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No. 19 Water Polo Taking on No. 3 UCLA

No. 19 Water Polo Taking on No. 3 UCLANo. 19 Water Polo Taking on No. 3 UCLA
TEMPE– No. 19 Sun Devil Water Polo (8-10, 0-3) returns to Tempe for the second to last time this season to host No. 3 UCLA (16-4, 2-1) as Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play continues. The game is scheduled for Saturday, April 8 at 1pm MST and will be viewable via the Arizona State Live Stream. 

The Sun Devils seek their first conference win in Saturday's matchup at home, which has been the site to face the Bruins in four of the last five contests. ASU dropped last week's road game against MPSF opponent Indiana, but attackers Tina Doherty, Juliette Dhalluin, and Luca Petovary each extended their scoring streaks– Doherty's to seven, Petovary's to 11, and Dhalluin's to 18. 

UCLA is riding a four game win streak and has the reigning MPSF/S&R Sport Newcomer of the Week after their freshman Anna Pearson led a comeback over No. 4 Hawaii. 

ASU last beat the Bruins in Tempe in 2021 in the 8-6 victory led by Bente Rogge's hat trick in the program's second over win over UCLA. Since that win, UCLA has taken the last three contests, though the Sun Devils took them to overtime in Los Angeles last season in head coach Petra Pardi's first game in charge. 

Admission is free at Mona Plummer, and game updates can be followed via Twitter from @SunDevilWP. All gameday information can be found on Sun Devil Water Polo's Linktree, here