The Caltech women's water polo team started league with a pair of games on Saturday. The Beavers travels to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps for a late morning match-up before hosting Pomona-Pitzer in the afternoon.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 12, Caltech 3 (Boxscore)
The Athenas jumped out to a 6-1 lead after the first eight minutes and never looked back in grabbing the win. The home squad scored the game's first two goals but a Erin Hoops tally with 4:11 left in the period cut the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps lead in half. However, the Athenas scored the final four goals of the frame.
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps continued their momentum by posting a 4-0 scoring edge in the second period. The Beavers were able to flip the script a little bit in the third stanza but holding the Athenas scoreless but a Hanna Dodd goal was the only goal in the frame. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, the nation's seventh ranked team, went into the final eight minutes holding a commanding 10-2 lead.
Back-to-back goals by the Athenas to start the final period rounded out the scoring for the home squad. Caltech final goal of the game came when Caitlin Regan found the back of the net with 3:44 left in the contest.
In addition the Beaver goal scorers, Carly Bond contributed two assists while first-year goalie record nine blocks in her first SCIAC contest.
Pomona-Pitzer 15, Caltech 6 (Boxscore)
The Sagehens jumped out to an early lead and never looked back in posting the victory. Pomona-Pitzer, who came into the game as the second ranked team in the country, held the Beavers scoreless in the first period while tallying three goals.
After the Sagehens increased their lead to 4-0, Caltech got on the board when Janis Intoy won a scramble in front of the net off a rebounded shot (Goal Video). The Pomona-Pitzer continued to press as they proceeded to score two unanswered goals to go up 6-1. Hanna Dodd scored Caltech's second goal with a no-look over the shoulder goal with 3:30 left in the period.
Even after the impressive score by Dodd, the Sagehens immediately responded to go up 7-2 just 12 seconds later. Caltech's final goal of the first half came when Intoy fired a shot from five meters (Goal Video) with the Beavers on the extra-person attack.
The Sagehens continued to increase their lead by winning the third period scoring 3-1 as they went into the final eight minutes of the game up 10-4.
After Pomona-Pitzer scored the fourth period's first goal, Erin Hoops and Megan Larisch scored back-to-back goals to bring Caltech within 11-6. However, the visitors scored the contest's last four goals to take the win.
Intoy and Hoops eached found the back of the net twice while Dodd and Larisch rounded out the goal scorers from the home team. Hoops also contributed a pair of assists while Dodd had a team best three steals.
Mahalia Prater-Fahey and Brenda Iglesias each tallied a hat trick to pace the Sagehens.
