TEMPE, Ariz. – In the first game of the weekend, the No. 7 Sun Devil Women's Water Polo team opened up the second-annual Cross-Conference Challenge with a 13-6 win over No. 12 Princeton.
Arizona State (2-1) scored the first six goals of the game before Princeton (0-1) got on the scoresheet just two seconds before halftime.
After the half, ASU scored four more straight to lead, 10-1 with 4:33 remaining in the third quarter. Princeton scored five of the last eight goals but the Devils' early lead sustained as they earned the win.
Maud Koopman led the way for the Sun Devils with four goals and four steals while Lieke Rogge and Borbala Kekesi scored two goals apiece. P.J. Allin, Amira Van Buren, Rosie Huck, Viktoria Orlova, and Bente Rogge each added a goal apiece to the effort. L. Rogge also recorded three steals.
ASU outshot the Tigers, 29-24, who were led in scoring by Kailie McGeoy and Amy Castellano, who scored two apiece.
In goal, Bridget Johnston picked up her second win of the season with three saves while Belen Ehinger also saw time in goal.
The Sun Devils play four more games over the next two days (two Saturday, two Sunday) including vs. Iona (11:30 am MT) and Azusa Pacific (3:15 pm MT) Saturday and vs. UCSB (8 am MT) and California Baptist (1:15 pm MT) on Sunday.
All ASU games will be live streamed while all games of the tournament will have live scoring. Links to live streams and live stats can be found on the water polo schedule page at TheSunDevils.com at https://thesundevils.com/schedule.aspx?path=wwpolo.
Arizona State (2-1) scored the first six goals of the game before Princeton (0-1) got on the scoresheet just two seconds before halftime.
After the half, ASU scored four more straight to lead, 10-1 with 4:33 remaining in the third quarter. Princeton scored five of the last eight goals but the Devils' early lead sustained as they earned the win.
Maud Koopman led the way for the Sun Devils with four goals and four steals while Lieke Rogge and Borbala Kekesi scored two goals apiece. P.J. Allin, Amira Van Buren, Rosie Huck, Viktoria Orlova, and Bente Rogge each added a goal apiece to the effort. L. Rogge also recorded three steals.
ASU outshot the Tigers, 29-24, who were led in scoring by Kailie McGeoy and Amy Castellano, who scored two apiece.
In goal, Bridget Johnston picked up her second win of the season with three saves while Belen Ehinger also saw time in goal.
The Sun Devils play four more games over the next two days (two Saturday, two Sunday) including vs. Iona (11:30 am MT) and Azusa Pacific (3:15 pm MT) Saturday and vs. UCSB (8 am MT) and California Baptist (1:15 pm MT) on Sunday.
All ASU games will be live streamed while all games of the tournament will have live scoring. Links to live streams and live stats can be found on the water polo schedule page at TheSunDevils.com at https://thesundevils.com/schedule.aspx?path=wwpolo.