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2022 Women's Water Polo Roster

Derrick Tuskan/Big West

10 Lalelei Mata'afa

  • Position:
    Center
  • Height:
    5-11
  • Class:
    Redshirt Senior
  • Hometown:
    Lahaina, Maui
  • High School:
    Lahainaluna High School

Summary

Biography

2022 (RS-Senior):
  • Medical Redshirt
2021 (RS-Junior):
  • Had the highest shooting percentage on the team (.545).
  • Finished the season with the fifth-most goals on the team.
  • Scored in eight of the 11 games she played.
  • Scored a hattrick against Long Beach State (4/1).
  • Started the season with multiple goals in all three of the first three games.
  • Was perfect from the pool in four different games, scoring a goal on every shot she took (3/10, 4/3, 4/11, 5/1, 5/2).
  • Played in goal twice, including at the NCAA Tournament against UCLA (5/14).
2020 (COVID Season):
  • Five games with four-plus goals including a career-high five goals against Azusa Pacific (2/1).
  • Scored four goals in three of the first four games of the season.
  • Scored second-most goals on the team (28).
  • Fourth-most points on the team (30).
2019 (RS-Sophomore):
  • Played in 16 games on the season.
  • Scored 17 goals and added one assist on the season.
  • Connected on 17-32 shots (.531 shooting percentage).
  • Drew six exclusions and six steals on the year.
  • Started the season with three straight multi-goal games.
  • Tied a career-high with four goals and added two steals against Sonoma St (1/19).
  • Followed that performance with three goals against San Diego State (1/20).

2018 (RS-Freshman):
  • Appeared in 19 games, while adding 12 goals for a 0.63 scoring average.
  • Tallied two assist and five steals.
  • Recorded two multiple-scoring games vs. Santa Clara (2/1) and Sonoma State (3/10).
  • Career-high four goals vs. Sonoma State (3/10).
2017:
  • Did not play. Redshirt season.
Prep:
  • A 2016 graduate of Lahainaluna High School in Lahaina, Maui
  • Lettered four years in both water polo and wrestling
  • A two-time Maui Interscholastic League (MIL) water polo player of the year
  • Helped LHS win three straight MIL conference championships  (2014, ’15, ’16)
  • Tied her sister, Gina-Bella, for the MIL season scoring record with 53
  • A four-time all-MIL first-teamer
  • Four-time Hawai’i State wrestling champion – one of only four ever
  • Was one of 12 inducted to the 2016 Enterprise/HHSAA Hall of Fame
  • The 2008 National NFL Punt, Pass & Kick competition champion, with runner-up finishes in 2010 and 2014
Personal:
  • Born in Wailuku, Maui
  • Nickname is “Lale”
  • Major is undecided
  • Has three older sisters, two older brothers and one younger brother
  • Sister Gina-Bella played water polo for Notre Dame College in Ohio, and at Durham University in England
  • Older brother, Hercules played three seasons of football at Washington State, where he was named a consensus All-American, received the 2017 Polynesian Player of the Year award and was also named to the All-Pac-12 first team 
  • Cousin Melody Papali’i ran cross country and track for UH
  • Parents are Sophie and Uluao Mata’afa of Lahaina, Maui

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Historical Player Information

  • RS

    2017Freshman

    Center
    5'11"
    RS
  • 10

    2018Redshirt Freshman

    Center
    5'11"
    10
  • 10

    2019Sophomore

    Center
    5'11"
    10
  • 10

    2020Redshirt Junior

    Center
    5'11"
    10
  • 10

    2021Redshirt Junior

    Center
    5'11"
    10
  • 10

    2022Redshirt Senior

    Center
    5'11"
    10