Bucknell University Athletics
Final Weekend of Regular Season Ahead for Bucknell Women's Water Polo
4/10/2008 8:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
April 10, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. - Bucknell will wrap up the most successful regular season in the history of the women's water polo program this weekend when it faces league opponents George Washington and Maryland as well as nationally ranked Michigan. All three games will be played on the road in Washington, D.C., and College Park, Md.
The Bison are still alive for the No. 1 seed in next weekend's Southern Championships, but need to have a solid performance this weekend. Bucknell and Princeton enter the weekend with matching 3-1 conference marks to top the standings.
If the Bison tie with another team, the first tiebreaker is head-to-head record. After that, it goes to a series of goal differential tiebreakers, including head-to-head and against other teams in the division, and finally to the total number of goals scored in division play.
Bucknell Women's Water Polo Notebook (22-6, 3-1 CWPA)
Bucknell Notes
• With a pair of close, one-goal losses last weekend, Bucknell remains one win shy of equaling the program record for wins in a single season (23).
• Bucknell is in the midst of its third two-game losing streak this season. The Bison have not lost more than two games in a row all year. Four of Bucknell's six losses this season have come to ranked opponents.
• Bucknell is 2-4 against ranked foes this season.
• Freshman Whitney Allen has drawn a team-high 59 ejections this year, a figure that ranks third on the Bison single-season list. She has drawn at least two ejections in each of the last six games and in 20 of 28 contests this year.
• Freshman Kandis Canonica saw her consecutive points streak come to an end last Saturday against Princeton. She had registered at least one point in each of the first 26 games, but was held without a point against the Tigers. She then came back with three goals and an assist later in the day opposite Brown. Canonica has posted 21 multiple-point outings, including 16 with at least three points.
• Junior Aubrey Rowe has registered at least three goals in a game nine times this season, including four times in the last 10 outings. She ranks third on the team with 42 goals this year, a figure that is an increase of 13 over her 2007 total.
• Entering this season Meagan Gins was tied for sixth on the Bison career ledger with 69 assists. She has dished out a career-high 34 assists this year to vault her career total to 103. That figure stands third in Bucknell history.
• Bucknell has increased its team production in nearly every category this year over 2007. On the offensive end, the Bison have scored 308 goals, dished out 206 assists and accumulated 514 points. In four more games last season, Bucknell registered 258 goals, 175 assists and 433 points. The Bison have also increased their steals (327 to 383) and ejections drawn (267 to 273).
Career Record Watch
• Meagan Gins: 1st in points (328), 1st in goals (225), 3rd in assists (103), 9th in steals (133), 1st in ejections drawn (256), 1st in shots (547), 8th in games played (124), 1st in games started (121)
• Shana Palencia: 6th in sprints won (28)
• Aubrey Rowe: 8th in points (206), 8th in goals (129), 7th in assists (77), 4th in ejections drawn (99), 5th in sprints won (43), 8th in shots (300), 10th in games started (78)
• Valentina Rozas: 10th in goals (107), 2nd in ejections drawn (122)
• Jennifer Swoyer: 8th in ejections drawn (77), 9th in games played (107)
• Alison Carter: 4th in saves (219)
• Rachel McGillis: 5th in saves (107)
Season Record Watch
• Whitney Allen: 3rd in ejections drawn (59)
• Kandis Canonica: t-2nd in points (93), 2nd in assists (52)
• Alison Carter: 10th in saves (179)
• Meagan Gins: t-6th in assists (34), 8th in ejections drawn (49)
• Aubrey Rowe: 6th in steals (61)
• Valentina Rozas: t-7th in goals (58), t-4th in ejections drawn (58)
Bucknell vs. Weekend Opponents
• Bucknell vs. George Washington: 18-12 (Bucknell 14-game winning streak dating to 2004)
• Bucknell vs. Maryland: 15-6 (Bucknell snapped three-game losing streak earlier this year)
• Bucknell vs. Michigan: 0-10 (Last three games decided by eight goals total)
2008 Bucknell Weekly Honors
• CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week:
- Valentina Rozas (2/11, 2/18, 3/3)
- Alison Carter (4/1)
• Damon's Bison Athlete of the Week:
- Valentina Rozas (2/11, 3/3)
Up Next
• Bucknell will host the four-team Southern Championships next Saturday, April 19, at Kinney Natatorium. The Bison will welcome George Washington, Maryland and Princeton to their home facility. Game times will be 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Weekend Women's Water Polo Weekend Schedule
Saturday, April 12
Bucknell (22-6, 3-1 CWPA) at George Washington (7-16, 0-4 CWPA), 8 p.m.
Sunday, April 13
Bucknell (22-6, 3-1 CWPA) at Maryland (19-11, 2-2 CWPA), 9 a.m.
Bucknell (22-6) vs. No. 11 Michigan (24-9), 3 p.m. (College Park, Md.)
