Bucknell University Athletics
League Play Begins Sunday for Bucknell Women's Water Polo
2/13/2009 7:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
Feb. 13, 2009
LEWISBURG, Pa. – A rare one-game weekend is ahead for the Bucknell women's water polo team, which plays at Maryland Sunday, Feb. 15, at 1:30 p.m. The contest marks the opening of league play for the Bison, who are 3-3 this season. The two teams will meet at Maryland's Campus Recreation Center, the home of the 2009 NCAA Championship later this spring.
Bucknell Women's Water Polo Notebook (3-3, 0-0 CWPA)
Bucknell Notes
• Bucknell defeated Villanova (17-3) and Mercyhurst (14-1) last weekend. The 14-goal difference against the Wildcats was two goals shy of the largest victory in program history for the Bison. The last time Bucknell won by at least 14 goals was in 2004 when it defeated Maryland 17-3.
• Bucknell's 17 goals last Saturday against Villanova marked the fifth time in the last two years the Bison have netted at least 17 goals. The program record is 19, which was last recorded in 2003 against Washington & Jefferson.
• Bucknell's 31 goals last Saturday marked the most in back-to-back games for the Bison since last March 1 when they registered 33 goals against Slippery Rock and Wagner at last year's ECAC Championship.
• Bucknell has played two weekends this year and has swept the CWPA Southern Division weekly awards both times. Following the Michigan Kick-Off in late January, Valentina Rozas (Player of the Week) and Amanda Skonezney (Rookie of the Week) were honored. Last week Aubrey Rowe was the Player of the Week, while Hallie Kennan earned Rookie of the Week plaudits.
• Despite playing half of its games in 2009 against top-10 teams, Bucknell is being outscored by just a 58-54 margin this season.
• Rozas leads Bucknell with 16 goals in five games played this season for an average of 3.2 per game. Last year Rozas led the team with 68 goals, for an average of 1.9 per game.
• With her team-high 21 points this season, Rozas now has 179 for her career. That places her tied for ninth place in program history with Julie McLaughlin. Rowe ranks sixth on the same list as she enters the weekend with 247 career points, which is just one behind fifth-place Cody Keffer. Rowe is also one goal behind Keffer on the career list, while she is tied with her on the assist list. - Aubrey Rowe's career totals: 155 goals, 92 assists, 247 points - Cody Keffer's career totals: 156 goals, 92 assists, 248 points
• Only three Bison have started all six games this season: Rowe, Kandis Canonica and Skonezney. Rowe is expected to play in her 100th career game on Sunday.
• Sunday's contest will be a tough one for Aubrey Rowe's parents as Callan Rowe, Aubrey's sister, is a freshman on the Terps' roster. It will be the first collegiate meeting between the two sisters.
Bison on Career Record Lists
Kandis Canonica: Assists (10th, 67)
Alison Carter: Saves (4th, 304)
Shana Palencia: Sprints Won (6th, 38)
Aubrey Rowe: Points (6th, 247), Goals (5th, 155), Assists (t-4th, 92), Steals (3rd, 185), Ejections Drawn (t-3rd, 110), Shots (t-4th, 367), Games Started (7th, 93), Sprints Won (5th, 48)
Valentina Rozas: Points (t-9th, 179), Goals (8th, 133), Ejections Drawn (2nd, 155), Shots (9th, 310)
Bucknell's Weekly Awards in 2009
CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week
- Valentina Rozas (Jan. 26)
- Aubrey Rowe (Feb. 9)
CWPA Southern Division Rookie of the Week
- Amanda Skonezney (Jan. 26)
- Hallie Kennan (Feb. 9)
About Maryland
• Maryland opened its season with a trip to California last weekend for the Triton Invitational, an event Bucknell played in two years ago. The Terps went 1-3 at the event with their lone win coming against Redlands.
Bucknell vs. Maryland
• Bucknell leads, 16-6 (Bucknell went 2-0 in 2008 after losing final four meetings of 2007 campaign)
Up Next
• After playing just three games in a span of 26 days, Bucknell will travel to Princeton, N.J., for the Princeton Invitational next weekend. The Bison will play four games at the event against Wagner, Brown, Marist and Harvard.
