Women’s water polo defeated by UC Santa Barbara

The Eagles fall short to the Gauchos, 13-7.

Charlotte McKinley, Freelance Writer • January 28, 2022

Women’s water polo defeated by UC Santa Barbara

Photo courtesy of Courtesy of Biola Athletics

Women’s water polo played their first home game of the spring semester at Splash Aquatic Center against the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos and lost, 13-7.

BIOLA LEADS FIRST QUARTER

Freshman attacker Veralie Naranjo, assisted by freshman utility Lizzy Birch, scored the first goal seven minutes in. USCB quickly countered with a penalty shot. Before the end of the quarter, each team added another goal to the scoreboard. With under a minute left on the clock, Naranjo scored again, pulling the Eagles ahead.

UCSB TAKES THE LEAD AND VICTORY

In the second quarter, UCSB scored three goals against the Eagles for a halftime score of 5-3. Biola shot for the goal four times but proved no match for the UCSB goalie. UCSB scored four more times in the third quarter. Biola responded with three goals—two from Gonzales and one from sophomore attacker Kourtney Pyle for a third quarter score of 9-6, UCSB.

In the final quarter, the Gauchos won out by outscoring the Eagles, bringing the total to a UCSB-decisive victory of 13-7.

Women’s water polo (1-2), will head over to Riverside, California to face off against UC San Diego and the University of Redlands on Jan. 29 at 9:15 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. respectively. Footage and stats from the game are located on the Biola Athletics website.

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Charlotte McKinley, Freelance Writer

Charlotte McKinley is a senior Journalism and Public Relations major who loves the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Stewart Hall, and the oxford comma (unfortunately). Whenever I tell people I’m from Spokane Valley, WA, they inevitably ask me how far from Seattle I am, so I’ll cut to the chase: I’m closer to Montana than I am to Seattle, and no, I don’t go to Seattle regularly. The PNW will always be my home, no matter where I go. I’ve been involved with the Mixed Martial Arts and Jiu Jitsu community for nine years now and am looking forward to making my career writing for the MMA and BJJ community after I graduate from Biola with my degrees in Journalism and Public Relations. If you’ve been with me in class, you know that all of my class projects tend to revolve around the Ultimate Fighting Championship and that community. My favorite thing about being a journalist is that I get to write people’s stories and tell it to people who wouldn’t have known about it otherwise. Interviewing people and hearing their story is a real honor, so the responsibility to accurately tell their story to others is a heavy one, but a privilege to bear.

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Women’s water polo defeated by UC Santa Barbara

BIOLA LEADS FIRST QUARTER

UCSB TAKES THE LEAD AND VICTORY

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