GROVE CITY, Pa. – The Macalester College water polo team lost to top-seeded Austin College, 13-4 in the semifinals of the CWPA Tournament Friday morning at Grove City College's James E. Longnecker Competition Pool. The Scots, who will play in the third-place game on Saturday, fall to 6-12 on the season, while the Kangaroos advance to the CWPA title game with a record of 13-7.

Austin put five goals on the board over the first seven minutes of the match before first year Brooke Lane (Meriden, Conn./Hopkins School) found the net for Macalester with under a minute left in the first quarter. The Kangaroos scored before the end of the quarter and added another goal midway through the second quarter to lead, 8-1. A minute and 17 seconds before halftime, junior Sydney Hollingsworth (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) scored to make the score 7-2 at the break.

Austin dominated the third quarter, keeping the Scots off the scoreboard while tallying four goals to build an 11-2 advantage. The fourth quarter saw both teams score twice, with senior Annika Krueger (Emerald Hills, Calif./Sequoia) and Hollingsworth registering goals for Macalester. Sophomore goalkeeper Laurel O'Hare (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) recorded nine saves in goal for the Scots.

Macalester will face Wittenberg in the third-place game on Saturday, April 23. The game starts at 11:00 a.m. Central at the College's 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 – 1 1 0 2 - 4
AUSTIN – 6 1 4 2 - 13
Macalester goals: Hollingsworth 2, Lane, Krueger

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 19, Connecticut College 15
Game 8 – Grove City 14, Utica 3
Game 9 – Austin 13, Macalester 4
Game 10 - Augustana 15, Wittenberg 13
Game 11 - Washington & Jefferson 12, Penn State-Behrend 11
Game 12 - Grove City vs. Carthage, 3:40 p.m.
Ninth Place - Connecticut College vs. Utica, 5:00 p.m.

Saturday, April 23
Seventh Place - Penn State-Behrend vs. Game 12 Loser, 8:00 a.m.
Fifth Place - Game 12 Winner vs. Washington & Jefferson, 9:30 a.m.
Third Place - Wittenberg vs. Macalester, 11 a.m.
Championship - Austin vs. Augustana, 12:30 p.m.