Indiana University
Arizona State
Shorthanded Hoosiers Finish Eighth At Stanford Invitational
2/4/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
Feb. 4, 2007
PALO ALTO, Calif. - The No. 20 Indiana women's water polo finished in eighth place at the Stanford Invitational, held at the Avery Pool on the campus of Stanford University. The Hoosiers, playing without the leading scorer heading into the weekend, Melissa Soria, fell to No. 2 UCLA to open the day, 10-3, and dropped the final match of the tournament, 18-7, to No. 7 Arizona State. IU is now 3-5 on the year.
"I really thought that the kids competed well," IU head coach Barry King said. "They competed at a level higher than what the results said, and it will be a solid learning experience that will pay dividends in the future."
In the opening match, UCLA exploded for seven goals in the first period of play to take an early 7-0 lead. Another Bruin goal in the second frame took the score to 8-0 at halftime.
Indiana outscored UCLA, 2-1, in the third frame for their first scores of the day and then also tallied one goal in the final period to end up with three in the loss.
Brooke Zimmerman provided two of IU's goals in the game and Maggie Hannon scored the other for the Hoosiers.
In the final match of the tournament for the Hoosiers, Zimmerman again led Indiana with four scores and Kristin Zernicke added two. Nicole Sands tallied one goal for IU in the loss as well.
The Hoosiers will have next weekend off before returning to the pool on Saturday, Feb. 17, when they travel to College Park, Md., for the Terrapin Invitational. The tournament will run through Sunday, Feb. 18.
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