No. 11 Indiana Wins Season Opener Over No. 21 California Baptist

Friday, January 21

Santa Barbara, Calif.

12:15 PM ET

Indiana University

1-0

#21 California Baptist

0-1

Indiana

California Baptist

No. 11 Indiana Wins Season Opener Over No. 21 California Baptist

1/21/2022 3:26:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

Box Score

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. – No. 11 Indiana opened the 2022 season with a win over No. 21 California Baptist at the UCSB Winter Invite on Friday.

KEY MOMENTS

The Hoosiers took an early 4-1 lead in the first behind a pair of goals from senior attacker Tina Doherty.
Allowing the Lancers to get just one more on the board, Indiana padded its lead with two goals from senior center Izzy Mandema to take a 7-2 advantage at the break.
Indiana would go on to outscore Cal Baptist 6-0 in the second half, as Portia Sassier and Kallie White each scored penalty goals in the third and fourth quarters, respectively.
Other second half goals were scored by senior attacker Lauren Etnyre and Mandema.

NOTES

Indiana wins its fifth season opener in the last six season and both under second year head coach Taylor Dodson.
Mandema and White paced the Hoosiers with three goals each. Mandema went 50 percent on the afternoon and had four exclusions.
Four other Hoosiers scored in the game, two each from Doherty, Sasser, and senior attacker Lauren Etnyre while junior attacker Lanna Debow added one.
Junior goalie Mary Askew tallied 13 saves and an assist in the victory.
The Hoosiers tallied four assists in the win, one each from Askew, White, freshman attacker Skylar Kidd and sophomore driver Kiki Mein.

QUOTABLE
Head coach Taylor Dodson
"I'm really proud of the team for starting off the season so strong. I thought that the win was a complete team win from top to bottom. Some of the standout performances to me were Mary Askew in the cage with 13 saves and an assist. She really held our defense down and allowed us to have a shutout in the second half, which is huge. I also think Kallie White did a good job helping our defense and putting away her opportunities. The best thing about this win was that it was a complete team win and we had a lot of goals from a lot of different players. A lot of our freshmen got in played big minutes. We looked a little rusty but that's to be expected so I'm excited to get in to the rest of the weekend to see how far we can push and how much better we can get every game."

UP NEXT
The Hoosiers play two at the UCSB Winter Invite on Saturday against Azusa Pacific (12:15 p.m. ET) and Iona (6:45 p.m. ET).

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