UC Irvine senior utility
Ashling Taylor (Newport Beach, Calif./Long Beach CC) earned Big West Women's Water Polo Player of the Week as she scored six goals in two games, helping the Anteaters to a pair of road wins against ranked opponents.
Taylor recorded four goals against No. 18 UC San Diego in a 14-8 win on Friday. She returned to the pool on Saturday and scored twice as the Anteaters downed No. 5 San Diego State 14-13 in overtime. It was the second-highest ranked opponent that UCI has ever defeated.
For the week, in addition to her six goals, Taylor had six steals, three assists and three earned exclusions.
Others nominated: Lindsey Pengilly (Pacific)