SANTA CLARA, Calif. - On Saturday at the Bronco Invitational, the Cal State East Bay women's water polo team lost a pair of matches to nationally-ranked opponents at Sullivan Aquatic Center. The Pioneers lost to No. 25 Cal State Northridge, 10-5, and later in the day lost 14-8 to No. 24 Marist College.
No. 25 CSUN 10, Cal State East Bay 5
Luna Sarmiento started the scoring for CSUEB less than three minutes into the match, but the Matadors scored six straight goals for a 6-1 lead taken into the third quarter.
Although
Rachel Heredia scored the next two goals, CSUN led by more than two goals the rest of the way, finishing with a 10-5 win.
Heredia finished with a hat trick and Sarmiento had CSUEB's other two goals.
No. 24 Marist 14, Cal State East Bay 8
For the second time this season, the Pioneers fell to Marist. The Red Foxes jumped out to an early 3-0 lead and didn't look back and finished with a 14-8 win.
Sarmiento scored two more goals in the match for the Pioneers, but scoring one goal each were
Hannah Peercy,
Hope Grantham Lola Gill, Heredia,
Jordan Jarandson and
Elise Whitworth
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The final two matches for Cal State East Bay in the Bronco Invitational include a matchup against No. 20 Brown and an afternoon matchup against Austin College.
