Hoosiers Cruise to Win Over Sonoma State

Saturday, February 24

Santa Clara, CA

2:40 PM

Indiana University

Sonoma State

2/24/2018 6:18:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

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Matthews’ hat trick crosses another goal milestone

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Indiana's 16^th-ranked water polo team opened their Santa Clara Invitational weekend in style, securing a 16-2 win against Sonoma State. The Hoosiers (9-3) saw six players record multiple goals, led by a hat trick from senior Kelly Matthews.

The trio from Matthews brings her career scoring tally to 225 across 107 career appearances. That mark passes the total set by CWPA Hall-of-Famer Krista Peterson (224 from 2002-05) for the fourth-most in program history. That output marked Matthews' 38^th career hat trick.

Indiana's goalkeeping pair, Jessica Gaudreault and Davis Simmons, combined for 10 saves with nine going to Gaudreault. Jennifer Beadle, Kelly Matthews, and Karrie Kozokar controlled the field defense with three steals apiece.

Game 12: No. 16 Indiana 16, Sonoma State 2 // Box Score
Team              1 – 2 – 3 – 4 | F
IU:                   6 – 2 – 4 – 4 | 16
SSU:               1 – 0 – 1 – 0 | 2

Indiana leapt to a commanding lead in the first quarter with five unanswered scores and six in the first eight minutes. Sarah Young scored two of the first three for IU, while Beadle provided her first of two goals midway through the quarter. Sarah Myers scored on her only shot of the day, followed by Joelle Nacouzi's double in 90 seconds to give the Hoosiers a 6-1 lead.

Matthews began her hat trick journey with Indiana's first goal of the second quarter, converting a five-meter penalty shot. Jessica Rodriguez found her fifth goal of the year in the final minute of the half, extending the IU lead to 8-1.

The Seawolves countered Megan Abarta's score to start the third quarter, leading the Hoosiers to answer with six consecutive scores down the stretch. Matthews completed her hat trick before the end of the third, and Beadle capped the quarter with her second goal of the game.

Beadle's double in front of her hometown crowd is just a continuation of her recent form. The Hoosier senior has 12 goals in IU's last five games.

Two additional Hoosiers, Karrie Kozokar and Riley Beemer, ended the game on a high note with multiple scores in the final quarter. Beemer set a new career high at the Division-I level with two goals in the final five minutes; Kozokar earned her fifth game of the season with multiple goals.

Up Next: No. 16 Indiana (9-3) vs. No. 10 UC Davis (11-6)
Saturday, Feb. 24 • 8:00 p.m. ET/5:00 p.m. PT
Sullivan Aquatic Center • Santa Clara, California

The Hoosiers' weekend slate continues later this evening with their highest-ranked opponent of the Santa Clara Invite. The Aggies opened their day with a narrow 10-9 win against No. 23 Cal Baptist for their third consecutive victory.

Indiana holds a narrow 5-4 series lead against the 10^th-ranked Aggies. The teams are playing for the first time since the 2015 season, when UC Davis won 9-5.