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2010 Women's Water Polo

1 Laurel McCarthy

  • Height 6-1
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown Oak Park, Ill.
  • High School Fenwick
  • Position Goalkeeper
  • House Affiliation Cabot

Biography

2010:
Turned aside four shots in season-opening win over Villanova atHarvard Invitational (Feb. 6) … Stopped six shots in winover Siena at Harvard Invitational (Feb. 6) … Made eightsaves against New York Athletic Club (Feb. 7) and Iona (Feb. 7) tofinish the Harvard Invitational with four wins ... Stopped 10 shotsagainst Iona (Feb. 20) at Princeton Invitational … Recordednine saves against Wagner at Princeton Invitational (Feb. 20)… Turned aside seven shots against No. 5 Michigan atPrinceton Invitational (Feb. 21) … Made nine saves againstGeorge Washington (Feb. 21) at Princeton Invitational ... Turnedaside nine shots against Wagner (Feb. 27) and made four savesagainst Bucknell (Feb. 28) at the ECAC Championships ... Madefour saves against Maryland and seven against Princeton at theElite Eight (March 6) … Turned aside seven shots againstBucknell at the Elite Eight (March 7) … Blocked five shotsagainst Fresno Pacific and made three saves against UC Davis (March15) … Stopped three shots against San Jose State (March 17)... Turned aside four shots in Harvard’s win over No. 19 CalState East Bay (March 19) … Made seven saves against No. 17Pacific (March 20) … Stopped six shots against Cal StateMonterey Bay (March 20) … Named the CWPA Northern DivisionDefensive Player of the Week (March 22) ... Turned aside five shotsagainst Marist (March 27) … Recorded four saves against No.11 Hartwick (April 10) … Registered six saves against Brown(April 14) … Turned in a 15-save performance against No. 11Hartwick (April 17) ... Made six saves against No. 7 Michigan atthe Eastern Championship (April 30) ... Blocked two shots againstBucknell at the Eastern Championship (May 1).

2009:
Made career-debut against New York Athletic Club at HarvardInvitational, making six saves (Feb. 15) ... Had four stops in winover Villanova (Feb. 22) ... Had eight stops against NYAC (March14) ... Made six saves in win over UC Santa Cruz (March 26) ...Picked up the win, making three stops at Cal State Monterey Bay(March 27) ... Had nine saves against Utica and five againstConnecticut College to earn two victories (April 5) ... Earned twowins at Northern Division Championship, making six saves againstConnecticut College and five against Utica (April 19).

High School:
Three-time water polo captain at Fenwick High ... Third-teamAll-America in 2006, 2007; also selected fourth team All-America in2005 ... All-state, all-conference and all-sectional in 2005, 2006and 2007 ... Team won state championship in 2005 and 2006; placedsecond in 2007 ... National Honor Society ... AP Scholar.

Personal:
Father, Paul, graduated from Harvard in 1968 ... Sister, Danielle,played water polo at Harvard and graduated in 2002 ... Sisters,Madeline and Mary, played water polo at Princeton ... Sister,Terese, was a member of the crew team at Princeton.

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Historical Player Information

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    2009First-Year

    Goalkeeper
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    1A
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    2010Sophomore

    Goalkeeper
    6'1"
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