GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's water polo team fell to Mt. St. Mary's and Wittenberg on day two of the Grove City Invitational on Saturday.
Game one:
Final Score: Mt. St. Mary's 16, Penn State Behrend 5
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-6), Mt. St. Mary's (6-1)
Key Moments:
* Sierra Thurman led the Mount with five goals, including two in the opening quarter for a 3-0 lead
* Five different players scored for the Lions
* Behrend scattered five goals across the second and third quarters
* Mt. St. Mary's registered a quarter-high six goals in the fourth
* Nic Darrell (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) recorded 11 steals, two assists, two drawn kickouts and one goal
* With 11 steals, Darrell set a new program record for most steals in a game
* Shannon Young (Roseville, CA/Roseville), Susie Carrillo (Fresno, CA/Clovis North Educational Center), Olivia Wright (Fairview, PA/Fairview) and Darragh Martin (Green Lane, PA/Upper Perkiomen) each tallied a goal for the Lions
* Julie de Deus (Pembroke Pines, FL/Pembroke Pines Charter) made three saves
Game one:
Final Score: Wittenberg 15, Penn State Behrend 11
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-7)
Key Moments:
* A pair of goals from Marley Persch (Hudsonville, MI/Hudsonville) and Young, and another from Darrell gave Behrend a 5-3 lead after the first eight minutes
* Wittenberg answered with five goals in the second quarter to take an 8-7 advantage into halftime
* The Lions managed to outscore the Tigers in the third quarter 4-3 to make it 11-all with one quarter left
* Young added another goal to make three, while Wright, Carrillo and Martin each scored
* Wittenberg registered four goals in the fourth and clamped down on defense for the four-goal win
* de Deus added five saves for a total of eight on the day
* In addition to scoring, Darrell had the same stat line as Mt. St. Marys: five steals, two assists and two drawn kickouts
Up Next:
* The Lions return to action on March 4 at the Gary Troyer Invitational in California.
