In a return to the pool, the 18th ranked San Diego State women’s water polo team stumbled at the Stanford Invitational dropping games to No. 9 Arizona State, and No. 2 Stanford.
Despite sophomore Laurene Padilla’s three goals against Arizona State and two against Stanford, the Pac 12 powers proved too strong, defeating the Aztecs 11-6 and 19-4 respectively.
Both games were characterized by slow Aztec starts as the Sun Devils jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead before sophomore Dayna Bond put the Aztecs on the board with the team’s first goal of the season. After another Sun Devil goal, senior Delaney Binette found the back of the net with less than a minute remaining in the first quarter to cut the deficit to two.