SAN DIEGO – With the completion of the 2022 Golden Coast Conference (GCC) women's water polo regular-season schedule, the league announced the seeds and matchups for next week's GCC Women's Championship tournament at the Lancer Aquatic Center on the campus of Cal Baptist University in Riverside, Calif. San Diego State is the 4-seed and will play Azusa Pacific, the 5-seed, in a quarterfinal game on Friday, April 22 at 2 p.m. PT.
The Aztecs (12-14, 4-3 GCC) and Azusa Pacific met on March 25 at the Aquaplex with San Diego State coming away with a 14-13 overtime victory. Samantha Loughlin and Katie Ratcliff each had a hat trick in the game and Karli Canale got what ended up being the game winner with 1:20 to play in the second overtime.
In the all-time series against the Cougars (8-15, 2-5 GCC), SDSU holds a 9-1 advantage, which includes a pair of wins in the GCC tournament. San Diego State defeated APU 13-7 in the semifinal of the 2017 GCC Championship and in 2018, 8-5, in the third-place game.
Since San Diego State joined the GCC in the 2014 season, SDSU has a 9-7 record in the conference tournament. In six GCC tournaments appearances, the 2020 tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, SDSU has never finished outside the top three places. San Diego State won the event in 2016, was second in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2021, and finished third in 2018 and 2019.
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