CYPRESS, Calif. – The SBCC women's water polo team got out to a 2-0 start on Friday at the Battle at the Beach hosted by Cypress College, coming back to defeat Grossmont 8-5 before downing Sierra 14-7.
SBCC 8, Grossmont 5
The Vaqueros (20-3) fell behind 4-1 in their game against Grossmont, but would turn on the gas and shut the Griffins down the rest of the way in an 8-5 win to open the day.
"I thought we fought ourselves back from a 1-4 deficit," head coach Chuckie Roth said. "Regardless of what was happening in the pool, we came back. Jenna Olson stepped up big, as did Ensley Letterman and Emily Clapham."
Olson finished with three goals for her fifth hat trick of the season. All three came during a third quarter surge as the Vaqueros closed the game on a 7-1 run.
Allison Kay was responsible for setting up a lot of the scoring, tying her best mark of 2021 from the season-opener with four assists.
Megan Ditlof went for team-highs of five steals and two exclusions earned. Goalkeeper Chloe Mckay tallied nine saves.
SBCC 14, Sierra 7
There would be no need for a comeback in game two, as SBCC jumped out to a four-goal lead before three minutes had passed.
The Vaqueros took their largest lead of the game in the final minutes of the third, going up 12-2 on the third goal of the game for Megan Ditlof. She also added two assists and drew two exclusions.
"We created some great opportunities," Roth said. "Lauren Tuxill and Angelina Adams both had great goals in this game. Eden Tal had five assists. Emily Clapham had five steals."
Driver Eden Tal also finished with three goals. Her five assists along with Clapham's five steals both set personal-bests for the 2021 campaign.
Next Up
Tomorrow, the Vaqueros will look to build on their current 12-game win streak with two more scheduled games against Orange Coast (9:10 am) and Long Beach (12:40 pm).
