Feb. 25, 2007

Newport Beach, CA (Feb. 25) - Loyola Marymount women's water polo placed 10th in the 2007 UC Irvine Anteater Invitational on Sunday at the Corona del Mar High School pool with a split in the final day of action. Senior Cara Colton scored with 29 seconds remaining to defeat No. 10 Arizona State 9-8 but then fell in overtime to San Diego State, 8-6.

The Lions see their record go to 8-3 on the season. Nicole Hughes scored three goals in the win over Arizona State while Cara Colton had a pair against the Aztecs.

It was the second meeting of the season between SDSU and LMU, both being decided by an 8-6 margin. The Lion, however, took the first one to win the UC San Diego Invitational at the beginning of the month. The Aztecs trailed 5-4 late in the fourth but scored just nine seconds left in regulation to send it to overtime. They would outscore LMU 3-1 in the extra frames for the win.

In the win over Arizona State, the Lions took a 4-2 lead at the break. ASU would tie the game at 8-8 late in the fourth before Colton scored the winning goal with 53 seconds remaining.

The Lions will play at UC San Diego on March 2 at 3:30 p.m.

Loyola Marymount	1	2	1	1	0	1	-	6
San Diego State	2	1	0	2	2	1	-	8
Scoring
LMU: Cara Colton 2, Dora Szabolcsi 1, Daisy Fish 1, Stacia Peterson 1, Nicole Hughes 1
SDSU: Stacy Werner 3, Jenna Schuster 2, Anna Gonzales 1, Jamie Vessey 1, Becca Ur
Arizona State	0	2	4	2	-	8
Loyola Marymount 	1	3	2	3	-	9
Scoring
ASU: Addison Doud 3, Kelly Phelps 2, Katy Lawlor 1, Katie Hedley 1, Kim Buck 1
LMU: Nicole Hughes 3, Katie Hicks 2, Stacia Peterson 2, Dora Szabolcsi 1, Cara Colton 1
Saves
ASU: Caylinn Wallace 9
LMU: Kaylee Caster 11

- GO LIONS -