Top-seeded Fresno State to open postseason at GCC Championship Tournament

Friday, April 23

Stockton, Calif.

3:00 PM PT

Fresno State

California Baptist University

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Top-seeded Fresno State to open postseason at GCC Championship Tournament

4/22/2021 1:06:00 PM | Water Polo

By: Taylor Martinez / Strategic Communications Assistant

2021 GCC Championship Tournament (April 23-24) • Stockton, Calif. (Chris Kjeldsen Pool)
vs. No. 4 California Baptist • Semifinal • Sat., April 23 • 3:00 p.m. PT
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No. 11 Fresno State earned the No. 1 seed in the four-team 2021 GCC Women's Championships April 23-24. As the No. 1 seed, Fresno State will open the tournament against No. 4 Cal Baptist on Friday, April 23 at 3 p.m. PT.

BULLDOG BITES

Fresno State is ranked No. 11.
Fresno State has been ranked inside the Top 15 for 11 consecutive weeks.
Fresno State secured the No. 1 seed in the 2021 GCC Championship.
Fresno State finished the regular season with an overall record of 10-5 (6-1 GCC).
The Bulldogs took a piece of the GCC regular season championship, finishing in a three-way tie for first place with San Diego State and Pacific.
Fresno State has won six out of the last seven.
Fresno State has outscored its opponents 231-159, averaging 15.4 goals per game.
Fresno State has four players that have scored 20+ goals this season.
Junior Daphne Guevremont has reached the 30+ goal mark this season, chalking 33.
Fresno State has seen three different goalkeepers in the cage, the unit is averaging a save percentage of .394.
Junior Hope Stokes has recorded the most minutes in goal for the Bulldogs. Stokes has recorded 52 saves and a .481 save percentage.

THE GCC 2021 CHAMPIONSHIP
This year's GCC Championship is a four-team field with the top four teams earning a bid to this year's field. Fresno State, San Diego State and Pacific all finished the 2021 conference race at 6-1 and share the regular season championship. All three punched their ticket. The fourth-place spot was also a three-way tie between California Baptist, Azusa Pacific and LMU at 3-4.

All four seeds went deep into the tiebreaker rules, with it being settled by goal differential in games played against the teams tied.

Fresno State earns the top spot with a goal differential of +2 against Pacific and San Diego State. The Aztecs take the No. 2 seed (even) and Pacific the No. 3 seed (-2). As for the fourth seed, CBU had a goal differential of +5, while Azusa Pacific was at -2 and LMU at -3.

HISTORY AT GCC CHAMPIONSHIP
Fresno State is 3-3 in GCC Tournament games. The Bulldogs finished sixth in 2018 and recorded a program-high third-place finish in 2019.

Fresno State is 0-1 in GCC Tournament games against California Baptist. The Lancers defeated the Bulldogs 13-10 (OT) in the fifth-place game in 2018.

This is the first time in program history that the Bulldogs have secured the top seed in the tournament.

FIVE BULLDOGS EARN ALL-GCC HONORS
The No. 11 Fresno State water polo team had five players earn Golden Coast Conference accolades. The Bulldogs tabbed two first team, one second team and two freshman team All-GCC selections. Five is the most honorees that Fresno State has earned in program history.

Daphne Guevremont and Emily Nicholson were named All-GCC First Team honorees. Callie Woodruff earned an All-GCC Second Team nod. Kaitlin Howarth and Cynthia Rosa rounded out the Bulldogs' postseason awards, Howarth was named a GCC All-Freshman First Team selection while Rosa tallied All-Freshman Second Team honors.

SCOUTING THE LANCERS

CBU is ranked No. 17.
CBU is the No. 4 seed in the 2021 GCC Championship.
CBU finished the regular season with an overall record of 5-10 (3-4 GCC).
CBU is coming off a 16-9 loss to then-No. 14 SDSU.
CBU has won two out of its last three games.
CBU is averaging 8.6 goals per game.
CBU had three players receive All-GCC honors in Kira O'Donell, Jamie Hutton and Melinna Galbraith.
Kyra Foley has started the last five games in goal for CBU. She has 63 saves, 15 steals and four assists over 10 games and eight starts this season.

SERIES HISTORY
Fresno State leads the all-time series against CBU 3-1. Earlier this season, the Bulldogs defeated the Lancers 22-13 (March 6).

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