Women's Water Polo | January 25, 2020

RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — The No. 1 USC women's water polo team peeled out to a 2-0 start to 2020 after a victorious day at the Lancer Joust today in Riverside, Calif. The Trojans whipped up a 17-2 win over host Cal Baptist before unleashing a 25-2 win over Concordia to cap off the day's work. Along the way, Sabrina Garabet, Grace Tehaney and Bayley Weber hit new career highs, and three USC freshmen — Brooklyn Aguilera, Christina Crum and Téa Poljak — scored their first goals as Trojans. Also, two Trojan goalies capped up for their first official action, with redshirt freshman Erin Tharp and freshman Carolyn Stern sharing time in USC's win over Concordia.

It was redshirt junior goalie Holly Parker who manned the cage for USC's season-opening victory, collecting eight saves while allowing just two in that decisive victory. Meanwhile, sophomore Grace Tehaney plugged in a new career high with four goals to pace the Trojans on the offensive end. USC served up five goals in the second and fourth periods while holding the host Lancers scoreless in those frames to take full command of the season-opening win.

In game two of the day, Erin Tharp took over the cage for the first half in anchoring her Trojans to a 12-2 halftime lead. At the break, Carolyne Stern checked in for her first minutes. While backing up her team, she'd see three of her fellow freshmen tally their first career goals. All the while, Stern collected eight saves, including a 5-meter penalty stop in the fourth. Junior Sabrina Garabet knocked in four goals in the second half to complete a career-high five-goal effort on the day, which was matched by sophomore Bayley Weber's career-high five. The scoresheet also shined with Freshmen Téa Poljak and Brooklyn Aguilera's hat tricks — all in the second half — and freshman Christina Crum's first goal as a Trojan to help round out a resounding 25-2 USC win. In all, 11 Trojans scored in the win, which featured a second-half shut by the USC defense. 

USC's next competition has the Trojans heading to Westwood next week for a Feb. 1 matchup with LMU at 12:45 p.m. before a 5:15 p.m. scrimmage against UCLA.

LANCER JOUST

#1 USC 17, Cal Baptist 2
Jan. 25, 2020 | Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC  3 - 5 - 4 - 5 = 17
CBU  1 - 0 - 1 - 0 = 2

SCORING:
USC — Grace Tehaney 4, Bayley Weber 3, Mireia Guiral 2, Kelsey McIntosh 2, Denise Mammolito 2, Verica Bakoc 2, Elise Stein, Sabrina Garabet.
CBU — Kira O'Donnell, Katie Quon.

SAVES: Holly Parker (USC) 8, Grace Ramirez (CBU) 9, Kyra Foley (CBU) 0.

#1 USC 25, Concordia 2
Jan. 25, 2020 | Marks Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
USC  6 - 6 - 7 - 6 = 25
CON   1 - 1 - 0 - 0 = 2

SCORING:
USC — Bayley Weber 5, Sabrina Garabet 5, Denise Mammolito 3, Téa Poljak 3, Brooklyn Aguilera 3, Mireia Guiral, Elise Stein, Grace Tehaney, Kaylee Brownsberger, Julia Rozolis-Hill, Christina Crum.
CON — Josie Miller 2.

SAVES: Erin Tharp (USC) 4 [1st half], Carolyn Stern (USC) 8 [2nd half], Kiara Espeleta (CON) 5.