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Washington & Jefferson, Grove City Compete at 2009 National Collegiate III Championship
2009 National Collegiate III Women's Water Polo Championship
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Washington & Jefferson College went 1-4 to place sixth at the 2009 National Collegiate III Women's Water Polo Championship hosted at California Lutheran University's Samuelson Aquatics Center on May 1-3, 2009. Grove City College finished eighth in the eight team field as Pomona-Pitzer Colleges claimed the tournament championship.
The Presidents fell to California State Univeristy-East Bay 12-5 and 16-6, while defeating Grove City College (8-7 W) and being defeated by University of Redlands (14-4 L) and Pomona-Pitzer (15-12 L).
The Wolverines of Grove City fell to University of California-Santa Cruz (9-4 L), Washington & Jeferson (8-7 L) and Occidental (11-5 L) before splitting a pair of games against Macalester College (7-4 W, 10-4 L).
For their performances, W&J's Alicia Sutton (Sr., Erie, Pa./McDowell) and Grove City's Liza McRuer (Sr., Irvine, Calif./University) were recognized with second and honorable mention All-Tournament honors, respectively.
All-Tournament Team
Coach of the Year
- Alex Rodriguez (Pomona-Pitzer)
Most Valuable Player - Sarah Woods
(Pomona-Pitzer)
First Team
Nikki Ruesch (Pomona-Pitzer)
Sam Greenawalt (Redlands)
Kelli Moy (Redlands)
Annie Keating (UC-Santa Cruz)
Heather Stewart (UC-Santa Cruz)
Laura Simononok (Occidental)
Julie Monday (Occidental)
Second Team
Whitney Schieler (Redlands)
Claire Quinn (Redlands)
Tessa Bailey-Findlay (Occidental)
Jenna Casady (CSU-East Bay)
Mary Rosa (CSU-East Bay)
Alicia Sutton (W&J)
Sarah Ellerton (Macalester)
Honorable Mention
Naneh Apkarian (Pomona-Pitzer)
Janelle Gyorffy (Pomona-Pitzer)
Nila Ward (UC-Santa Cruz)
Karie Nickle (Occidental)
Brianna Finney (CSU-East Bay)
Sofia Shaw (Macalester)
Liza McRuer (Grove City)
