CLAREMONT, CA. – The Pomona-Pitzer Women's Water Polo team defeated SCIAC rival CMS 12-5 to earn the SCIAC Regular Season Championship on Saturday night at Haldeman Pool.
 
Season Impact: with the win, the Sagehens ended the regular season with a 21-10 overall record and 12-0 in SCIAC play.  Pomona-Pitzer has dominated the regular season inside the SCIAC once again and finished the year unbeaten at 12-0.  The Sagehens haven't lost a regular season SCIAC contest since March 25^th of 2017 where they lost to Whittier 9-8.  Since then, the Sagehens have won 74 straight regular season SCIAC games and earned their fifth straight SCIAC Regular Season Championship.
 
The Sagehens were led by Lulu Gaither who had a game-high four goals in the win. Kaylee Stigar also netted a hat-trick with three goals while Abigail Wiesenthal had two and Madison Lewis, Brienz Lang, and Gabby Lewis had one. Zosia Amberger got the start and picked up the win as well as her 600^th career save with seven saves on the day with one steal.
 
The Sagehens got in front early as Sitgar scored the first goal of the Sixth Street Rivalry followed by an answer from CMS to make it 1-1 in the first quarter. The two teams alternated goals as Wiesenthal scored for the Sagehens off of a powerplay before the Athenas scored a powerplay goal of their own to tie the game at 2-2.  The Sagehens went on to end the first quarter with another powerplay opportunity as Gaither found the back of the net to make it 3-2 to end the first quarter of play.
 
CMS opened the second with a goal to tie the game back up at 3-3 while each team scored one goal in the second as Wiesenthal scored her second of the night to put the Sagehens up 4-3 heading into halftime.
 
The Sagehens had a big two goals to open the second half as Stigar completed her hat-trick with back-to-back goals to put the Sagehens up 6-3 with 5:53 left in the third. Each team netted one more goal before the end of the quarter as Lang added another for the Sagehens before CMS ended the third with a goal with the Sagehens up 7-4.
 
Pomona-Pitzer buried the Athenas in the fourth as Gaither led the way with a hat-trick inside the fourth quarter alone with three goals. The Lewis family joined Gaither on the scoresheet in the fourth as Pomona-Pitzer capped off their SCIAC Championship in style with a win over CMS at home to end the regular season.
 
Up Next: The Sagehens will enter the SCIAC Postseason Tournament as the No. 1 seed and will host the SCIAC Semifinal on Friday, April 26^th at 7:00 p.m.