Women's Water Polo | April 14, 2017

SEASIDE, Calif. -- The Cal State Monterey Bay women's water polo recognized two seniors in Kylie Wheelock and Adrianna Craft on what would be a intense game against Fresno Pacific on Friday evening at the Otter Tank. The Otters trailed 12-9 at the start of the fourth quarter, but completed an epic comeback by shutting out FPU in the fourth quarter on their way to a 13-12 win.

The Otters got goals from Olivia Woolery, Jessi Boyd-Mankin, and Sarah Smith in order to tie the game at 12-12 at the 4:33 mark of the final quarter. During the final 4:32 the Otters and Sunbirds went back-and-forth as both defenses were holding strong.

Not wanting to take the game into overtime, the Otters were able to get their defense set up with 10 seconds remaining, thanks to a useful 30-second timeout called by Head Coach Emily Schmit. Once set, Kylie Wheelock got the ball and found Marisa Lovos on the far side. Lovos was able to gain space and fire a bullet into the back of the net with one second remaining on the game clock, giving CSUMB the 13-12 win.
 

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GOT THEIR NUMBER... The Otters are not 2-0 against FPU this season. CSUMB won a 12-11 overtime game at FPU on Feb. 11

THE LEADER... With three goals on Friday, Lovos becomes the leading goal scorer for the Otters with 30 goals.

LEADERS OF THE RAFT... GOALS: Craft, Lovos -- 3; ASSISTS: Lucy Gates -- 2; STEALS: Woolery -- 5; EARNED EXCLUSIONS: Craft -- 3; SAVES: Morgen Fain -- 6

THE LAST WORD... Watch the postgame interview with Head Coach Emily Schmit and Marisa Lovos with game highlights

THEY'VE GOT NEXT... Monterey Bay will wrap up the 2017 season on Friday, April 21 when they visit Sonoma State on the road. First sprint is set for 1:00 p.m.