{"id":759,"date":"2011-04-30T03:41:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T03:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lbpost.com\/articles\/sports\/women-s-water-polo-stragier-wills-49ers-past-ucsb-in-water-polo-upset\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T03:41:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T03:41:00","slug":"women-s-water-polo-stragier-wills-49ers-past-ucsb-in-water-polo-upset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/sports\/women-s-water-polo-stragier-wills-49ers-past-ucsb-in-water-polo-upset","title":{"rendered":"WOMEN&#8217;s WATER POLO: Stragier Wills 49ers Past UCSB in Water Polo Upset"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\"><strong>9:15pm |<\/strong>Senior goaltender Kristen Stragier made 14 saves for No. 16 Long Beach State, and Krizia Cerda scored a pair fourth-quarter goals Friday as the 49ers upset No. 14 UC Santa Barbara in the host pool in the opening r<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';\">ound of the Big West Tournament 4-3.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span>Long Beach State struck early as Lauren Sieprath scored on the first possession of the game, and while the Gauchos evened the score at 1, Stragier made eight first-half saves as the teams reached halftime tied at 1-1.<br \/><span>&nbsp;<\/span><br \/>Julia Garyfallou put the 49ers back on top in the third period, but the Gauchos answered back once more with a goal from Kathryn Nelson to head to the final period square at 2-2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Cerda scored twice for the 49ers however in the fourth, the first coming directly after the 49ers won the sprint, and the second following a UCSB ejection with 4:55 remaining. 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