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No. 2 Bruins Fall To No. 1 Cardinal, 7-4
April 07, 2001 | Women's Water Polo
April 7, 2001
STANFORD, CA - The No. 2 UCLA women's water polo team lost for the third time this season to the top-ranked Stanford Cardinal, 7-4, Friday night in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation game at the Avery Aquatic Center. The Cardinal improves to a program-best 20-0 overall and 9-0 in the MPSF while the Bruins drop to 12-3 (7-1 in conference play).
The difference in the game was the 6-on-5 opportunities in the first half. Stanford scored three of its four first-half goals in power play situations, whereas UCLA went 0-for-4. The Bruins took a 1-0 lead on Kelly Heuchan's goal at the 3:41 mark in the first. The Cardinal would tie the game on Margie Dingeldein's 6-on-5 goal with just over two minutes remaining.
The second quarter proved big for Stanford as it outscored the Bruins 3-0 to take a 4-1 lead into halftime. Anne-Marie Keenan gave the Cardinal its first lead of the night with 4:14 left in the half with her score from 7-meters. Brenda Villa extended the lead on a power play goal to put Stanford up 3-1. Then with :20 left in the half, Heuchan was ejected, setting up Dingeldein's second 6-on-5 goal of the night.
After an early third-quarter score from Ellen Estes, Stanford extended their lead to 5-1. Kris Koblik also found the back of the net for the Cardinal in the third, giving them their biggest lead of the game at 6-1. UCLA's Coralie Simmons closed the gap to 6-3 after scoring two power play goals. The first came midway through the quarter and the second was recorded at the :54 mark. The Bruins were 2-for-3 on 6-on-5 situations in the quarter.
The Bruins kept the game close with Heuchan's second goal of the game at the 5:19 mark in the fourth. But that was the last goal the Bruins would score. Stanford scored its last goal with :13 left on the game clock. Simmons was called for her third foul of the night and then a 4-meter penalty immediately following her ejection. Villa converted the 4-meter goal for Stanford.
Six of the game's 19 ejections came in the final quarter. The Cardinal ended up going 5-for-11 (.454) in power play opportunities while the Bruins were 3-for-9 (.333).
Scoring 1 2 3 4 Final UCLA 1 0 2 1 4 Stanford 1 3 2 1 7
UCLA Goals: Kelly Heuchan 2, Coralie Simmons 2.
Stanford Goals: Brenda Villa 2, Margie Dingeldein 2, Kris Koblik, Ellen Estes, Anne-Marie Keenan.
Saves -- UCLA: Jaime Hipp 5. Stanford: Jackie Frank 10.
