A late flurry of goals by the Fresno State women’s water polo team provided a happy ending to the team’s regular season as it defeated No. 22-ranked California Baptist University, 6-5, on Saturday.
Both teams started slowly on offense. The game went scoreless for the first five minutes until California Baptist attacker Amy Branch scored a goal, assisted by driver Lizette Perez, on a power play.
The Bulldogs were unable to take advantage of power plays resulting from CBU’s fouls, going 0-3. Several shots by Fresno State utility Callie Woodruff and freshman center Emily Nicholson came close to finding the net but just missed, and the Bulldogs were unable to come away with a goal after the first period.