ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – The Macalester College water polo team notched its first CWPA win of the season with a 9-5 victory over Wittenberg University Sunday morning at Augustana College's Anne Greve Lund Natatorium. The win gives the Scots a 3-8 record overall, including a 1-2 mark in conference play. The Tigers fall to 5-6, 1-3 CWPA.

Macalester answered an early Wittenberg goal with four straight tallies to lead 4-1. Senior Eleanor Michaud (Long Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) scored twice, with first year Kendall Strauss (Round Rock, Texas/Round Rock) and sophomore Kendall Coney (League City, Texas/Clear Creek) also scoring in the run. Before the end of the second quarter, the Tigers scored a pair of goals sandwiched around another goal by Michaud to make the halftime score 5-3 Scots. Strauss and sophomore Brooke Lane (Meriden, Conn./Hopkins School) tallied the only goals of the third quarter for a 7-3 advantage. First year Alana Nadolski (Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood) notched the first goal of the fourth quarter, and Michaud registered her fourth goal of the match following a Wittenberg goal to make the score 9-4. The Tigers closed out the scoring with a tally in the final minute.

First year goalkeeper Jayden Kratt (Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn) preserved the victory with 12 saves, as Wittenberg put 17 shots on goal compared to 14 for Macalester. Senior Sydney Hollingsworth (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) added three assists and Nadolski and first year Jess Palmer-Sammons (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) each had two assists in the win.

The Scots will host Carthage College in a CWPA match on Saturday, Mar. 25 at Riley Pool. Macalester will honor its seniors before the game, which starts at 3:00 p.m.

MAC – 2 3 2 2 - 9
WU – 1 2 0 2 - 5
Macalester goals: Michaud 4, Strauss 2, Nadolski, Coney, Lane