Women's Water Polo Finishes Third in CWPA Southern Division Championship

By Joseph Pak, Contributing Writer April 16, 2012

“We felt good going into the Brown game,” Kennifer said. “We were really excited to take it to them. We just weren’t shooting well. Our shot percentage was just so low. They ran a huge drop, and we were shooting from far out and just couldn’t get anything. We made their goalie look really good.”

While Harvard held a 5-3 lead heading into the final frame, Brown scored four goals and allowed only one Harvard goal in the period to take the one-goal victory and advance to the CWPA Southern Division Championship game.

Dukes finished with 11 saves while Zdrojewski finished with three goals in the contest.

HARVARD 12, MERCYHURST 3

The Crimson cruised to a win over the Lakers (9-17, 0-5 CWPA) in its first game of the weekend.

Although both teams started off scoreless for the first three minutes of regulation, by the end of the first, Harvard held a 4-0 lead.

“It went fine against Mercyhurst,” Kennifer said. “There were a few things, like plays and six-on-five formations that we didn’t do in the first game, because we knew people would be scouting us for the last two games. It was a good way to shake out the cobwebs.”

Sophomore Shayna Price tied a season high with four goals to lead the Crimson while six other Harvard players also contributed goals in the Crimson victory.

Harvard shut down Mercyhurst defensively, allowing only one goal during the second and third periods while scoring two goals in the second and four in the third to extend its lead to 10-1 going into the final frame.

The Crimson lead extended to as many as ten during the fourth with goals from junior attacker Aisha Price and sophomore attacker Riley Kessler.

Harvard will get a shot at improving upon its third-place finish when it participates in the CWPA Eastern Division Championship beginning April 27.

“It’s definitely a disappointing weekend, but it’s two weeks from now that matters—that’s the win that I want,” Harvard coach Ted Minnis said. “We have two weeks to practice. We’re going to go through the two weeks like it’s preseason…and hope we’re playing our best polo in two weeks.”