Behrend Women's Water Polo Falls at CWPA Regional Tournament

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's water polo team dropped a pair of one-goal games, while falling to Grove City in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Regional Tournament hosted in the Junker Center.

Game one:
Final Score: Washington & Jefferson 14, Penn State Behrend 13 (OT)
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-12), W&J (2-6)

Key Moments:

* Riyley McClellan scored the game-winning goal with 18 seconds left in overtime
* McClellan tallied her team-leading fourth goal with time expiring to halt the Lions from their first win
* Behrend held an 8-7 lead in the third quarter off a goal by Susie Carrillo (Fresno, CA/Clovis North Educational Center)
* The Presidents scored the next two goals, but the Lions got back-to-back goals from Emily McNaughton (Seven Fields, PA/Pine Richland) to even the score at 10-all
* Olivia Wright (Fairview, PA/Fairview) gave Behrend its last lead at 11-10
* The game was tied three more times in the fourth period to force overtime
* McNaughton led with four goals, while Wright added three

Game two:
Final Score: Grove City 19, Penn State Behrend 11
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-13)

Key Moments:

* Shannon Young (Roseville, CA/Roseville) led the Lions with four goals, including two that helped the Lions tie the score in the first half
* Young's third goal of the game put the Lions ahead 8-7 with 46 seconds left in the second period
* The Wolverines got their first win of the season, scoring 19 goals total including seven in the fourth period
* Grove City had a player score seven goals
* Wright led with six steals and three assists, while Nic Darrell (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) recorded three steals and three assists
* Goalie Kieffer Beckman (Wildwood, MO/Eureka) made two saves in the game

Game three:
Final Score: Connecticut College 17, Penn State Behrend 16
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-14)

* Emma Luna scored the eventual game-winning goal with 1:16 left in the game
* Connecticut outscored the Lions only in the first period, 5-3, to make the difference
* The teams tied with five goals in the second and four in the third
* Young and McNaughton had the final two goals for Behrend to get them within one goal
* It marks the second one-goal loss this weekend for the Lions
* Marley Persch (Hudsonville, MI/Hudsonville) led with five goals, scoring two in the second and third periods
* Young tallied three goals, while Wright and McNaughton finished with a pair of goals each

Up Next:

* The Lions return to action tomorrow for their final game of the CWPA Regional Tournament against Utica. Game time is 8 a.m.