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Ariel Lockshaw

Women's Water Polo

Lockshaw Breaks Career Saves Mark; Seawolves Beat Pioneers

Senior goalie Ariel Lockshaw has 492 career saves, a new all-time record in SSU water polo history.
Sonoma State 13, Cal State East Bay 8

ROHNERT PARK -- Trailing by two goals with a minute remaining in the first half, the Sonoma State women's water polo team went on to outscore visiting Cal State East Bay 8-1 in the final 17 minutes of play to earn a convincing 13-8 victory on Friday afternoon at Rudloff Pool in Rohnert Park.  The win solidifies the Seawolves' (7-11, 4-2 WWPA) first season sweep of the Pioneers (9-8, 0-2 WWPA) since the 2008 season.  Jessica Stansfield and Noelle Herrera led the way with three goals and goalie Ariel Lockshaw had 10 huge saves in the match to break the program's all-time saves record of 490; Lockshaw now has 492 career stops in the cage.

Sonoma went down early, surrendering the first three goals of the match to CSU East Bay in the first five minutes.  A goal by Colette Reid at the 2:49 mark of the opening period gave the Seawolves their first score, but the Pioneers countered with a goal just 62 seconds later to take a 4-1 lead.  Alexa May cut the deficit in half with a goal before the end of the quarter.

Both teams went back and forth in the second period, but SSU was able to cage one more than CSUEB, cutting the visitors lead to just 7-6 at halftime.

Back-to-back goals by Adrienne Bisharat and May in the third quarter put Sonoma State up 8-7 after three periods before Cal State East Bay's Sara Hudyn knotted the match at 8-8 with a score at the 5:49 mark of the fourth frame.  That's when the Seawolves took over, scoring the final five goals of the match, including scores from Natalie Del Carlo, Stansfield, Laura Kunz and the final two from Herrera to secure the 13-8 win.

May connected on two scores in the match, complementing the three-goal effort from Stansfield and Herrera.  Reid handed out a match-high five assists.  Lockshaw made 10 saves, moving her past former Seawolf goalie Kaitlyn Brownrigg (2006-07) for the most saves in a career.  Lockshaw had a school-record 348 as a junior last season and has tallied 144 in her senior campaign this season.

Sonoma State plays host to Fresno Pacific in game two of the Seawolves' doubleheader today; first sprint is scheduled for 4:00 p.m.