La Verne, Calif- Your Saint Francis Red Flash water polo team wins again in California beating the La Verne University Leopards 12-8 on the strength of a balanced attack to improve to 10-3 on the season.
 
Flash Points

• Saint Francis is now 5-0 on the California tour.
• Marialena Seletopoulou (Glyfada Athens Greece/Yannopoulos School) continued her scoring prowess with five goals.
• Five different players recorded goals for the Red Flash. 

Highlights

• La Verne scored first but Saint Francis responded with goals by Missy McCreary (Altadena, CA/LaSalle (Citrus College)), Seletopoulou and Ani Aghakhanian (La Crescenta, Calif/La Valley College) to take a 3-1 lead into the second period.
• Tallies by Aghakhanian and Erin O'Neill (Landsdale, Pa/North Penn) in the early second quarter gave the Red Flash a cushion that would stay comfortable for the remainder of the game. A Seletopoulou and La Verne goal placed the score at 6-3 SFU at half.
• La Verne drew within 6-4 but Marialena Seletopoulou (Glyfada Athens Greece/Yannopoulos School) shut the door on the Leopards escaping any trap with a punishing goal. McCreary provided extra reinforcement with another tally. Lani Merrill (San Clemente, Calif./San Clemente (Saddleback College)) finished off the third quarter with a goal to make it 9-5 entering the final period.
• Three goals by Seletopoulou and Aghakhanian placed the advantage at 12-6. La Verne scored a couple of garbage time goals to crystalize the final score at 12-8.

Notes

• Both teams were 100% in Penalty Shots (SFU 1-1, La Verne 2-2).
• Both squads recorded 27 shots (SFU 12-27, La Verne 8-27).
• Kate Wilke (Burbank, Calif./Burroughs) saved seven shots and chipped in two assists off long passes.

Up Next
 
The Red Flash play one final game out west when they travel to California Lutheran University on Thursday. The game tips off at 7 PM Eastern. Video and stats will be provided.

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