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Bucknell Women's Water Polo Places Seventh at Eastern Championship with 6-3 Win Over Harvard
4/29/2007 8:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
April 29, 2007
PRINCETON, N.J. - Meagan Gins (Albuquerque, N.M./Valley) scored three goals and Bucknell converted on five of eight man-up opportunities as the Bison women's water polo team closed the 2007 campaign Sunday morning with a 6-3 victory over Harvard in the seventh-place game at the Eastern Championship. The seventh-place finish equals the second-best showing in program history, matching the 2004 and 2005 squads.
The win, which helped Bucknell finish the season 15-17, was the 150th in the nine-year history of the program.
Gins led the Bison with three goals to end the season with 62, the fourth-best total in school history. She also has 180 career goals, which ranks second, and 249 career points, which stands fourth.
Jennifer Swoyer (Erie, Pa./McDowell), Valentina Rozas (Pico Rivera, Calif./El Rancho) and Elizabeth Jensen (San Mateo, Calif./St. Ignatius Prep) each added one goal to round out the Bison scoring. Jensen also contributed a team-high three assists to finish her career with 259 points, the second-best figure in program history. She also stands second on the career assist list with 125.
Mandy Bynum (San Jose, Calif./Leland) was solid in goal for Bucknell, which shut out Harvard in the first half en route to a 3-0 halftime advantage, with five saves. The all-time saves leader in Bison history, Bynum finished her four-year career with 963 stops, including 221 this year.
The defense in front of Bynum was strong as Bucknell totaled 13 steals, including three apiece from Mallory Sullivan (Tulare, Calif./Tulare Western) and Aubrey Rowe (Carlisle, Pa./Cumberland Valley). Rowe wrapped up the season with a team-high 51 steals.
The victory over the Crimson helped the Bison up their record against them this season to 2-0. Bucknell captured a tight 6-5 win at the ECAC Championship in early March.
Sunday's contest marked the final games for Bucknell's six seniors as Sadie Abuhoff (Cranbury, N.J./Lawrenceville), Bynum, Jensen, Susan Kingerski (Sugarland, Texas/Saint Agnes Academy), Sullivan and Jessica Trimis (La Crescenta, Calif./Crescenta Valley) donned the Orange and Blue for the final time.
HARVARD 0 0 1 2 -3
BUCKNELL 2 1 3 0 -6
Goals: Gins (3), Swoyer, Rozas, Jensen.
Assists: Jensen (3), Rowe (2), Bynum.
Ejections Drawn: Rozas (3), Gins (2), Sullivan (2), Rowe.
Saves: Bynum (5 svs., 3 ga., 32:00 min.).
Steals: Sullivan (3), Rowe (3), Gins (2), Palencia, Trimis, Swoyer, Abuhoff, Jensen.
Sprints: Jensen (1-2), Rowe (0-2).
Record: 15-17
