ST. PAUL, Minn. – Macalester College's Riley Pool will serve as host of nine collegiate water polo matches this Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 27-28. The Scots will play four matches, with Monmouth College, Caltech and Carthage College also participating.

The action gets underway on Saturday at 9:00 a.m., with Macalester facing Monmouth. The Scots' second match of the day is against Carthage at 3:30 p.m. On Sunday, Macalester faces Monmouth at 9:00 a.m. and Caltech at 1:00 p.m.

All nine matches will be streamed live and can be accessed on Macalester's Stretch Internet portal here: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/macalester/

Macalester is coached by Scott Reed, who begins his first season in St. Paul following 16 years at George Washington University as the men's and women's water polo coach. His women's teams won 173 games in 15 seasons, highlighted by an 18-win campaign in 2003 in which Reed was chosen the Collegiate Water Polo Association Southern Division Coach of the Year.

Reed takes over at Macalester following a fifth-place finish at the CWPA Division III Championships in 2015. This year the Scots are ranked third in the first CWPA Division III Top Five Poll behind No. 1 Washington & Jefferson and No. 2 Carthage. Prior to Sunday's 1:00 p.m. game against Caltech, Macalester will honor its three seniors: Elizabeth Harte (Moorpark, Calif./Moorpark), Zexin Nai (Singapore/HWA Chong) and Emma Swanson (Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti).

Here is the entire schedule for the weekend:

Saturday, Feb. 27
9:00 a.m. - Macalester vs. Monmouth
10:00 a.m. - Carthage vs. Caltech
2:30 p.m. - Caltech vs. Monmouth
3:30 p.m. - Macalester vs. Carthage
7:00 p.m. - Monmouth vs. Carthage
Sunday, Feb. 28
8:00 a.m. - Carthage vs. Caltech
9:00 a.m. - Macalester vs. Monmouth
12:00 p.m. - Carthage vs. Monmouth
1:00 p.m. - Macalester vs. Caltech
*All games played at Riley Pool in the Leonard Center