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GW Women's Water Polo Drops Two to CWPA Rivals
2/28/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
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Feb. 28, 2015
LEWISBURG, Pa. - The George Washington women's water polo team opened CWPA league action with losses to Hartwick and Bucknell on Saturday at Bucknell's Kinney Natatorium. The Colonials fell to the Hawks, 14-9, before dropping an 11-4 decision to the host Bison.
GW (4-5, 0-2 CWPA) and Hartwick traded goals in the first quarter and the score was tied, 3-3, after eight minutes, but the Hawks, who are receiving votes in the most recent national poll, outscored the Colonials, 4-1, in the second period for a 7-4 halftime lead.
After Hartwick scored the first goal of the third frame, GW used a 3-1 run to pull within two, 9-7, with 3:13 to go in the period, but the Hawks scored the final two goals of the quarter for an 11-7 advantage. The teams again alternated goals in the fourth for the 14-9 final score.
Freshman Scarlett Hallahan led the Colonials with five goals and an assist to go with five steals and two ejections drawn. Freshman Maggie Ball also tallied multiple goals as she scored twice and had two steals.
Sophomore Maddy Johnson recorded a career-high six steals and freshman Jacqueline Bywater had four as the Colonials tallied 23 takeaways in the game, the third-highest single-game total in program history.
Senior goalkeeper Chandler Vilander made five saves in the cage.
Bucknell led GW, 3-2, after one quarter and scored the only goal of the second to take a 4-2 halftime advantage. The Bison then outscored the Colonials, 4-0, in the third period to go up 8-2 and extended their run to six in a row before Johnson found the back of the net with 5:02 left in the fourth to make it 10-3. Each team scored once more for the 11-4 final.
Johnson tallied two of GW's four goals while senior Mikaela Pyrch and junior Hannah Cox each scored once. Ball recorded a team-high five steals and Vilander made 10 saves in the cage.
The Colonials return to action on Sunday when they take on CWPA rivals Mercyhurst at 10:20 a.m. and Gannon at 5 p.m.
Hartwick 14, GW 9
GW - 3-1-3-2--9
HC - 3-4-4-3--14
GW Goals: Hallahan 5, Ball 2, Johnson 1, McGeoy 1
GW Assists: Johnson 1, Pyrch 1, Colona 1, Bywater 1, Hallahan 1
GW Steals: Johnson 6, Hallahan 5, Bywater 4, Ball 2, Vilander 2, Pyrch 2, Goodell 1, McGeoy 1
GW Field Blocks: Hallahan 1, Cox 1
GW Ejections Drawn: McGeoy 2, Hallahan 2, Cox 1, Goodell 1
GW Saves: Vilander 5
Bucknell 11, GW 4
GW - 2-0-0-2--4
BU - 3-1-4-3--11
GW Goals: Johnson 2, Pyrch 1, Cox 1
GW Assists: Johnson 1, Colona 1, Bywater 1, Hallahan 1
GW Steals: Ball 5, Johnson 1, Pyrch 1, Cox 1, Vilander 1, McGeoy 1, Hallahan 1
GW Field Blocks: Johnson 1, McGeoy 1, Hallahan 1
GW Ejections Drawn: Cox 2, Colona 1, McGeoy 1
GW Saves: Vilander 10
