By John M. Sherrard

(Long Beach, CA) The Mt. SAC Women's Water Polo team is on a roll, winners of the last 11 of 12 games, including three wins in the "Battle of the Beach" Tournament at Cerritos and Cypress colleges Friday and Saturday, October 20-21.

The Mounties started the four-game tourney with a 9-5 loss to No. 10- ranked Sierra College on Friday. The setback was their first in a month.

The Mounties then reeled off the next three wins to move their record to 17-4 overall.

The three victories came against San Diego Mesa (11-9), Cerritos (10-8) and No. 9 Fullerton (14-9).

Leading the way in goals in the tourney was sophomore 2-meter Kayla De Herrera with 15, followed by two players with eight each – freshman utility Erin DeAnda and freshman driver Miranda Silva.

Silva lead the team with 11 steals followed by DeAnda with six.

In the 9-5 loss to Sierra, the Mounties fell behind 6-3 by the half and never recovered, scoring only two goals in the third period.

Freshman driver Reannon Urias had two goals for the Mounties.

The Mt. SAC offense came alive against San Diego Mesa as De Herrera led the way with four goals followed by three from DeAnda and a pair by Silva (3 steals).

After Mesa took its only lead in the game after the first period, 3-2, Mt. SAC exploded for six goals in the second period for the halftime 8–3 lead.

Mesa outscored the Mounties in the second half, 5-2, but Mt. SAC hung on for the win.

In the 10-8 win over South Coast Conference rival Cerritos, DeAnda and De Herrera led the way with four and three goals respectively. Five Mounties had two steals each.

The Mounties had another close first period as they led by one, 3-2, on two goals by De Herrera. The Falcons reversed the scoring and tied the game at 5-5 by halftime.

The Mounties, behind three second half goals by DeAnda pulled out the victory.

In the final game on Saturday, a 14-9 victory over Fullerton started out just as the Cerritos game, with the Mounties holding a slim 9-8 lead at the half.

However, the Mounties outscored the Hornets 5-1 as the defense took over. They held Fullerton scoreless in the third period.

Sophomore goalie Shelby Garcia made 42 saves in the four games.

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