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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The Washington & Jefferson College women's water polo team dropped a 14-7 decision to host Macalester in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Championship at Riley Pool Friday evening. 

Macalester (7-10, 4-4 CWPA Division III-West) advances to a 1:40 p.m. semifinal clash on Saturday, April 22, against Division III No. 6 Augustana College.  Washington & Jefferson (9-9, 7-1 CWPA Division III-East) will take on Utica University at 12:20 p.m. in the consolation side of the bracket Saturday. 

The Presidents – which previously finished Second (2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), Third (2013), Fourth (2010, 2018), Sixth (2022) and 10th (2019) at prior CWPA Division III Championships – trailed 1-0 with 5:19 left in the first quarter.  However, the Presidents closed out the first quarter with a four-goal flurry to strikes as Ryley McClellan (Sr., Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) and Sydney Neumann (So., Long Beach, Calif./Millikan) connected on shots at 5:06 and 4:32, respectively, to push W&J ahead prior to McClellan (1:46) and Neumann (30 seconds) insulating the margin to 4-1 by the end of the first. 

Megan DePrez (Sr., Claremont, Calif./Claremont) scored with 3:39 remaining in the second quarter to extend the W&J lead to 5-3. However, back-to-back scores by the Scots evened the match at 5-5 entering halftime. 

Macalester scored all four goals in the third and tallied five of the seven fourth quarter goals to run away with the contest in the second half. 

For W&J, DePrez, McClellan and Neumann notched pairs with Anthony contributing a single goal.  

Alliey Cunningham (So., Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) turned aside two shots in 13:55 of work prior to exiting after a five-meter penalty shot at the 2:05 mark of the second quarter.  She was relieved by Sky Wald (Fr., Granada Hills, Calif./John F. Kennedy) who allowed 10 goals with four saves over the final 18:05 to take the loss.