Date:Â Friday, March 24, 2017, 12:20 p.m.
Where:Â New London, Conn.
Opponent: Connecticut College
Result:Â W, 7-5
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How it Happened:Â The Washington & Jefferson women's water polo team opened its weekend with a 7-5 win over Connecticut College on Friday afternoon.
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Top Performers: Madison Nervig (Naperville, Ill./Naperville Central) led the Presidents' offense with four goals and came away with two steals on defense.
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The Rest:Â Liz Klock (New Lennox, Ill./Lincoln-Way Central) scored two times and came away with a team-high eight steals. Brittany Patterson (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) added a goal and six steals.Â
Sarah Latzo (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria) recorded a team-high two assists in the game and Klock,Â
Macel Reising (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) and
Tess O'Neill (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) contributed an assist each.Â
Ally Hopkins (Sinking Spring, Pa./Wilson) made nine saves in goal.
Date:Â Friday, March 24, 2017, 4:20 p.m.
Where:Â New London, Conn.
Opponent: Macalester
Result:Â W, 7-5
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How it Happened:Â The Presidents completed their first day of action with another 7-5 win, this time defeating Macalester.
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Top Performers: Patterson led the team with a hat trick in the first game, to go along with two assists and six steals.
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The Rest: Reising finished with two scores and an assist while Latzo and Klock both added a goal and an assist each in the game.
Paige Adams (Mohnton, Pa./Govenor Mifflin) also added an assist. Hopkins made eight saves as the netminder and also had a steal.
Date:Â Saturday, March 25, 2017, 9:00Â a.m.
Where:Â New London, Conn.
Opponent: Utica
Result:Â W, 15-4
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How it Happened:Â W&J opened day two of action with a 15-4 win over Utica.
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Top Performers: Nervig scored four goals and added an assist and Patterson scored twice in addition to assisting on four goals as they led the scoring for the Presidents.
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The Rest: Adams recorded a hat trick and an assist. Klock scored twice while Latzo, Reising,
Kirsten Yatsko (King of Prussia, Pa./Upper Merion) and
Amanda Borwegen (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) all scored and assisted once. Hopkins made nine saves in goal in the game.
Date:Â Saturday, March 25, 2017, 3:40 p.m.
Where:Â New London, Conn.
Opponent: Carthage
Result:Â W, 6-4
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How it Happened:Â The Presidents won their fourth game of the weekend by a score of 6-4 over Carthage.
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Top Performers: Klock and Patterson both scored twice and added an assist each to lead the Presidents' offense.
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The Rest:Â Reising and Adams both added a goal, with Reising assisting on a score, to round out the W&J scoring in the game. Hopkins saved a weekend-high 19 shots as the goalkeeper.
Date: Sunday, March 26, 2017, 3:40 p.m.
Where:Â New London, Conn.
Opponent: Monmouth (Ill.)
Result:Â W, 12-3
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How it Happened:Â W&J capped its 5-0 weekend with a convincing 12-3 win over Monmouth.
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Top Performers: Klock and Nervig both scored five goals to pace the scoring for the Presidents in the game. Klock also added an assist.
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The Rest:Â Patterson and Reising added one goal each as Patterson also assisted on two goals. O'Neill and
Lexie Gartner (West Lawn, Pa./Wilson) also had two assists each in the game while Hopkins stopped 16 shots in goal.
What's next:Â The Presidents will return to the pool on Saturday, April 1, when they face Penn State-Behrend on the road at 11:00 a.m. before traveling to face Grove City (4:30 p.m.) later that day.