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#1 Bruin Women's Water Polo Opens Season with Victory over Irvine

Women's Water Polo

In the opening game of the season, UCLA defeated UC Irvine 16-4. The leading scorer for the Bruins was junior Robin Beuregard, who ended the day with four goals on four attempts. Sophomore Natalie Gol

Feb. 7, 2002

In the opening game of the season, UCLA defeated UC Irvine 16-4. The leading scorer for the Bruins was junior Robin Beuregard, who ended the day with four goals on four attempts. Sophomore Natalie Golda tallied a hat trick in the game. And, Junior Devon McIntyre scored a pair of goals. Junior goalie Christel Smith led the Bruins in saves with a total of three. Jaime Hipp also had a save for the Bruins. For Irvine, Erica Horman was the leading scorer with three goals and Melissa Fernandez also scored a goal. Goalie Sun Chamblee ended the day with nine saves.

Also scoring a goal for the Bruins were Kelly Heuchan, Mari Joyce, Kristyn Pulver, Eleanor Murphy, Jody Schmidt and true freshmen Amber Stachowski and Nicollette Grams.

This weekend, February 9-10, the Bruins will compete at the Stanford Invitational. On Saturday, UCLA will face Massachusetts at 9:00 AM and Cal at 3:30 PM. Sunday, the Bruins will face San Jose State at 9:00 AM and the championship game will be held at 5:00 PM.

UCLA vs. Irvine - 2/7/02

 1 2 3 4 Final

UCLA 6 6 4 4 16 Irvine 1 0 1 2 4

Goals: UCLA - Beuregard 4, Golda 3, McIntyre 2, Heuchan 1, Joyce 1, Pulver 1, Murphy 1, Schmidt 1, Am. Stachowski 1, Grams 1, Irvine - Horman 3, Fernandez 1

Assists: UCLA - Pulver 2, Murphy 2, Flanagan 2, Munro 2, Am. Stachowski 2, Ash. Stachowski 2, Golda 1, Lamb 1, Joyce 1, Beuregard 1

Saves: UCLA - Smith 3, Hipp 1, Irvine - Chamblee 9