No. 2-seed Women’s Water Polo Heads to Southern Division Championship
Aisha Price
leads the Crimson with 56 goals this season (photo Gil
Talbot).
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Riding a four-game winning
streak, the Harvard women's water polo team will travel to
Lewisburg, Pa., for the CWPA Southern Division Championship. The
Crimson enters the tournament as the No. 2 seed and will face No. 3
Brown and No. 6 Mercyhurst Saturday as part of the 'B' bracket. The
winner of the 'B' bracket will face the winner of the 'A' bracket
in the championship match Sunday at noon.
Tournament Schedule (Results)
'A'
bracket
'B'
bracket
No. 1 Princeton
No. 2 Harvard
No. 4
Bucknell No.
3 Brown
No. 5 GW
No. 6 Mercyhurst
Saturday, April 14,
2012
10 a.m. – Princeton vs. George Washington
11:30 a.m. – Harvard vs. Mercyhurst
3 p.m. – Bucknell vs. George Washington
4:30 p.m. – Brown vs. Mercyhurst
7 p.m. – Princeton vs. Bucknell
8:30 p.m. – Harvard vs. Brown
Sunday, April 15, 2012
9 a.m. – 3rd in bracket A vs. 3rd in bracket
B (Fifth Place)
10:30 a.m. – 2nd in bracket B vs. 2nd in bracket A (Third
Place)
Noon – 1st in bracket A vs. 1st in bracket B (First
Place)
Southern Division Standings
1. Princeton 5-0
2. Harvard 4-1
3. Brown 3-2
4. Bucknell 2-3
5. George Washington 1-4
6. Mercyhurst 0-5
Watch Live
Bucknell, the tournament host, will provide a live video broadcast
of all games. The online stream costs $39.95 for the tournament or
$19.95 for a single game. Contests that do not feature the host
Bison are expected to utilize a multi-camera setup and no audio
commentary. For more information, click here.
Harvard
The Crimson (13-9, 4-1 CWPA Southern Division) has won four
straight, all against CWPA opponents, to close out its regular
season schedule. Harvard, which sits four games over .500, is
looking for its first back-to-back winning seasons since 2004 and
2005. Junior Aisha Price leads Harvard with 56 goals this season,
while senior Devan
Kennifer has added 50 tallies. Kennifer also leads the team
with 36 assists and 76 steals on the year. Other than Kennifer,
senior Monica
Zdrojewski has surpassed 30 in each of the three major stat
categories with 36 goals, 32 assists and 34 steals. Freshman Ariel
Dukes has made 148 saves as Harvard's goalie in her first year
in Cambridge.
Senior Day Excitement
Senior co-captain Devan Kennifer scored with 33 seconds left in
regulation to tie the game and fellow classmate and co-captain Shannon
Purcell provided the game-winner with 44 seconds remaining in
overtime to propel the Crimson past No. 20 Hartwick, 12-11, on
Tuesday. The win over Hartwick, the Crimson's fourth consecutive
victory, was Harvard's first in the last 27 meetings between the
two schools dating back to 2001. Junior Aisha Price led Harvard
with four goals, while senior Monica Zdrojewski had four assists
and Kennifer added eight steals. Freshman goalie Ariel Dukes
anchored the Harvard defense down the stretch as the Crimson
shutout the Hawks for the entirety of the fourth quarter and two
overtime periods.
The Crimson vs. the Southern Division
Princeton – 2012: Loss 6-9 (Feb. 11), Loss 8-9 (March 3)
– All-time: Harvard trails, 11-26
Brown – 2012: Win 7-5 (March 21) – All-time: Harvard
leads, 56-42-1
Bucknell – 2012: Win 14-5 (Feb. 11), Win 13-8 (March 3)
– All-time: Harvard trails, 15-16-1
George Washington – 2012: Win 18-12 (March 31) –
All-time: Harvard leads, 17-1
Mercyhurst – 2012: Win 10-4 (March 31) – All-time:
Harvard leads, 1-0
Up Next
Harvard will travel to Providence, R.I., for the CWPA
Eastern Championship. The winner of the Eastern tournament will
receive an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament.
