Berkeley, Calif.– No. 9 Sun Devil Water Polo (6-7, 0-1) fell in the MPSF conference opener against No. 3 California (13-3, 1-0), 17-11. Luca Petovary led the way for ASU with four goals and two assists, as Juliette Dhalluin and Tina Doherty both achieved hat tricks against the Golden Bears. The Sun Devils posted 11 goals, five in the fourth period alone to post the third-most goals California has allowed all season. Dhalluin led the team with two assists on the day.
ASU faced the Golden Bears at the Stanford Invitational a month ago, and in the second contest the Sun Devils improved their offense by scoring eight more goals than the first time the two teams faced off against each other.