SEASIDE, CALIF.—It was a banner start to the morning at The Otter Tank for the Cal State Monterey Bay women's water polo team. The Otters, with the help from a full complement of their roster, scored 25 goals in a win over UC Santa Cruz. Unfortunately, CSUMB could have used just a couple of those later in the day in a 10-8 loss to Occidental College.
 
Jackie Walters (San Diego, Calif./La Jolla HS) led the Otters with eleven goals in the two games. Julie Cooper (Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore HS) had five goals while Alex Tyrrell (Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore HS) and Hayley Burke (San Diego, Calif./Patrick Henry HS) each had three.
 
Amanda Jennings (Oakley, Calif/Freedom HS) and Paige Robinson (San Jose, Calif./Lynbrook HS) combined for a total of 23 saves on the day.
 
Game 1: CSUMB 25, UC Santa Cruz 5
 
The Otters took control early with six goals in the first 3:47 of the game. CSUMB would close the quarter with an 8-2 advantage over the Banana Slugs.
 
It was much of the same all the way through as Otter Head Coach Gary Figueroa used his entire roster in route to the 25-5 victory.

CSUMB           8-4-9-4= 25
UCSC              2-1-1-1= 5 

CSUMB GOALS: Julie Cooper 4, Jackie Walters 4, Hayley Burke 3, Alex Tyrrell 3, Kylie Fields 2, Nicole Koorndyk 1, Vanessa Boon 1, Courtney Bone 1, Christina Keller 1, Kara Orr 1, Molly Fredle 1, Samantha Whitecotten 1, Jessica Laurence 1, Sydney Nguyen 1.

CSUMB SAVES: Paige Robinson 5, Amanda Jennings 3.
 
Game 2: Occidental 10, CSUMB 8
 
Much like last seasons back and fourth contest, Oxy and CSUMB played a very competitive game.
 
CSUMB got on the board first with a Walters goal just :22 into the game. It would be the first of seven Walters goals in the game.
 
Occidental would retaliate with two goals of their own and a 2-1 lead. From there the teams would trade goals and Oxy took a 5-4 lead in the halftime break.
 
After the half it seemed as though it would remain a goal for goal contest as the teams found themselves deadlocked at six a piece with 4:14 to go in the third. This however is when the Tigers made their run.
 
Oxy went on a 4-1 run led by senior Danielle Garcia's three goals. CSUMB would score just once more as the Tigers came away with a 10-8 victory.

CSUMB           2-2-3-1= 8
OXY                 2-3-4-1= 10

CSUMB GOALS: Jackie Walters 7, Julie Cooper 1.

CSUMB SAVES: Amanda Jennings 7, Paige Robinson 4.

CSUMB returns to action next weekend with six games in Southern California from March 21-23. Among those games is a WWPA contest with Cal State San Bernardino on March 21 at 2:00 p.m.