Panthers knock off La Verne, lose close game to Gannon
ORANGE, Calif. - On the second day of the Chapman University Water Polo Tournament at the Allred Aquatics Center, the women's water polo team came away with a split, losing its first game 8-6 to Gannon University and then beating the University of La Verne 20-10.
Game 1: Gannon University 8, Chapman University 6
For the second game in a row, Chapman ran into tough NCAA
Division II competition as they lost a close match 8-6 to Gannon
University. The Golden Knights led from start to finish as they
built a 4-2 halftime lead behind the play of sophomore
Colleen Harriger who had two goals during that
stretch and a team-high three for the game.
Down 4-2 to start the third quarter, Chapman (1-2) gave up
consecutive goals as Gannon's lead grew to 6-2 with 4:23 remaining
in the quarter. The Panthers then went on a 4-1 run over the next
eight minutes led by sophomore driver Briana
O'Keefe's two goals which narrowed the Golden Knights lead
to 7-6 with 4:38 remaining in the game. O'Keefe finished with three
scores to go along with two assists and one steal for the Panthers.
Gannon (1-9) senior Annie Greenhill scored the first goal of the game and she also scored the last as she ended Chapman's comeback bid, scoring with 1:17 left in the game.
Score by
Quarters
1
2
3
4
Final
Gannon
(1-9)
3
1
3
1
8
Chapman
(1-2)
1
1
2
2
6
GU Goals: Harriger (3), Casale (2) Greenhill (2), Steininger
CU Goals: O'Keefe (3), Graham, Marganian, Worthington
Boxscore: http://chapmanathletics.com/sports/wwaterpolo/2009-10/stats/gu-cu.pdf
Game 2: Chapman University 20, University of La Verne 10
In the second game of the day, Chapman overcame an early 1-0 deficit to score 20 goals as they nearly topped their entire offensive output for the first three games of the tournament. In their previous three games, the Panthers offense managed 21 goals.
Chapman (2-2) lead 9-4 at halftime but quickly put the game out of reach for La Verne (0-3) as they went on a 6-2 run to start the third quarter. Freshman reserve goalie Alicia Wei played the entire second half holding the Leopards to six goals. La Verne sophomore drivers Diane Aguayo and Elizabeth Roberts lead the team offensively with four and three goals, respectively.
For the Panthers, a season-high 11 different players put the
ball in the net as freshman utility Samantha
Martin and sophomore driver Fernanda Gallo
Moreno each had a team-high four goals while three
different players had three assists.
Score by
Quarters
1
2
3
4
Final
La Verne
(0-3)
2
2
2
4 10
Chapman
(2-2)
5
4
5
6
20
ULV Goals: Aguayo (4), Roberts (3), Forsberg, Johnstone, Moreno
CU Goals: Martin (4), Moreno (4), Hawkins (2), McLaughlin (2),
Worthington (2), Burchfiel, Carson, Lee, O'Keefe, Sheehan, Roy
Boxscore: http://chapmanathletics.com/sports/wwaterpolo/2009-10/stats/ulv-cu.pdf
by Chris Watts
Sports Information Assistant