San Diego, Calif. -- The fifth ranked ASU Water Polo team split the final day of the 2017 Triton Invitation, claiming a hard fought win over No. 8 UC Irvine to start the day, before eventually falling to No. 2 USC in the championship game of the event.
Three different Sun Devils recorded multi-goal games on Sunday, including Alkistis Benekou, Maud Koopman and Lena Mihailovic who all finished the weekend with eight goals.
Game One: (ASU 9, UCI 8)
The Sun Devils jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first quarter, as Alkistis Benekou and Maud Koopman both netted goals in the first five minutes of the game, but a late goal by UC Irvine's Allie Loomis sent the game to the second quarter with ASU clinging to just a one-goal lead.