ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Macalester College water polo team won the third-place game in the CWPA Division III Tournament, defeating Connecticut College, 13-4 on Sunday at Riley Pool. The Scots close out the 2023 season with an 8-11 record with the victory.

For the third straight game in the CWPA Tournament, first year Alana Nadolski (Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood) tallied the first goal of the game for Macalester. She added to the lead with another goal 36 seconds later for a 2-0 advantage. Connecticut College responded with two goals to tie the score at 2-2. Senior Eleanor Michaud (Long Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) put the Scots back on top, only to have the Camels score just before the end of the second quarter to make the halftime score 3-3.

In the third quarter, sophomore Brooke Lane (Meriden, Conn./Hopkins School) helped to give Macalester some breathing room with back-to-back goals, followed by another from Michaud for a 6-3 lead. Michaud answered a Connecticut College goal with one of her own just before the end of the quarter to make the score 7-4. The fourth quarter was all Scots, with first year Jess Palmer-Sammons (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) scoring twice and Michaud, Nadolski, senior Sydney Hollingsworth (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) and first year Celia D'Agostino (South Elgin, Ill./St. Charles North) each netting a goal to give Macalester a 13-4 victory.

Junior Laurel O'Hare (Evanston, Ill./Evanston Township) registered 11 saves in goal for the Scots in the win. The third-place finish is an improvement over last season's squad that took fourth at the CWPA Tournament. Michaud was included on the All-Tournament first team, while Hollingsworth made the second team.

The win also marked the final contest in Orange and Blue for seniors Michaud, Hollingsworth and Malia Borg (Charleston, S.C./Academic Magnet).

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MAC – 2 1 4 6 - 13
CC – 1 2 1 0 - 4
Macalester goals: Michaud 4, Nadolski 3, Palmer-Sammons 2, Lane 2, Hollingsworth, D'Agostino

2023 CWPA Tournament - Riley Pool, Macalester College, St. Paul, Minn.
Friday, April 21
Game 1 - Carthage 9, PSU-Behrend 8
Game 2 - Wittenberg 15, Utica 2
Game 3 - Austin 21, Grove City 4
Game 4 - Macalester 14, Washington & Jefferson 7
Game 5 - Augustana 18, Carthage 6
Game 6 - Connecticut College 10, Wittenberg 9 (OT)

Saturday, April 22
Game 7 - Grove City 18, PSU-Behrend 14
Game 8 - Washington & Jefferson 12, Utica 3
Game 9 - Augustana 12, Macalester 4
Game 10 - Austin 19, Connecticut College 11
Game 11 - Wittenberg 14, Grove City 3
Game 12 - Washington & Jefferson 11, Carthage 10
Ninth Place - PSU-Behrend 17, Utica 7

Sunday, April 23
Seventh Place - Grove City 13, Carthage 11
Fifth Place - Wittenberg 11, Washington & Jefferson 7
Third Place - Macalester 13, Connecticut College 4
Championship - Augustana 16, Austin 8