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16
Winner Biola BU (5-15, 3-0)
2
UC Merced UCM (2-12, 0-2)
Winner
Biola BU
(5-15, 3-0)
16
Final
2
UC Merced UCM
(2-12, 0-2)
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Biola BU 4 2 7 3 16
UC Merced UCM 0 1 0 1 2
LoBue with bal
Samantha Rainey

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

Luna Leads the Way

Career-high 21 saves and balanced scoring power Biola past UC Merced, 16-2

MERCED, Calif. --- The Biola women's water polo team played their second game of a back-to-back on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles took on the UC Merced Bobcats, dominating by a final score of 16-2.

Fernanda Luna had a career day between posts for Biola, logging a career-high 21 saves and a save percentage of .913. Offensively, eight Eagles recorded at least one goal, including four scorers with two or more goals. 

Luna and company shut down the Bobcats offense in the first. Luna logged eight saves in the first period alone. Gwendolyn Pidd scored twice, while Alyah Ibarra and Ava LoBue each tacked on individual goals. 

Destiny Moreno and Marissa Brock did the scoring for BU in the second. UC Merced found their first score halfway through the period. Luna tacked on four more saves, totaling 12 saves in two periods. The Eagles led at the half, 6-1. 

The Eagles all but sealed it in the third. Karly Lepel netted her lone goal of the day out of the halftime break. Pidd found the back of the net again, logging her fourth straight hat trick. LoBue scored twice in the third, posting a hat trick of her own. Stephanie Rodriguez posted two goals as well. A. Ibarra closed out the frame with a goal, increasing the lead, 13-1.

In the fourth, Rodriguez logged her own hat trick with a goal in the fourth. Pidd and Alyssa Cuevas each added a goal as well.

As a team, Biola have scored 10 or more goals in their last four games. 

With the win, The Eagles improve to 6-15 overall and 4-0 in conference play. They will face Azusa Pacific on March 25 at 7:30 p.m.
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Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring Team Scoring Play
1st Quarter
7:02 BU Gwendolyn Pidd
5:39 BU Ava LoBue
3:34 BU Alyah Ibarra
0:12 BU Gwendolyn Pidd
2nd Quarter
6:42 BU Destiny Moreno
3:59 BU Marissa Brock
3:05 UCM Piper Ferris
3rd Quarter
6:37 BU Karly Lepel
3:39 BU Gwendolyn Pidd
2:25 BU Ava LoBue
1:56 BU Stephanie Rodriguez
1:21 BU Ava LoBue
0:50 BU Alyah Ibarra
0:15 BU Stephanie Rodriguez
4th Quarter
3:42 BU Alyssa Cuevas
3:25 UCM Kiryn Wicker
1:53 BU Gwendolyn Pidd
1:31 BU Stephanie Rodriguez

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