Bucknell University Athletics
Blitzer Earns Spot on All-East Team for Play in Eastern Championship
4/25/2004 8:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
April 25, 2004
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Junior co-captain Meg Blitzer (Durham, N.H./Phillips Academy) picked up another award this season when she was selected to the Eastern Championship All-Tournament Second-Team at the conclusion of the championship event on Sunday, April 25. The all-tournament team is selected with votes from each of the 12 coaches whose teams are competing in the event.
Blitzer, the first Bucknell player to earn a spot on the All-East team in the four years the Bison have competed, just finished up the best season of her career. The driver led the team with 66 goals and 24 assists for 90 points. With two goals against Michigan yesterday, and a three-goal performance in BU's seventh-place victory over Villanova, Blitzer set a school single-season record for scores. Her goal production this season doubles her combined output from both of her first years, and her point total is tied for the second-best output in one year on the Bison list. Earlier this season, Blitzer set a school record with seven goals in a game, leading the Orange and Blue to an 11-6 victory over Villanova in conference play.
In addition to her offensive prowess, Blitzer was also BU's leader on the defensive end. This year, she recorded a team-best 66 steals, placing her third on the school's single-season list and moving her into fifth on the career thefts list with 138. Blitzer's 66 steals on the year also nearly double her previous single-season outputs from her first two years.
In four games this weekend, Blitzer scored seven goals for the Bison. She also recorded four steals and had two ejections drawn. Her selection to the all-tournament team is indicative of the respect she warrants from the other coaches in the league, as she was ejected from the game against Princeton with over 16 minutes left and did not score in the contest. Blitzer responded from the early ejection with a three-goal performance in the squad's exciting 7-6 win over George Washington.
Bucknell finished the year at 16-18 overall. The Orange and Blue finished Southern Division play with a 4-4 record, and earned a third-place medal at the Southern Division Championship last weekend. The finish, matching the program's best-ever, earned the Bison an at-large bid to this weekend's Eastern Championship, where the team was the eighth seed. BU exceeded its seed, defeating George Washington for seventh place.
