Saturday, January 26
Berkeley, CA
8:30 AM
UCLA
13
vs
8
UC Davis
Maddie Musselman tied her career high of five goals in the win over the Aggies.
Photo by: Minette Rubin
No. 3 UCLA Beats No. 13 UC Davis, 13-8
January 26, 2019 | Women's Water Polo
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BERKELEY, Calif. --ย No. 3 UCLA improved to 6-0 on the year with a 13-8 win over No. 13 UC Davis (2-2) in the first game of the Cal Cup at Spiekerย Aquatics Complex at California on Saturday morning.
The Bruins led 3-2 at the end of the first period. UCLA trailed 2-0 after a goal by Devin Holcomb at the 2:50 mark of the first quarter. Freshman Val Ayala got the Bruins on the board with a penalty shot conversion (2:34) and then junior Emily Skellyย followed with a penalty score (0:37) to tie the game at 2-2. Senior Rachel Whiteleggeย gave the Bruins their first lead of the game on a counter attack with four seconds remaining in the opening period.
The Aggies tied the game at 3-3 with a counter attack goal to open the scoring in the second period (7:37). Musselmanย responded for UCLA with a strike from the front court (7:16) and then junior Brooke Maxson added a goal on a counter attack (4:27) to push the lead to 5-3. UC Davis tied the score at 5-5 with back-to-back goals (3:44 and 2:19) before the Bruins ended the half with three unanswered scores, which began with a power play goal from Musselmanย (2:01). Ayala netted her second of the game on a counter (1:28) and freshman Ava Johnson found the back of the net (0:40) from two meters to give the Bruins an 8-5 lead at the break.
The Aggies trimmed the lead to 8-6 with a goal at set (6:49) to open the scoring in the third. But the Bruins answered with three consecutive scores to push the lead to 11-6. All three goals came from Musselmanย as she scored from the front court (6:22), on a power play (5:53) and on a counter attack (3:26). Chloe Robinson converted a penalty shot for the Aggies (1:35) and Skellyย added her second of the game on a 6-on-5 opportunity for the Bruins (0:59) to end the scoring in the third with UCLA leading 12-7.
Each team only scored one goal in the fourth with the Aggies picking up another penalty score (4:37) and the Bruins netting one from two meters by senior Sarah Sheldon (3:19) to provide the 13-8 final.
After an exhibition game to end the day against No. 2 Stanford at 1:00 p.m. today, the Bruins open tomorrow with an exhibition game at No. 4 California at 8:30 a.m. and conclude Cal Cup play against No. 17 Fresno State at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.
No. 13 UC Davis vs.ย No. 3ย UCLA (Cal Cupย Game 1)
| SCOREBOARD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | FINAL |
| No. 13 UC Davis | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| No.ย 3 UCLA | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
6x5 -ย UCLA - 3/10- UCD - 2/8
Penalties -ย UCLA - 1/2- UCD - 2/4
UCD Goals:ย Annie Kutt 2, Kathleen Schafle 2, Noelle Wijnbelt 2, Chloe Robinsonย 1
UCD Saves:ย n/a
UCLA Goals:ย Maddie Musselmanย 5, Val Ayala 2, Emily Skelly 2, Rachel Whitelegge 1, Sarah Sheldon 1,ย Ava Johnson 1, Brooke Maxson 1
UCLA Saves:ย Carlee Kapanaย 10, Jahmea Bent 4
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