LOS ANGELES, CALIF.—The Cal State Monterey Bay women's water polo team dropped a pair of non-conference games on Friday afternoon at the Burns Recreation and Aquatics Center on the campus of Loyola Marymount University. CSUMB fell to No. 11 Princeton 12-4 before dropping a difficult decision 6-5 to Whittier College.
 
The Otters were led in scoring by Jackie Walters (San Diego, Calif./La Jolla HS) and Julie Cooper (Wildomar, Calif./Elsinore HS) who each scored three goals on the afternoon.
 
Paige Robinson (San Jose, Calif./Lynbrook HS) and Amanda Jennings (Oakley, Calif./Freedom HS) combined to make 10 saves.
 

Game 1: No. 11 Princeton 12, CSUMB 4
 
The nation's No. 11 team got off to a sizzling start, scoring five times in the first quarter, while CSUMB scored just once.
 
CSUMB wouldn't allow Princeton to keep that pace as the Otter defense kept the Tigers to just seven goals over the remaining three quarters of play. The early lead was enough however as Princeton earned a 12-4 victory.

CSUMB                1-1-1-1= 4
PRINCETON       5-2-4-1= 12

CSUMB GOALS: Jackie Walters 2, Julie Cooper 1, Kylie Fields 1.  

CSUMB SAVES: Paige Robinson 4. 
 
Game 2: Whittier 6, CSUMB 5
 
For the second day in a row Nicole Koorndyk (Claremont, Calif./Claremont HS) had an impact goal as she put the Otters on the board first. After a quarter of play CSUMB held a 2-0 advantage over Whittier College.
 
Each team traded two goals in the second and the score was 4-2 at the half. Whittier made its run in the third as they outscored CSUMB 3-1 to tie the score at 5-5 heading into the fourth quarter.
 
In the fourth, Whittier's Jae Crabtree scored the most important of her game-high three goals to put the Poets ahead 6-5. The score would remain the same as Whittier College held on for the 6-5 victory.

CSUMB                2-2-1-0= 5
WHITTIER            0-2-3-1= 6 

CSUMB GOALS: Julie Cooper 2, Jackie Walters 1, Kylie Fields 1, Nicole Koorndyk 1. 

CSUMB SAVES: Amanda Jennings 6. 

CSUMB returns to action tomorrow as they take on host Loyola Marymount University in a WWPA game at 11:30 a.m. The Otters scheduled match with Cal State San Bernardino tomorrow has been cancelled.