WOMEN’S WATER POLO: NO. 1 HORNETS DOWN ORANGE COAST

After being named the No. 1 overall ranked team by CCCAA this past week, the Fullerton Hornets came out ready to defend their top-spot as they took on Orange Coast College.

The 1st quarter was all Fullerton from beginning to end. The Hornets would go up 7-0 in the quarter, led by Kelly Doherty's 3 goals in less than 5 minutes.

Fullerton added 6 more goals in the 2nd quarter with Alexandra Lopez tossing in 2 of her 4 goals on the day. Orange Coast did manage to break through this quarter, scoring 3 goals themselves.

The 3rd and 4th quarter saw a major halt in goal scoring, with just 5 goals being scored combined between both teams, with 4 coming from Fullerton and just 1 from Orange Coast. Charley Jackson would complete a hat-trick in the 3rd, scoring all three goals in the quarter.

The game would end with the Hornets winning by a score of 17-4, which was one of their more dominant outings of the season.

They improve to 19-2 on the season and 4-1 in conference play.

Goal Scorers
Kelly Doherty, 4
Alexandra Lopez, 4
Charley Jackson, 3
Lindsey Irie, 2
Abigail Nunez, 2
Diana Leivas
Lexi Raichel

Assists
Kelly Doherty, 3
Alexandra Lopez, 3
Diana Leivas, 2
Lindsey Irie, 2
Briana Portales, 2
Charley Jackson
Abigail Nunez
Wendy Unland

Up Next: The Hornets will be playing in the Battle at the Beach Tournament this weekend, hosted by Long Beach City College on the 25th and 26th. Their first scheduled game is on Friday at 8:00AM against No. 10 ranked LA Valley.

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