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Women's Water Polo Goes 1-1 on First Day of League Play
4/9/2016 5:51:00 PM | Women's Water Polo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Colleen Barron, Hannah Sunday and Eleanor Marrs each scored five goals and had a pair of multi-goal outings on Saturday, helping the Bucknell women's water polo team to a split of its first two CWPA league games of the season. The Bison opened the day with a 15-10 loss to No. 21 Hartwick, but bounced back with a 13-9 victory over Brown later in the afternoon.
Bucknell (13-12, 1-1 CWPA) improved to 13-0 in games against unranked opponents as its top offensive players had strong days.
Barron, Sunday and Marrs scored three goals apiece in the loss to Hartwick (14-8). Marrs added two assists and Barron one.
The Bison led the Hawks 3-2 at the end of the first quarter, but Hartwick outscored Bucknell 7-1 in the second period. The final five-goal margin equaled the largest of the game.
Sunday drew a season-high-tying eight ejections against Hartwick and bettered that with a career-high-tying nine against Brown. She now has 91 this season, giving her three of the top four single-season totals in program history. Sunday already holds the school record with 120 in 2014.
Hartwick was led by eight goals on 14 shots by Zsofia Polak.
In the nightcap against Brown (9-19), Bucknell outscored the Bears 4-0 in the first quarter. The two teams were even the rest of the way, scoring three goals apiece in each of the final three periods. The Bison led by a game-high five goals on three separate occasions.
Barron, Sunday and Marrs registered two goals apiece, while Marta Considine led the offensive output with three goals. Tegan Stanbach also added two goals.
Five players (3 from Brown, 2 from Bucknell) where whistled for three ejections apiece and fouled out of the game. The Bison drew a season-high 14 ejections, including nine by Sunday, who holds Bucknell's career ejections drawn mark by a wide margin with 350 in her four years.
Manuela Herrera started both games in goal, but Haley Derrod also received plenty of playing time in the two games. Herrera posted seven saves against Hartwick and six more against Brown. Derrod totaled six saves in 24:00 minutes on the day.
Marrs' five goals and three assists in the two games moved her season point total to 101, which places her eighth on the school's single-season list. Her 49 assists are ranked seventh on the single-season ledger.
Bucknell will wrap up its weekend Sunday with a 10 a.m. game against host George Washington. The game will air on the A-10 Network.
Game 1
HARTWICK 2 7 2 4 -15
BUCKNELL 3 1 4 2 -10
Goals: Barron (3), Sunday (3), Marrs (3), Lintz.
Assists: Marrs (2), Considine (2), Konishi (2), Stanbach, Barron.
Ejections Drawn: Sunday (8), Stanbach (2), Lintz, Considine.
Saves: Herrera (7 svs., 4 ga., 16:00 min.), Derrod (2 svs., 11 ga, 16:00 min.).
Steals: Sunday (3), Barron (2), Considine (2), Lintz, Mooney, Marrs.
Bucknell Record: 12-12, 0-1 CWPA.
Game 2
BROWN 0 3 3 3 -9
BUCKNELL 4 3 3 3 -13
Goals: Considine (3), Barron (2), Sunday (2), Marrs (2), Stanbach (2), Konishi, Johnson.
Assists: Konishi (3), Johnson (2), Barron, Marrs.
Ejections Drawn: Sunday (9), Considine (2), Konishi, Johnson, Lintz.
Saves: Herrera (6 svs., 6 ga., 24:00 min.), Derrod (4 svs., 3 ga, 8:00 min.).
Steals: Marrs (2), Considine (2), Marrs (2), Konishi, Barron, Sunday, DeRuff.
Bucknell Record: 13-12, 1-1 CWPA.
