California Baptist University
Azusa Pacific
Hutton Lights Up Cougars for Six Goals
4/18/2019 5:49:00 PM | Women's Water Polo
AZUSA, Calif. – After scoring her first hat trick last week, true freshman Jamie Hutton erupted for a double hat trick (six goals) in California Baptist University's final game of the regular season.
It wasn't enough for the 25th-ranked Lancers to knock off No. 24 Azusa Pacific on the Cougars' Senior Day on Thursday. APU won 11-9, which secured the sixth seed for CBU at the Golden Coast Conference Championships next week. The Cougars are in the middle of a banner season with four top-25 wins, including an upset win over No. 14 Wagner.
Thursday was the third time this season a Lancer has scored six goals in a game, as Hutton joined the club with Lizette Perez and Katie Fugit. Perez scored six against Harvard and Fugit had hers against Concordia.
CBU opens the game with a defensive stop and then Jamie Hutton scores this powerplay goal. Kira O'Donell drew the ejection, it's 1-0 Lancers. #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/3WpvKDeru8
— CBU Lancers WWP (@LancersWWP) April 18, 2019
Hutton scored CBU's first two goals, with her first opening the scoring and her second ending a 3-0 run from APU. The Cougars held a 5-3 lead at the end of the first quarter, with Madison East netting the Lancers' third goal.
Madison East steps in and sinks this shot from the perimeter, still a one-goal APU lead (4-3) late in the first quarter. #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/R0hjq7Lj10
— CBU Lancers WWP (@LancersWWP) April 18, 2019
Hutton scored consecutive goals 2:18 into the second quarter goal to tie the contest at 5-5. Azusa Pacific responded with a 3-0 run again to take an 8-5 lead into halftime.
The 🌝 shot gives Jamie Hutton a hat trick less than two minutes into the second quarter. The Lancers are down 5-4. #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/wFO3C6WJgl
— CBU Lancers WWP (@LancersWWP) April 18, 2019
The Lancers were answered back with the first goal of the second half, as Lizette Perez turned her defender and scored from up close to make it 8-6. Hutton's fourth goal kept it a two-score game (9-7) going into the final quarter, and her fifth narrowed the deficit to one with 6:35 left in regulation.
Lizette Perez turns her defender and then scores the first goal of the second half for CBU. That makes it an 8-6 APU lead. #LanceUp pic.twitter.com/SAl7hRE6oZ
— CBU Lancers WWP (@LancersWWP) April 18, 2019
Once again, APU had response and scored the next two goals to take an 11-8 edge with 3:50 to go. Hutton's sixth goal came with 11 seconds left but it was too late for a comeback.
Kira O'Donell makes it a one-goal game (9-8) with this six-on-five goal with 6:35 to play❗️❗️❗️#LanceUp pic.twitter.com/k44pkrTwZJ
— CBU Lancers WWP (@LancersWWP) April 19, 2019
CBU finishes the regular season with a 14-16, 2-5 in conference record, and APU improves to 17-13, 4-3. The Lancers will have to wait and see how Santa Clara's final conference game at Pacific plays out on Saturday to determine if it will seeded sixth or seventh for the GCC Championships next week at Fresno State. CBU owns the head-to-head tiebreaker over Santa Clara after defeating the Broncos 8-6 back on March 8th.
