ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College water polo team opened the 2016 season with a win and a loss at the Macalester Tournament, held at Riley Pool in the Leonard Center Saturday afternoon. The Scots beat Monmouth College, 15-9 and lost to Carthage, 12-8 on the first day of the two-day tournament.

In the win over Monmouth, sophomore Hannah Gray (Pasadena, Calif./South Pasadena) scored five goals and first year Natalie Hoffman (Seattle, Wash./Inglemoor) added four goals in a 15-9 victory. Gray scored twice in the first quarter as the Scots jumped out to a 4-1 lead. After surrendering two goals to start the second quarter, Macalester regained control with four straight tallies, including two more from Gray, to lead 8-3. Hoffman scored three times in the third quarter as the Scots led, 12-7 after three. Gray, sophomore Brooke Finney (Grand Rapids, Mich./Jenison) and first year Lucille Moran (Ann Arbor, Mich./Huron) found the net in the fourth quarter for Macalester en route to a 15-9 win.

Senior goalkeeper Emma Swanson (Ypsilanti, Mich./Ypsilanti) was in goal for the Scots and made several outstanding saves to preserve the victory, which was the first under new head coach Scott Reed.

Against Carthage, Gray put the Scots on top 2-0 with a pair of goals. Carthage answered by scoring eight of the next nine goals for a commanding 8-3 edge. Macalester never recovered, coming within 12-8 midway through the fourth quarter before falling. Moran notched three goals, while Gray and Hoffman had two goals apiece.

Macalester faces Monmouth at 9:00 a.m. and Caltech at 1:00 p.m. All of Sunday's matches will be streamed live and can be accessed on Macalester's Stretch Internet portal here: http://portal.stretchinternet.com/macalester/

MAC - 4 1 7 3 - 15
MC - 1 2 4 2 - 9
Macalester goals: Gray 5, Hoffman 4, Finney 3, Moran 2, Nai 1
Monmouth goals: O'Connell 7, Murray 1, Leifheit 1

MAC - 2 1 3 2 - 8
Car - 3 5 4 0 - 12
Macalester goals: Moran 3, Gray 2, Hoffman 2, Finney 1
Carthage goals: Am. Boothe 3, Strass 3, Wallace 3, Al. Boothe 2, Larsen 1

Here is the entire schedule for the weekend:

Saturday, Feb. 27
9:00 a.m. - Macalester 15, Monmouth 9
10:00 a.m. - Carthage 21, Caltech 6
2:30 p.m. - Caltech 17, Monmouth 11
3:30 p.m. - Carthage 12, Macalester 8
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