#25 CSUN Earns Two Wins at Redlands, Runs Win Streak to Five

Saturday, February 7

Redlands, Calif.

9:30 a.m.

California State University at Northridge

6-1

Occidental College

0-3

CSUN

Occidental

Photo by: Steve Fitzgerald

#25 CSUN Earns Two Wins at Redlands, Runs Win Streak to Five

2/7/2026 5:36:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

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REDLANDS, Calif.---No. 25 CSUN Water Polo kept up its winning ways with two wins at the Och Tamale Invite at Redlands University on Saturday. The Matadors defeated Occidental 22-7 in the morning match before beating La Verne 16-4 later in the day. Freshman Mira Dravucz had a team-high eight goals with two assists while freshman Ella Furuholmen had six goals and two assists combined on the day. All three Matador goalkeepers saw action, combining for 12 saves between the two matches.

CSUN-OCCIDENTAL RECAP
The Matadors took control at the start as Furuholmen scored 29 seconds into the match. From there, Marjorie Krueger hit the back of the net for a 2-0 lead while CSUN closed the final two minutes of the first period with three goals from Raygan Caroll, Leah Huisar and Alexis Smith for a 5-0 lead. The second period would be more of the same as Lucie Lapuz opened up the scoring with a tally on the power play. Occidental got into the scoring column after drawing a five-meter penalty, but CSUN responded with back-to-back Furuholmen goals along with tallies from Carroll and Mackenzie Wood in a 4-0 run. Furuholmen capped her dominant first half with her fourth goal to put CSUN ahead 11-2 at intermission.

In the third quarter, Mackenzie Wood hit two early goals while CSUN wiped away a late 2-0 Occidental run with three straight Mira Dravucz tallies to pull ahead 16-5 through three periods. Five Matadors hit the scoring column in another dominant fourth quarter where the Matadors outscored the Tigers 6-2. Sofia Martinez, Furuholmen, Dravucz, Krueger and Carroll were among the goal scorers in the fourth period en route to a 22-7 victory.

CSUN-LA VERNE RECAP
The Matadors' defense would be the story in the afternoon match with La Verne. CSUN held the Leopards without a goal through two full quarters to start the match. Meanwhile, the Matadors jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first quarter as Smith, Huisar, Cooper, Dakota Bumbaca, Wood, Ashley Strickland, Martinez and Furuholmen supplied the goal scoring. In the second period, CSUN would score just twice, netting two Dravucz goals on power plays for a 10-0 lead at halftime.

The stifling Matador defense finally gave up their first goal at the 6:18 mark of the third period, but CSUN responded with a 3-0 run as Dravucz added two more goals and Carroll hit the net as well. CSUN took a 13-2 lead to the fourth period where the Matadors went on to outscore the Leopards 3-2. Huisar dented the twice to start while Jade Cuevas scored at the 2:59 mark and Martinez closed the scoring with CSUN's 16th and final tally late in the match.

NOTES OF THE GAMES

CSUN improved to 7-1 on the season with Saturday's results.
Mira Dravucz scored four goals in each contest including leading the team against La Verne.
Eleven total Matadors hit the net versus La Verne.
Marin Byars finished with three saves with one goal allowed in 24 minutes in front of the cage against La Verne.
Furuholmen had a team-high five goals in the morning match with Occidental while Carroll had four goals and Wood finished with a hat trick.
Krueger totaled five assists to go with two assists against Occidental.
In 16 minutes of action each, goalkeepers Kiana Kellner and Erika Staine had five and four saves, respectively, against Occidental.

ACCORDING TO COACH MATT WARSHAW
On the Occidental Game
"Another big offensive performance scoring 22 goals. We've been working on executing the small details, and this morning it was nice to see what we've been working on performed in a game setting."

On the La Verne Game
"Any day we can win two road games is a good day. We got great contributions from the entire roster today."

UP NEXT
CSUN heads to Santa Clara to compete in the Bronco Invitational from Feb. 13-14. The opener of the invite has CSUN taking on host Santa Clara at 11:30 a.m. and Marist at 4 p.m.

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