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No. 9 Hartwick Hammers Fresno Pacific & CSU-East Bay
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Hartwick College's water polo team won its fifth and sixth games of the young season to improve to 6-1 on the year. It marks the best start for the Hawks in program history. The previous best start to a Hartwick season after seven games came in 2007 when the Hawks began the year 4-3.
Last night, Hartwick defeated Fresno Pacific (NAIA) 14-8 before returning to the California State University-Bakersfield Roadrunner Invitational with a 14-10 victory over Cal-State East Bay.
Against FPU, 11 different Hawks registered at least a goal in the six-goal win. After a 3-3 score at the end of the first quarter, Hartwick pulled away from the Sunbirds in the second stanza outscoring them by a 4-0 margin. The Hawks scored seven goals to FPU's five in the second half for the final 14-8 score.
Jessica McKee (Tustin, Calif./Laguna Beach), Lisa Bass (Montreal, Quebec/Lindsay Place) and Sasha Freeborn (Auckland, New Zealand/Westlake Girls College) tallied twice in the game to lead the Hawks.
Christina Evans (Cedar Hills, Utah/Lone Peak), Shannon Leonard (Pointe Clair, Quebec/John Rennie), Adrienne Holosko (Windsor, Ontario/Vincent Massey), Kirsten Hudson (Wellington, New Zealand/Sacred Heart), Allyssa Analytis (Montreal, Quebec/Sacred Heart), Lily Martinez (Commerce, CA/Montebello), Hanneke Alfernink (Nijverdal, Netherlands/Univ. of Groningen) and Martina Shorkey (Hollywood, Fla./St. Thomas Aquinas) each tallied once.
Jess Dorman (Auckland, New Zealand/Diocesan) and Hayley Cox (El Segundo, Calif./El Segundo) split time in the Hartwick goal. Dorman played the first half making five saves. Cox stopped two Sunbird shots in the second half.
Versuc CSU-East Bay, the Hawks shook off the pesky Pioneers in the third quarter to break open a tight game. Hartwick led 8-7 with one second left in the second quarter before Alfernink gave Hartwick some breathing room with a goal. In the third quarter, the Hawks opened up a six-goal lead en route to the 14-10 win.
Siann Ells-Tewhiu (Wellington, New Zealand/Queen Margaret College) led Hartwick in scoring with four goals, including three in the big third quarter. Evans and Analytis each scored three first-quarter goals and McKee added two. Dorman made seven stops and registered three assists.
Release courtesy Hartwick Athletic Communications
