Women's Water Polo Drops Two on First Day of CWPA Tournament

WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's water polo team opened play in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Regional Tournament on Saturday, narrowly dropping the opening two games of the weekend to Washington & Jefferson and Grove City.

Final Scores:

Washington & Jefferson 12, Penn State Behrend 11
Grove City 14, Penn State Behrend 13

Noteworthy:

* The Presidents took a 10-8 advantage into the final frame in game one
* Behrend potted three in the fourth quarter but would allow two, resulting in a 12-11 loss
* In game two, Grove City scored the game-winning goal with 10 seconds remaining
* Prior to the Wolverines scoring the final tally, the Lions erased a two-goal deficit in under a minute of game time to tie it
* Emily McNaughton (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) led Behrend against Grove City with four goals
* Shannon Young (Roseville, CA/Roseville) and Marley Persch (Hudsonville, MI/Hudsonville) each added multi-goal games with Persch having three and Young with two
* McNaughton and Persch both tallied two scores against Washington & Jefferson

Up Next:

* Behrend will play two more games tomorrow split between Connecticut College and Utica College at 8 a.m. and 1 p.m., respectively