Box Score ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – A 5-2 run over the final two quarters lifted third-seeded Washington & Jefferson past the Macalester College water polo team, 9-6 in the semifinals of the CWPA Division III Championship Saturday afternoon at Augustana College's Anne Greve Lund Natatorium. The Scots (11-9) will play in Sunday's third-place game at 12:00 p.m., while the Presidents (14-6) will play for the CWPA title Sunday at 1:30 p.m.

In the first quarter, sophomore Hannah Fasi (Honolulu, Hawaii/Iolani School) and junior Jess Palmer-Sammons (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) scored goals, as Macalester led, 2-1 after one quarter. Over a one-minute span in the second quarter, the teams exchanged goals twice on consecutive possessions, with seniors Elizabeth Matlin (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson) and Sian Lewandowski (North Haven, Conn./Williston Northampton) scoring to give Macalester a 4-3 edge. Washington & Jefferson found the net with three minutes left in the quarter to tie the score at 4-4.

A minute into the third quarter, a converted penalty shot gave Washington & Jefferson its first lead of the match, 5-4. Later in the third, the Scots answered another Presidents' goal with a tally from first year Anna Gaisser (Seattle, Wash./Ingraham) to make the score 6-5. Just before the end of the period, Emma Halle notched her third goal of the match to put Washington & Jefferson up, 7-5 heading into the final quarter.

Matlin scored for the Scots three minutes into the fourth quarter to pull Macalester to within one, 7-6. But the Presidents scored the next two goals while keeping the Scots off the scoreboard over the final five minutes to earn a 9-6 win.

Macalester held a 39-22 advantage in shots taken but was unable to turn enough of those opportunities into goals to get past the Presidents. Junior goalkeeper Jayden Kratt (Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn) registered five saves and had two steals in goal for the Scots.

Macalester will face either Austin or Augustana in the third-place match on Sunday, April 13 at 12:00 p.m.

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MAC – 2 2 1 1 - 6
W&J – 1 3 3 2 - 9
Macalester goals: Matlin 2, Fasi, Lewandowski, Palmer-Sammons, Gaisser

2025 CWPA Tournament - Anne Greve Lund Natatorium, Augustana College, Rock Island, Ill.
(Times are Central Daylight Time)
Friday, April 11
Game 1 - No. 8 Connecticut College 17, No. 9 Wheaton 2
Game 2 - No. 2 Macalester 15, No. 7 Grove City 3
Game 3 - No. 3 Washington & Jefferson 16, No. 6 Carthage 14
Game 4 - No. 4 Augustana 17, No. 5 PSU-Behrend 4
Game 5 - No. 1 Austin 13, No. 8 Connecticut College 8

Saturday, April 12
Game 6 - No. 6 Carthage 12, No. 7 Grove City 8
Game 7 - No. 5 PSU-Behrend 21, No. 9 Wheaton 2
Game 8 - No. 2 Macalester vs. No. 3 Washington & Jefferson, 1:00 p.m.
Game 9 - No. 4 Augustana 17 vs. No. 1 Austin, 2:30 p.m.
Game 10 - No. 9 Wheaton vs. No. 7 Grove City, 4:00 p.m.
Game 11 - No. 5 PSU-Behrend vs. No. 8 Connecticut College, 5:30 p.m.

Sunday, April 13
Seventh Place - Game 11 Loser vs. Game 10 Loser, 9:00 a.m. (Seventh place)
Fifth Place - Game 11 Winner vs. No. 6 Carthage, 10:30 a.m. (Fifth place)
Third Place - Game 9 Loser vs. No. 2 Macalester, 12:00 p.m. (Third place)
Championship - Game 8 Winner vs. Game 9  Winner, 1:30 p.m. (Championship)