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#10 Women's Water Polo Wins GCC Championship

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The No. 10 Pacific women's water polo team blitzed No. 14 San Diego State to claim the Golden Coast Conference championship, Sunday, 11-7.

Karolina Hlavata scored three goals while Kyra Christmas and Mariana Duarte each scored twice. Aelish Guinn, Viktoria Szmodics, Viktoria Tamas and Ellen Tiedemann each also scored.

Goalkeeper Alexis Hollinrake recorded 13 saves in goal for Pacific.

The Tigers claim their first GCC crown and earn the conference's automatic bid the NCAA Tournament.

Christmas earned tournament MVP honors as she scored a tourney-high seven goals and added four assists.