Sonoma State 7, Cal State Monterey Bay 4 -- Box Score

LA JOLLA, Calif. -- Held scoreless for the first 10 and a half minutes, the Sonoma State women's water polo team reeled off four unanswered goals over the next seven minutes that stretched into the third period and, despite allowing Cal State Monterey Bay to get within one goal on two different occasions, the Seawolves pulled away late to capture a 7-4 victory and a third place finish in the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Women's Championships on Sunday in La Jolla.  Sonoma finishes the 2014 season with a 9-22 record and makes its best conference finish in program history.  The Otters also end their season, wrapping it up with a 10-19 record.

It was announced following tournament play on Sunday that Noelle Herrera and Jessica Becker was named to the WWPA All-Tournament First Team while Caitlin Risden earned a Second Team All-Tournament nod.

Cal State Monterey Bay's Ashton Palmer broke a scoreless tie at the 6:58 mark of the second quarter.  Sonoma State's Ellen Peterson knotted the game at one apiece at the 5:25 mark before Hummel and Alexa May piled on two more scores before the halftime intermission to put the Seawolves up 3-1. 

Another ball out of Hummel's right hand found the back of the cage to start the third for a three-goal lead, but the Otters began to chip away with a goal of their own 27 second before the end of the third period to cut the SSU lead to 4-2.  Another CSUMB score at 5:53 of the fourth quarter began a stretch of time that both teams traded goals to make the score 5-4, but in favor of the Seawolves.

Hummel and Risden, however, distanced Sonoma State from Cal State Monterey Bay in the final four minutes of regulation to send the Seawolves onto the 7-4 victory.

Hummel matched CSUMB's Adrianna Craft for most goals scored in the game with three -- Craft scored twice in the final period.  Sonoma's Andrea Mallul made eight saves in the cage, including four in the final eight minutes of the contest.  The Otters' Amanda Jennings stayed busy throughout the day, making 14 stops,  six of which came in the third quarter.