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Moreno with ball
14
Biola BU (0-9)
17
Winner Long Island University LIU (1-5)
Biola BU
(0-9)
14
Final
17
Long Island University LIU
(1-5)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 OT F
Biola BU 3 3 3 5 0 14
Long Island University LIU 6 4 3 4 0 17

Game Recap: Women's Water Polo | | Aaron Rollins, Assistant Sports Information Director

Moreno Leads Comeback Bid

Biola rallies with eight second-half goals, falls 17-14 to LIU

TEMPE, Ariz. --- The Biola women's water polo team took on Long Island University in its first of two games in the ASU Sun Devil Classic. The Eagles fell to the Sharks, 17-14. 

Destiny Moreno led the offensive attack for Biola, scoring five goals. Ava LoBue followed with two goals of her own, adding three assists, while Myah Ibarra collected four total points of two goals and two assists. Stephanie Rodriguez, Mia Mulhall, Sofia Lazzarini Orlandi, Gwendolyn Pidd, and Karly Lepel all contributed solo goals. 

In the first period, LIU got off to a 5-1 start. Moreno responded with back-to-back goals on passes from LoBue and Ibarra, who scored Biola's first goal. 

Into the second frame, Moreno scored a power-play goal after the Sharks put two more in the back of the cage. Mulhall and Ibarra would score to close out the half, as BU trailed 10-6.

The second half saw more scoring from Biola with eight total goals. In the third, Lobue and Pidd would each score, bringing the Eagles to within two. After surrendering three straight, Lazzarini Orlandi scored in the closing seconds, keeping the game within reach.

The final frame saw BU score five times, starting with a goal by Lepel. Moreno would tack on two more, followed by Rodriguez and LoBue. The late rally fell short, 17-14.

Biola moves to 0-9 overall and face the #6 ASU Sun Devils at 1 p.m.
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