Skip To Main Content
Skip To Main Content

California State University at Bakersfield Athletics

Next Event

Shorthanded Water Polo Drops Three Over Weekend

Women's Water Polo CSU Bakersfield Athletic Communications

Shorthanded Water Polo Drops Three Over Weekend

Cal State Bakersfield's shorthanded water polo squad lost three matches to nationally-ranked competition over the weekend, losing to No. 2 UCLA 25-0, No. 6 San Diego State 20-6, and to No. 19 Brown 9-7.

Bakersfield was shorthanded over the weekend with two of its top players away on national team assignment. Amanda Ortiz and Paola Medina were both playing with their Puerto Rico national team, and the offense normally provided by Ortiz as the nation's top scorer along with Medina's usual strong defense were clearly lacking.

UCLA led 12-0 at the half and a nine-goal third quarter made it an outrageous 21-0 through three periods. It marked the first time that Bakersfield had been shutout since 2005 when Loyola Marymount defeated the Roadrunners 17-0.

The San Diego State match was much of the same. Despite trailing just 4-2 after one period thanks to goals from Bori Toth and Yulia Blinovskaya, the Aztecs outscored Bakersfield 14-3 over the next two periods to turn it into a blowout.

Bakersfield was much more competitive against Brown and nearly pulled off a win despite playing without Ortiz and Medina. Bakersfield only led 1-0 but never let the game get out of hand. A Blinovskaya goal with 1:24 left in the match made it 8-7 Brown, but the Bears added a late goal to pull out the win.

Neshmil Ariy and Blinovskaya each had four goals to lead Bakersfield over the weekend.

The Roadrunners now head to Davis, Calif., for the Davis Shootout on Saturday and Sunday. Bakersfield's four opponents in the tournament will be Cal State Northridge, UC Davis, Santa Clara and Cal State Monterey Bay.

Print Friendly Version

Players Mentioned

Neshmil Ariy

#8 Neshmil Ariy

Defender
Junior
Yulia Blinovskaya

#10 Yulia Blinovskaya

Defender
Junior
Paola Medina

#16 Paola Medina

Defender
Junior
Amanda Ortiz

#4 Amanda Ortiz

Defender
Sophomore
Bori Toth

#5 Bori Toth

Defender
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Neshmil Ariy

#8 Neshmil Ariy

Junior
Defender
Yulia Blinovskaya

#10 Yulia Blinovskaya

Junior
Defender
Paola Medina

#16 Paola Medina

Junior
Defender
Amanda Ortiz

#4 Amanda Ortiz

Sophomore
Defender
Bori Toth

#5 Bori Toth

Freshman
Defender
California State University at Bakersfield Athletics loading logo