ORANGE, Calif. – The Macalester College water polo team opened its four-game trip to California with a loss to Chapman University, 11-5 Saturday night at Allred Aquatics Center. The result gives the Scots a 1-4 record on the season, while the Panthers improve to 4-12.

In the first quarter, senior Sydney Hollingsworth (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) answered a Chapman goal with a tally at the 5:19 mark. The Panthers closed out the period with two more goals, then found the net three times in the second quarter to make the halftime score 6-1. After Chapman opened the third quarter with a goal, Hollingsworth scored again for the Scots, now trailing 7-2.

First year Alana Nadolski (Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood) scored following a Panthers' goal near the end of the third quarter for an 8-3 deficit. Three Chapman goals sandwiched around Hollingsworth's third goal of the night early in the fourth quarter put the Panthers up, 11-4. First year Kendall Strauss (Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock) closed out the scoring with a goal 32 seconds before the game ended.

First year goalkeeper Jayden Kratt (Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn) registered 12 saves, and senior Eleanor Michaud (Long Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) added three steals.

Macalester plays at Caltech on Monday, beginning at 7:00 p.m. Central in Pasadena, Calif.

MAC – 1 0 2 2 - 5
CU – 3 3 2 3  - 11
Macalester goals: Hollingsworth 3, Nadolski, Strauss