GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Macalester College water polo team opened the CWPA Tournament with a 15-5 victory over host Grove City College in the quarterfinals Thursday afternoon at James E. Longnecker Competition Pool. The Scots (6-11) advance to Friday's semifinal round.
Macalester jumped out to a 5-0 lead, sparked by two goals from junior
Sydney Hollingsworth (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township), before Grove City closed out the first quarter with two goals. Back-to-back goals from seniors
Riley Waters (Portland, Oregon/St. Mary's Academy) and
Annika Krueger (Emerald Hills, Calif./Sequoia) pushed the lead to 7-2. After the Wolverines found the net with 3:33 left in the quarter, first year
Elizabeth Matlin (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) scored before halftime to make the score 8-3 Scots at the break.
In the third quarter, Macalester tightened up the defense and held Grove City scoreless while getting two goals from Matlin and another from Waters to lead 11-3 heading to the final quarter. The Scots made sure there would be no comeback, as Michaud scored, followed by two goals from Waters to push the advantage to 14-3. Two goals by the Wolverines, sandwiched around Hollingsworth's third goal of the match, ended the scoring.
Macalester, the three-time defending CWPA Tournament champions, will face Austin College on Friday, April 22 in the semifinals. Austin, the top seed from the West, has two wins over the Scots this season. Game time is set for 11:40 p.m. Central at the James E. Longnecker Competition Pool.
All games at the 2022 CWPA Tournament will be streamed live for a fee at
portal.stretchinternet.com/cwpa/.
MAC – 5 3 3 4 - 15
GCC – 2 1 0 2 - 5
Macalester goals: Waters 4, Matlin 4, Hollingsworth 3, Michaud 2, Krueger 2
2022 CWPA Tournament - Grove City, Pa. (times are Central)
Thursday, April 21
Game 1 – Carthage 17, Connecticut College 9
Game 2 - Wittenberg 21, Utica 0
Game 3 - Augustana 17, PSU-Behrend 2
Game 4 –
Macalester 15, Grove City 5
Game 5 - Austin 20, Carthage 1
Game 6 – Wittenberg 15, Washington & Jefferson 9
Friday, April 22
Game 7 – Penn State-Behrend vs. Connecticut College, 9:00 a.m.
Game 8 – Grove City vs. Utica, 10:20 a.m.
Game 9 – Austin vs.
Macalester, 11:40 a.m.
Game 10 - Wittenberg vs. Augustana, 1:00 p.m.
Game 11 - Game 7 Winner vs. Washington & Jefferson, 2:20 p.m.
Game 12 - Game 8 Winner vs. Carthage, 3:40 p.m.
Ninth Place - Game 7 Loser vs. Game 8 Loser, 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, April 23
Seventh Place - Game 11 Loser vs. Game 12 Loser, 8:00 a.m.
Fifth Place - Game 12 Winner vs. Game 11 Winner, 9:30 a.m.
Third Place - Game 10 Loser vs. Game 9 Loser, 11 a.m.
Championship - Game 9 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner, 12:30 p.m.
