Bucknell University Athletics
Men's Water Polo's Nick Donahue Named Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week
10/20/2008 8:00:00 AM | Men's Water Polo
Oct. 20, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell men's water polo goalie Nick Donahue (Brooklyn, N.Y./Lawrenceville) made 47 saves and helped the Bison to a 4-1 record this past weekend and was named Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week on Monday for that stellar performance. He is the first men's water polo player to earn the honor since Jason Rechel last September.
A junior, Donahue started the busy weekend on a good note as he made a career-high 14 saves in Bucknell's 11-6 win over No. 12 Princeton in front of a capacity crowd at Kinney Natatorium. It was the most saves for a Bison goalie since Trevor Mullins recorded 16 against Princeton in an overtime win over Princeton in 2005.
Donahue totaled three double-figure save performances in the five home games over the weekend as he had 11 stops against both Johns Hopkins and No. 17 Navy. Overall for the weekend, Donahue had a save percentage of .644 as he yielded just 26 goals in his 144 minutes of playing time.
With his stellar outing against Princeton, Donahue went over the 100-save mark for the season. He now has 136 this year, nearly triple his total from his first two seasons, to go along with a solid .531 save percentage.
Donahue and his Bison teammates will wrap up their regular season this weekend at Princeton. The Bison (13-11, 4-3 CWPA) will play the Tigers Friday night in their final league game before playing non-league contests against Brown and St. Francis (N.Y.) on Saturday.
