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Bucknell Women's Water Polo to Play Four Games at Princeton Invitational this Weekend
2/20/2009 7:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
Feb. 20, 2009
LEWISBURG, Pa. – After playing just three games in a 26-day span, the Bucknell women's water polo team has a busy weekend ahead at the Princeton Invitational. The Bison will play four games at the two-day event, facing Wagner, Brown, Marist and Harvard. This is the second time in three weeks Bucknell will travel to Princeton's DeNunzio Pool as it played there two weeks ago as part of the Princeton Open.
Bucknell Women's Water Polo Notebook (3-4, 0-1 CWPA)
Bucknell Notes
• Bucknell is coming off a 13-9 CWPA Southern Division loss to Maryland. The Bison trailed by just one goal entering the fourth quarter and they played the entire second half without senior captain Aubrey Rowe, who was whistled for three first-half ejections.
• Bucknell will face No. 20 Brown and three other unranked teams this weekend. The Bison are 3-1 against unranked foes this year, but are 0-3 opposite ranked opponents. All three losses to ranked foes are against teams that were ranked in the top 10.
• Bucknell has not lost more than two consecutive games since March of 2007.
• Bucknell's four games this weekend will have starting times within 24 hours of each other. The first contest (Saturday vs. Wagner) begins at 3 p.m., while the final one is Sunday at 2:20 p.m. (vs. Harvard).
• Freshman Amanda Skonezney has won 16 of 25 sprints this year. Canonica led the Bison with 17 sprints won last year.
• Rowe, Canonica and Skonezney are the only three Bison to start all seven games this year. Rowe has started 48 consecutive games, while Canonica has earned a starting assignment in all 43 games during her two-year career.
• Kandis Canonica, who is second on the team in scoring with 21 points, netted a career-high four goals against Maryland. It was the third time she has scored four goals in a game this season.
• Bucknell second-year head coach John Abdou has been a part of 95 victories during his time on the Bison sidelines as head coach and assistant coach of both the women's and men's water polo programs. He is 29-14 as the head coach of the women's program.
Bison on Career Record Lists
Kandis Canonica: Assists (10th, 68)
Alison Carter: Saves (4th, 318)
Rachel McGillis: Saves (5th, 146)
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, 94), Sprints Won (5th, 48)
Valentina Rozas: Points (9th, 182), Goals (7th, 135), Ejections Drawn (2nd, 157), Shots (9th, 315)
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)
Bucknell vs. Weekend Opponents
• Bucknell vs. No. 20 Brown: Brown leads, 8-3 (Brown has won three in a row dating to Feb. 2006)
• Bucknell vs. Harvard: Bucknell leads, 5-4 (Bucknell has won two straight)
• Bucknell vs. Marist: Bucknell leads, 8-1 (Bucknell has won four straight since lone loss in 2007)
• Bucknell vs. Wagner: Bucknell leads, 8-0 (Bucknell outscored Seahawks 34-18 in two wins in 2008)
Opponents' 2009 Records
• No. 20 Brown: 0-1
• Harvard: 1-1
• Marist: 2-3
• Wagner: 0-0
Up Next
• Bucknell will host the Elite Six Invitational next weekend, Feb. 28-March 1. The Bison will face Harvard, Michigan and Hartwick at the event, which will take place at Kinney Natatorium. The Wolverines are No. 11 in the latest national poll, while the Hawks stand at No. 15.
