Behrend Women's Water Polo Set to Compete at CWPA Championships

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's water polo team heads to Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota on Friday for the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Championships. The Lions enter the tournament as the eight-seeded team and open play against No. 9 Carthage at 12 p.m.

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Behrend News & Notes:

* Behrend wrapped up the CWPA regular season with a 2-6 record
* The Lions received league wins over Utica this season, defeating the Pioneers 14-7 and 16-4
* Nic Darrell (Perkasie, PA/Pennridge) and Shannon Young (Roseville, CA/Roseville) were named to the CWPA East All-Conference Team
* Darrell was selected to the First Team, while Young was chosen to the Second Team
* Darrell is earning her first All-Conference honors, while Young is a two-time selection
* Darrell broke the season steals and field-block records, while Marley Persch (Hudsonville, MI/Hudsonville) broke the season record for drawn penalties
* Olivia Wright (Fairview, PA/Fairview) is seven assists from breaking the career assists record and nine away from breaking the season assists record
* Young leads the team with 38 goals, while Darrell is second with 35
* As a team, the Lions have scored 187 goals this season, while recording 269 steals and dishing out 164 assists

Around the CWPA and Carthage:

* Connecticut claimed the second seed for being the No. 1 team out of the east
* This is the first meeting between Behrend and Carthage this season
* The Firebirds are 4-14 overall and 2-7 in conference play
* Carthage is coming off a 10-3 loss to Augustana on April 2
* The Firebirds have conference wins over Connecticut and Wittenberg
* Morrigan Bushroe-Stumpf leads the team with 21 goals while Ella Selman has made 84 saves in goal