourth to make t 6-4, but Mammolito pounced on a 6-on-5 chance next for a 7-4 USC advantage. Again, UC Irvine was able to piece together back-to-back strikes, scoring out of set and then on a 6-on-5, and all of a sudden it was a one-goal margin with 4:27 to go. The Trojans were up to the test, though. Sophomore Tehaney would set up her seniors for two big blasts — the first a ripper from McIntosh at 4:10, and the second a rocket from Stein with 2:21 left. That would seal it, and the Trojans held their ground to preserve a 9-6 victory over UC Irvine in home waters.
Next up for USC is a trip to Irvine for action at the Barbara Kalbus Invitational, running Feb. 23-25.
#3 USC 9, #6 UC Irvine 6
Feb. 15, 2020 | Uytengsu Aquatics Center (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC 3 - 1 - 2 - 3 = 9
UCI 0 - 1 - 1 - 4 = 6
SCORING:
USC — Denise Mammolito 3, Kelsey McIntosh 3, Grace Tehaney 2, Elise Stein.
UCI — Calysa Toledo 2, Piper Smith 2, Christina Reyes, Tara Prentice.
SAVES: Holly Parker (USC) 9, Morgan Jones (UCI) 7.
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