ORANGE, Calif. — Cal Lutheran women's water polo came up clutch in a must-win situation and defeated Chapman University 7-6 on Wednesday night. 

The Regals needed to win the past two games to stay alive for a berth in the SCIAC Tournament. They did just that as they improved to 7-5 in conference and 11-17 overall. 

The Regals were down 6-4 with 6:16 left to play. Abby Lanier cut the lead to one and Reyna Clark tied it with 4:24 to go. Leila Egusa scored a few minutes later and gave the Regals the lead with 2:08 left. Sophie Raquel was in the cage and did the rest. Raquel made three saves in the final 30 seconds as the Regals came out victorious. 

Clark and Egusa led the way with two goals and four more Regals scored once. Miranda Miller was a force on the offensive end. She dished out three assists and drew four exclusions. 

Raquel was huge, defensively, for the Regals. She kept her team in the game with 12 saves and six steals. 

With the win, the Regals advance to the SCIAC Tournament next week.