No. 14 IU Narrowly Falls Back-And-Forth Affair To No. 10 Arizona State

Saturday, April 6

Tempe, Ariz.

4 P.M. ET

Indiana University

0-0

#10 Arizona State

0-0

Indiana (W)

ASU (W)

BLOOMINGTON, IN - March 2, 2024 - utility Zoe Crouch #4 of the Indiana Hoosiers during the match between the UCLA Bruins and the Indiana Hoosiers at Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatics Center in Bloomington, IN. Photo By Gretta Cohoon/Indiana Athletics

No. 14 IU Narrowly Falls Back-And-Forth Affair To No. 10 Arizona State

4/6/2024 6:37:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

Box Score

TEMPE, Ariz. – Graduate student Zoe Crouch scored four goals including one late in the fourth, but No. 14 Indiana fell at No. 10 Arizona State, 10-9, on Saturday.

KEY MOMENTS

The first quarter ended in an even 2-2 score as the Hoosiers (18-7, 0-4 MPSF) got on the board first on a junior Skylar Kidd goal with 6:26 to play. The Sun Devils (22-6, 2-3 MPSF) added two more before Grace Klingler evened the score on a 6-on-5 opportunity from a feed by freshman Nancy Baylor-Sefchick with 20 seconds left in the frame.
ASU went up by two late in the second quarter as senior Sophie Wazzan got one back for Indiana on a powerplay with 39 seconds remaining before the break. Graduate student Zoe Crouch tied the game back up to open up the third.
She added one from distance to keep the game even at 5-all with 2:50 to play in the third. MPSF's leading scorer Luca Petovary regained the Sun Devil's lead but a steal and counter attack from junior Sophia Sollie went in as she went one-on-one with the goalie.
However, ASU got the last goal in the third with nine seconds left to go up 7-6. It was a back-and-forth affair in the fourth as a Sollie goal and Crouch's two goals kept IU within one. Off a steal by sophomore Grace Klingler, Indiana got one last opportunity in the last 30 seconds as it couldn't get a shot off before the shot clock expired.

NOTES

Crouch led Indiana with four goals while Sollie was the team's other multi-goal scorer with two. Three other players each chipped in a goal in the effort.
Crouch has now record 11 hat tricks on the season and 15 multi-goal efforts.
Kidd, Baylor-Sefchick, sophomore Louisa Downes and senior Kiki Mein all recorded assists.
Sophomore goalie Jasmine Higgs made seven saves.
Senior Sophie Wazzan picked up a team-high four steals while Indiana had 11 swipes on the day.

UP NEXT
Indiana is set for a pair of MPSF matchups at San Jose State (April 13) and Stanford (April 14).

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