ERIE, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College Women's Water Polo team completed a sweep in their first day of the CWPA Weekend at Penn State Behrend on Saturday.
W&J 22, Wheaton 3
The Presidents' first win was over the Wheaton College Lyons. Totaling 22 points in the four quarters of play, W&J put up four points in the second and third quarters while tallying seven in each of the bookends.
Nine Presidents scored in the outing. Emmie Ratcliff (Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood) and Autumn Woollcott (Grand Blanc, Mich./Grand Blanc) led the offensive efforts with five goals each. Following up Ratcliff and Woollcott was Laura Anthony (Erie, Pa./Villa Maria Academy) with a hat trick.
Rylee Mitchell (Milan, Mich./Milan), Emma Halle (Pittsburgh, Pa./North Allegheny), Mekkiye Ergun (Chicago, Ill./Lake View), Anastacia Didovich (Venice, Fla./Venice), Hallie Ratcliff (Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood) and Angelmarie Asanas (Chicago, Ill./Lake) also scored against the Lyons.
E. Ratcliff and Woollcott were also the only Presidents to find the back of the net multiple times in a single quarter. E. Ratcliff had two two-goal quarters in the first and second while Woollcott netted three in the final eight minutes of play.
The Presidents limited Wheaton to just three goals that were tallied in the first period before being shut out the remainder of the game.
W&J 16, Penn State Behrend 5
H. Ratcliff was the point leader in the second game, netting four goals to lead the Presidents. Halle and E. Ratcliff each had a hat trick in the match as well.
W&J started off strong building a 4-2 lead on a goal. H. Ratcliff and Sydney Neumann (Long Beach, Calif./Millikan) sandwiched two goals from Halle in the first eight minutes of play.
W&J grew their lead to 10-5 in the second quarter. Penn State Behrend found the first two goals before W&J cut off their scoring for the remainder of the game. H. Ratcliff put up three goals alongside a goal apiece from Anthony, Halle and E. Ratcliff.
Neumann scored first in the third quarter followed by Didovich and Anthony who found the back of the net once more in the third quarter for the Red & Black, 13-5.
E. Ratcliff scored twice in the first three minutes of the final quarter to push the Presidents lead to 15-5. The remainder of the time was scoreless for either team until Mitchell was able to net one final goal for W&J to claim a 16-5 victory and sweep on day one of the CWPA Weekend at Penn State Behrend.
Up Next: W&J returns to competition tomorrow (March 9), in the final day of the CWPA Weekend at Penn State Behrend. The Presidents will face Connecticut College (10:20 a.m.) and Grove City (3 p.m.).
