Girls Water Polo wins close contest 6-5 against Gunn

Steven Marinkovich and Ben Cleasby

The Lady Vikes took down crosstown rivals Gunn 6-5 on Thursday evening at Gunn High School.

The game started out fast as Gunn took a 2-0 lead three minutes into the first quarter.  A surge from the Vikings, that included two goals from Gigi Rojahn (โ€˜16) saw them take a 3-2 lead going into the second quarter.

A slow second quarter saw only one goal as Gunn tied up the game 3-3 with just :45 seconds remaining in the half.

As the game progressed into the third quarter, the Vikings received a spark from Sophie Frick (โ€˜18) as she scored back to back goals to give her team a 5-3 lead

โ€œSophie Frick had an amazing game.  She had some beautiful shots that just helped put us ahead,โ€ Rojahn said about her teammate.

Rojahn would score another goal early on in the fourth quarter to give the Vikings a three goal lead.  With three minutes left Gunn started to mount a comeback, scoring two goals to bring the Vikingsโ€™ lead to just one.

โ€œWhen we have that lead by three, we need to keep that momentum and shut them down, you canโ€™t let back at that time of the game,โ€ head coach Aileen Delany said.

The Vikings would hold on and win the game by that one goal margin.

โ€œIโ€™m really, really proud of the whole team because it was a true team effort. They played tough D and they really stepped up,โ€ Delany said.

Despite this win, the team still feels like there is room for improvement.

โ€œI think we can still work on our defense and helping back and the splitting,โ€ Frick said looking forward to the future.

They will be hoping to build off of this win in their next game at Los Altos on October 6th.