Water polo squad defeat Spartans

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BERKELEY — New UC Davis women’s water polo head coach

Kandace Waldthaler earned her first win at the helm when her team posted a 12-8 win over No. 14 San Jose State on Sunday.

Grace Pelkey shined with four total goals on the day, scoring twice in each match. Tess Fundter was instrumental to the team’s win over San Jose State with a couple clutch goals down the stretch as part of her hat trick.

Alyssa Lengtat scored on the power play to open the scoring before finding the back of the cage less than a minute later to put the Aggies out in front. San Jose State immediately replied with three consecutive goals to take its first lead, but UCD answered back with four straight scores from Kelly Hungerford, Noelle Wijnbelt and Pelkey (twice).

The Aggies held a one-goal advantage at the break and kept the momentum alive in the second half by notching three unanswered goals, including a double from Fundter, to open up a four-goal lead.

Wijnbelt scored early in the fourth quarter before goals from Fundter and Madison Sparre finally put the game to bed and UCD got its first win of the season.

UC Davis (1-3) fell to No. 4 Cal 14-7 after getting the win over the Spartans.

Now the Aggies head to San Diego to compete in the in the Triton Invite. The Aggies’ first match will take place against host UC San Diego Friday at 4 p.m.

Aggie gymnastics

The UCD gymnastics team outdistanced Air Force and AlaskaAnchorage with a season-best 196.175 Sunday afternoon at the University Credit Union Center.

The Aggies shined as Air Force posted a 193.200 and AlaskaAnchorage finished third with a 188.950. UC Davis boasted the top two finishers in each event and swept the top-four spots in three of the four events.

In the vault, the Aggies started off the meet with a 48.825 on vault. Keanna Abraham won with a

9.875 and Emma Otsu followed in second with a 9.80.

Moving to the bars, the Aggies posted a 49.100 and took the topfive spots in the event.

Kaitlyn Lyle won the event with a 9.875 and was followed by a 9.850 from Thea Michovsky. Otsu and Isabella Fitz-Gerrald tied for third with a 9.80.

On the beam, UCD ran away with the beam victory with a 49.075 on the strength of the top-four finishers. Rachel Schuelke hit a 9.90 to win the event as Anna Holtan and Lyle tied for second with a 9.825. Ava Scafani was fourth with a 9.80.

The floor had the Aggies posted their highest score of the meet on the floor as they boasted a 49.175.

Abraham claimed her second event title with a 9.875. Amelia Moneymaker was second in her home debut with a 9.850 and Holtan and Bella Trejo were tied for third with a 9.825.

UC Davis will host San Jose State on Sunday, Feb. 5 at the University Credit Union Center, starting at 2 p.m.

AGGIE:

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Beach. Bambrick followed with 13 points, Hamilton-Fisher 12 and Berry 10.

The Aggies continue Big West action at Hawai’i on Thursday.

Game time is 10 p.m.

“The key right now is we can’t one loss derail us, you know?” Gross said. “We need to go to

Hawai’i with confidence and energy.”

Then UCD returns continues conference action against UC Riverside on Thursday, Feb. 9 at the University Credit Union Center.

— Contact Mike Bush at mike@davis enterprise.net. Follow on Twitter: @ MBDavisSports.

UCD: BWC Tournament in March

From Page B6 with its 8-1 mark and 17-3 overall, including a dramatic last-second, 65-64, win at Hawaii last Thursday night.

UC Riverside is second at 6-2, followed by UC Irvine at 7-3, UCD and Long Beach, both at 6-4, Cal State Fullerton 6-5, UC San Diego 3-7, Cal State Bakersfield 2-8, Cal Poly 1-9 and Cal State Northridge 1-10.

All 10 teams will compete in the Big West tournament in early

March in Henderson, Nev., with the top six from the regular season earning first round byes. The tournament champion advances to the 68-team NCAA tournament.

Long Beach State 75, UC Davis 72

TY Johson’s 3-point attempt from the top of the key rimmed out at the buzzer for the win last Saturday afternoon at the Walter Pyramid.

CORRAL: Host Sheldon tonight

From Page B6 quarter.

Crawford led the Blue Devils with 18 points in the game.

Salmon followed at 17 points and Cossu 13.

“The balanced scoring from Noah, Aidan and Matt was awesome,” said Gonzalez.

“This was something we worked on in practice in terms of moving the ball. All three players are capable of putting up double digits. When we move the ball, that just makes it tough on our opponents.” Merlin and McCabe had four each, while Carpenter had three. Barker and Coaker had two points apiece. Today, the Blue Devils welcome league powerhouse Sheldon to North Gym. Tipoff is scheduled at 7 p.m.

— Follow Rebecca Wasik on Twitter: @BeccaFromTheBay.