Women's Water Polo Opens West Coast Trip With Losses to Fresno Pacific and La Verne

Women's Water Polo Opens West Coast Trip With Losses to Fresno Pacific and La Verne

LA VERNE, Ca. – The Penn State Behrend dropped their first two games of their trip to the west coast to Fresno Pacific and La Verne on Saturday.

Final Scores:

Fresno Pacific 22, Penn State Behrend 4
La Verne 16, Penn State Behrend 4

Final Records:

Penn State Behrend 0-8, Fresno Pacific 3-14, La Verne 7-3

Key Moments:

* Both Shannon Young (Roseville, CA/Roseville) and Emily McNaughton (Wexford, PA/Pine-Richland) scored twice with each scoring once in the third and fourth periods
* Chloe Dodgen (Riverside, CA/Hillcrest) made 17 saves in the loss
* Fresno Pacific jumped out to a seven-goal lead in the first and took a 12-0 advantage into the third period
* McNaughton struck first for the Lions against La Verne in the second period
* The tally by McNaughton stopped a 8-0 run that the Leopards opened with
* Olivia Wright (Fairview, PA/Fairview) scored the lone third period goal for Behrend
* Samantha Darrell (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) wrapped up the scoring for the Lions, potting two in the fourth
* McNaughton and Wright led Behrend in scoring over the two games with each collecting three points  

Up Next:

* The Behrend Lions are off Sunday but will resume play on Monday as they take Occidental at 10 p.m. (PST)