Northern
Division
4-17
Sheri Johnson, Hartwick College
Sheri Johnson a junior all-around/goalkeeper,
led the 16th-ranked Hawks to their third straight Collegiate Water Polo
Association (CWPA) Northern Division Championship on Sunday at Brown
University. Johnson totaled 3 goals and two assists as a field player,
and registered 17 saves in two games in goal for Hartwick (21-9).
Johnson paced the Hawks with
three goals and one assist in a 4-3 victory in overtime versus Brown
in the championship game. On Saturday, Johnson led the Hawks to victories
over Utica (12-4), St. Francis (13-1) and Iona (7-5). Johnson registered
six saves and allowed one goal against St. Francis. Against Iona, she
totaled 11 saves and tallied one assist for the Hawks.
4-10
Sheri Johnson, Hartwick College
Junior Sheri Johnson
led the 16th-ranked Hartwick College women's water polo team (17-9)
to a 3-1 week and a second-place finish at the Eastern College Athletic
Conference Water Polo Championship hosted by Princeton University over
the weekend. She contributed 11 goals, two assists and 12 steals in
four games for Hartwick.
In Saturday's opener, Johnson scored a game-high four goals to lead
the Hawks to an 8-5 victory over Harvard University. She also tallied
one assist, one steal and one kick-out drawn in the contest. Against
Bucknell University, Johnson led Hartwick to an 11-3 triumph with three
goals, one assist and three steals. On Sunday, Johnson led all players
with three goals and seven steals in a 6-5 overtime victory versus Brown
University. In the championship game against Princeton, Johnson chipped
in one goal, one steal and one kick-out drawn in a 10-8 loss to the
Tigers.
4-3
Shannon McGady, Iona College
Junior Shannon McGady helped
preserve the Iona women's water polo winning streak with another outstanding
weekend in New York regional play. The Gaels have now won twelve straight
to move to 12-1 overall. McGady led the way scoring twelve goals in
the four victories while adding four assists. Shannon drew thirteen
kickouts over the weekend and grabbed nine steals. In Sunday's contest
versus St. Francis, she set an Iona record drawing eight ejections in
the game.
3-27
Jenny Shoemaker, Iona College
Iona defeated Villanova Thursday
night and went 4-0 over Saturday and Sunday to wrap up the Big Apple
Classic Tournament at Wagner College. Leading the 5-0 week for Iona
was goaltender Jenny Shoemaker who held the opposition to 4.2 goals
per game. Jenny recorded a 72.4 save % and swiped 15 steals to help
Iona improve to 8-1 overall.
3-13
Courtney Crase, Wagner College
Freshman Courtney Crase led
Wagner College in scoring with 12 goals in Northern Division, New York
Regional competition this weekend. Crase paced the Seahawks, currently
ranked 10th in the CWPA poll, with five goals, one assist and one ejection
drawn in a 16-13 loss to 3rd-ranked Hartwick College. She followed up
that effort a total of five goals and four more drawn ejections in a
pair of losses to 6th-ranked Iona College. In Wagner's 11-1 victory
over Utica College she added two more goals. For the weekend, Crase
tallied 12 goals, three assists, three steals and five drawn ejections.
Crase hails from Saratoga, Calif.
2-27
Ashleigh Jacobs, Hartwick College
Junior center Ashleigh Jacobs
paced the 15th-ranked Hartwick College women's water polo team (6-6)
to a 2-1 record at the University of California at Davis Shootout Tournament
on Saturday and Sunday at Hickey Pool. Jacobs finished the two-day tournament
with five goals, two assists, four kick-outs drawn and one steal. She
tallied two goals, two kick-outs drawn and one steal in an 11-3 win
versus University of California at Santa Clara on Saturday. In the second
game, Jacobs contributed one goal and two kick-outs drawn in a
7-5 victory over 14th-ranked University of California at Davis in the
nightcap. Jacobs had her best game of the tournament with two goals
and two assists in a 9-8 loss to 10th-ranked University of California
at San Diego on Sunday.
2-13
Kate Chambers, Hartwick College
Sophomore driver Kate Chambers
led the 17th-ranked Hartwick College women's water polo team (4-5) to
a fourth-place finish at the University of California at San Diego/Arena
Invitational at UCSD's Canyonview Pool on Saturday and Sunday. Chambers,
who was named to the Arena All-Tournament Team, finished with nine goals,
five steals, four kick-outs drawn and one assist. She had three goals,
three steals and two kick-outs drawn in a 7-4 victory over 13th-ranked
UC-Irvine on Saturday, and followed with three goals and two kick-outs
drawn in a 17-8 loss to seventh-ranked San Diego State. On Sunday, Chambers
paced the Hawks with three goals, two steals, one assist and one kick-out
drawn in an 8-7 victory in overtime against 12th-ranked UC-Santa Barbara.
In nine games this season, Chambers has 18 goals, 15 steals, 14 kick-outs
drawn and five assists for Hartwick.
2-6
Amy Brunton, Hartwick College
Amy Brunton, a freshman goalkeeper,
earned two victories for the 17th-ranked Hawks (2-4) at the Arizona
State Invitational on Saturday. She had 10 saves and a game-high seven
steals in a 9-6 victory over No. 19 University of the Pacific. Brunton
followed with 15 saves, four steals and one assist in an 8-2 win against
Arizona State in the nightcap .
Brunton has a 2-3 record
and all three of her losses were to higher ranked teams in the national
poll. She has registered 45 saves, 13 steals and one assist for the
Hawks.
1-30
Vanessa Malik, Hartwick College
Junior all-around
Vanessa Malik competed for the 16th ranked Hartwick College women's
water polo team at the University of Michigan Invitational last weekend.
Malik played well for the Hawks in three close losses to higher ranked
teams. She had two goals, one assist, four kick-outs drawn and one 4-meter
drawn in a 10-8 loss to 14th ranked Indiana University on Saturday.
In the nightcap against No. 7 San Jose State University, Malik chipped
in with two kick-outs drawn. On Sunday, Malik had one goal, two kick-outs
drawn and one 4-meter drawn against 11th ranked University of Michigan.
Southern
Division
4-17
Betsey Armstrong, University of Michigan
Michigan's sophomore goalkeeper led a Wolverine defense that allowed
only nine goals in four games at the Southern Division Tournament. Armstrong
recorded a season-best 17 saves in the championships game against Indiana
while allowing only two goals. She was equally impressive in the semifinal
match-up against George Washington with 13 saves, including three while
the Colonials were on the power play. Armstrong also tallied an assist
against both Indiana and George Washington. Armstrong started the weekend
with four saves in one quarter against Salem International and seven
saves in the first half against Slippery Rock. Over the four game stretch,
Armstrong made 41 saves, handed out a pair of assists and allowed a
mere 1.45 goals per game.
4-10
Jenny Edwards, Princeton University
Senior Jenny Edwards was named Most Valuable Player of the ECAC Championship
for her strong performance in leading the Tigers to the title. In the
first game of the ECAC Tournament, Edwards had three steals and scored
a fourth-quarter goal to seal a 7-2 win over Iona. She then had a game-high
three goals and six steals as Princeton edged past Brown, 8-7. The Tigers
trailed 7-3 in the third quarter but Edwards' two second-half goals
led the comeback. Princeton advanced to Sunday's ECAC games as the top
seed in its bracket, and defeated Harvard 10-7 to reach the championship
game. Edwards was 2 for 2 with three steals. In the title game, Edwards
shot 2 for 2 again with a game-high four steals. She totaled eight goals
and 16 steals in the four tournament games, leading Princeton on both
the offensive and defensive ends to the ECAC Championship. The crown
marks Edwards' third in her four years at Princeton.
4-3
Erin Brown, University of Michigan
Erin Brown led the Wolverines to their third consecutive Southern Division
title and a perfect 8-0 conference record with 10 goals in limited playing
time at the Southern Division Tournament on March 29-30. Brown never
played more than two quarters in any game. Against Slippery Rock, Brown
recorded her second hat trick of the season with three goals. She also
notched two assists and a pair of steals. Against Gannon, Brown scored
once with one assist and two drawn ejections and then scored two more
times against Mercyhurst. Brown finished the weekend with a career-high
four-goal performance against Washington & Jefferson. She also added
one assist, one steal and one drawn ejection. On the Wolverines four
games, Brown totaled 10 goals, four assists, three steals and three
drawn ejections.
3-27
Chesed Ceniseroz, Villanova University
Villanova went 3-1 this weekend at the Bucknell Invitational. For the
weekend, Chesed Ceniseroz scored four goals and had four assists, but
it was her play on defense that helped Villanova achieve the success
it did. Ceniseroz recorded 16 steals on the weekend, to bring her season
total to 34. Against Michigan State she recorded five steals and notched
eight more in Villanova's 9-6 win over Gannon.
3-13
Kira Canon, George Washington University
Junior Kira Canon led the Colonials, currently ranked 9th in the CWPA
poll, to a 2-2 CWPA opening weekend with victories over Villanova and
Salem International and losses to 3rd-ranked Princeton and 7th-ranked
Bucknell. In GW's first game of the weekend, a 10-3 defeat of Villanova,
Canon led the Colonials in scoring with four goals. George Washington
fell to Princeton in the next game, however she provided more than half
the team's scoring with five goals. She added four more goals in a 14-5
victory over Salem International. In the team's final game of the weekend,
a heartbreaking 11-10 loss to Bucknell, Canon led the team in scoring
for the fourth consecutive game with three goals. Canon's totals for
the weekend: 16 goals and four assists.
3-6
Betsey Armstrong, University of Michigan
Michigan's sophomore goalkeeper finished the Wolverine's spring break
trip across California very strongly. Armstrong posted at least 10 saves
in three of Michigan's four games the past week. The only game she failed
to reach the 10-save mark was against the University of La Verne in
which she only played the first half, due to U-M's 5-0 halftime lead.
Armstrong started the week with a 12-saves performance against No. 4
Long Beach State, including two power play saves. She also had one steal
and one assist. Armstrong also had 12 saves against No. 10 UC Santa
Barbara to go along with an assist. In only one half of action against
La Verne, she stopped all seven shots she faced. Finally, Armstrong
recorded 12 saves and one assist against Redlands, allowing only three
goals. Four of her saves came while the Bulldogs were on the power play.
Armstrong's final line for the week read 43 saves, including 12 on the
power play, three assists and a .672 saves percentage.
2-20
Jessica Goldner, Indiana University
In what was
her most successful weekend in her young Hoosier career, Jessica Goldner
recorded an impressive .729 save percentage on 35-of-48 shots-on-goal
this past weekend at the Princeton Invitational. Against Bucknell, the
Los Altos Hills, Calif., native stopped 6-of-9 shots, while following
with a 10-of-13 performance against No. 18 Brown. Goldner was pulled
late in the fourth quarter against No. 19 Harvard, but not before recording
a perfect 13-of-13 save total. The Hoosier sophomore ended the tournament
with a 6-of-13 save performance in the Hoosiers' thrilling victory over
No. 10 UC-Santa Barbara. Also on the weekend, Goldner surpassed the
200-career save mark, and ended the Princeton Invitational with her
current career total of 234.
2-13
Kristin Stanford, Indiana University
Indiana University
All-American senior Kristin Sanford was a marked target for the top-ranked
competition the Hoosiers faced this past weekend at the Stanford Invitational.
The Cincinnati, Ohio, native managed to score 11 goals on 23 attempts
however, and contributed on 14 of Indiana's 29 goals over the four-game
span (11 goals, 3 assists). Sanford also managed to snag seven steals,
but it was her offensive performance in the water against No.1 Stanford,
No. 5 Cal and No. 9 San Jose State that demanded the respect of double
and sometimes triple-teams. Sanford scored two of the Hoosiers' three
goals against Cal, netted four against San Jose State, including two
assists, and one against the defending NCAA champions. Indiana's all-time
scoring leader ended the weekend posting a perfect 4-for-4 shooting
mark with one assist, in limited action against UC-Santa Cruz.
1-30
Kristin Stanford, Indiana University
Indiana University
All-American senior Kristin Stanford capped off a high-scoring Michigan
Invitational by tying the school record with six goals Sunday, as the
Hoosiers topped No. 7 San Jose State, 10-8. In addition to her six goals,
Stanford recorded two steals and one assist. Against Hartwick, the Cincinnati,
Ohio, native scored four goals on seven shots, while tallying three
steals. It did take until the fourth quarter of the Michigan game, but
Stanford found the back of the net against the Wolverines as well, scoring
once, with an assist and a steal each. On the weekend, Stanford scored
11 goals on 24 shots (.458), while recording six steals and two assists.
The all-time scoring leader at Indiana with 184 goals, Stanford performance's
should boost the Hoosiers past 14th in the polls, which is currently
the highest ranking in school history for the Hoosiers.
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