WHITTIER, Calif. - The Cal Lutheran women's water polo team finished its 2014 conference campaign today against Occidental, the same team the Regals started off the league season against, though the outcome on the final day of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championships hosted by Whittier at the Lillian Slade Aquatics Center was not favorable for the Violet and Gold as they were upset for the second time of the weekend in a 13-9 loss to the Tigers.
Playing without starting goalkeeper Gina Merry for the first time all spring, Sara Simpson and Kimber Sanchez stepped up and guarded the cage for the Regals, playing one and three quarters apiece, respectively. Sanchez tallied four saves in her debut.
Occidental jumped out to a 6-3 lead after the first frame and never looked back, though CLU outscored the Black and Orange 5-1 in the third to get the score to 11-9. Oxy would score a pair of unanswered goals over the final eight minute period to secure the victory.
Leading the way offensively for CLU were Jordan Card and Amanda Jones. A three-goal, four-assist game from Jones, which also featured a drawn ejection and two steals, were both team-highs while Card drew a game-high four ejections, netting two goals with an assist as well. Adrienne Ingalla was the only other player with more than one goal, tallying two, and additionally handed out two assists. Kaylee Kastrup and Tatiana McCuaig rounded out the scoring for CLU.
Defensively, Ingalla had five steals and the lone field block of the day. McCuaig nabbed three steals and Logan Young recorded two.
Cal Lutheran (10-21, 6-5 SCIAC) finishes the season tournament sixth, but completes the overall season fifth in the SCIAC standings and The Regals will return their entire roster in 2015. A SCIAC champion will be crowned tonight when Pomona-Pitzer and Claremont-Mudd-Scripps face off.
Box Score: OXY 13, CLU 9 - box score unavailable at time of release
Tournament Central: 2014 SCIAC Championships
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