{"id":191565,"date":"2024-02-07T15:20:36","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=191565"},"modified":"2024-02-07T15:20:36","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:20:36","slug":"gomez-de-la-puente-big-west-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/07\/gomez-de-la-puente-big-west-honor\/","title":{"rendered":"Wahine water polo player earns Big West honor, ‘Bows rise to No. 2"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa attacker Lucia Gomez de la Puente was named the Big West Women\u2019s Water Polo Player of the Week, giving the second-ranked Rainbow Wahine<\/a> three consecutive conference awards to open the season. The Big West Player of the Week award is the first of Gomez de la Puente\u2019s career.<\/p>\n

She accounted for 19 points with 11 goals and eight assists in the Triton Invitational. Gomez de la Puente, a senior from Madrid, Spain, opened the Triton Invitational by scoring three goals and assisting on four more in a 21-7 rout of San Diego State on February 2. She posted another hat trick with two assists on February 3 in a 14-9 win over UC<\/abbr> Davis. Gomez de la Puente then tied her season and career high with four goals in UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 13-12 overtime loss to UCLA<\/abbr> in the semifinals. She closed the road trip with another goal and two assists to help UH<\/abbr> knock off USC<\/abbr> for the first time since 2006<\/a> and post a win over a No. 1-ranked opponent for the second time this season.<\/p>\n

Coming off their performance in the Triton Invitational, the Rainbow Wahine (8-1) rose two spots to No. 2 in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA<\/abbr>) Women\u2019s Varsity Top 25 released on Wednesday. UH<\/abbr> received 94 points in the poll to trail only UCLA<\/abbr> (100 points) and reached its highest ranking in the CWPA<\/abbr> poll in program history. <\/p>\n

For more go HawaiiAthletics.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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