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2009 Women's Water Polo

1 Nicola Perlman

  • Height 5-10
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Stanford, Calif.
  • High School Castilleja
  • Position Goalkeeper
  • House Affiliation Eliot

Biography

2009:
Team captain ... Honored on CWPA Scholar-Athlete Team and ACWPCAll-Academic Team ... Named Harvard Most Valuable Player ... Had 14saves in season-opening victory against NYAC at HarvardInvitational (Feb. 14); made six stops later in the day against No.8 Michigan ... Recorded 10 saves against Princeton (Feb. 21) ...Stopped two shots in 14-4 win over George Washington (Feb. 22) ...Had five stops in victory over Bucknell and made eight savesagainst Maryland (Feb. 28) ... Turned aside five shots againstPrinceton (March 1) ... Made nine saves against Hartwick (March 14)... Had six stops at No. 1 Stanford (March 21) ... Blocked 11shots, including two five-meter chances, in win at Sonoma State(March 22) ... Made eight saves at Pacific (March 24) ... Had ninesaves at UC Davis (March 26) ... Stopped eight shots againstHartwick (April 4) ... Scored first-career goal against Utica(April 5) ... Made seven saves against Brown (April 11) ... Had 12saves against Hartwick and nine against Brown at Northern DivisionChampionship (April 18) ... Stopped three shots against Hartwick atEastern Championship (April 24) ... Recorded 10 saves againstIndiana at Easterns (April 25) ... Made eight saves in win overBucknell at Eastern Championship (April 26).

2008:
Named to Collegiate Water Polo Association''s All-Academic Team ...Selected to Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches AcademicAll-America Team ... Honored on CWPA All-Northern Division SecondTeam ... Made 11 saves against both Maryland and Princeton (Feb.17) ... Stopped 13 shots in win over Siena (March 8) ... Was aperfect five-for-five on save attempts against Utica (March 8) ...Had 13 saves against Hartwick (March 8) ... Made 12 saves atConcordia (March 26) ... Recorded 12 stops against Hartwick (April12) ... Had six saves in win against Queens (April 13) ... Made sixsaves against Brown (April 15) ... Had nine save in win over Queensand made 11 stops against Hartwick at Northern DivisionChampionships (April 19) ... Stopped 10 shots against ConnecticutCollege at Northern Division Championships (April 20).

2007:
Named to Collegiate Water Polo Association''s All-Academic Team ...Recorded a .572 save percentage with 143 stops in net ... Alsoadded five steals and four assists ... Had eight games with atleast 10 saves with her best outing coming in a 14-save effortagainst Bucknell during the regular season.

High School:
Attended the Castilleja School and was a three-sport athlete,competing in water polo, basketball and swimming ... Two-timecaptain in water polo and a senior captain in basketball ...Two-time All-California Central Coast Section ... League MostValuable Goalie and team MVP as a senior ... Member of StanfordU-16 water polo club team which placed fifth at the Junior Olympics... Also played for the program’s U-18 and U-20 teams ...Member of her school’s basketball league-championship team of2004 as well as a pair of sectional semifinalist teams.

Personal:
Daughter of Andrew Perlman and Phyllis Gardner ... MargharitaEspinosa Award for Excellence in Academics and Leadership ...School’s French ad Senior Scholar Athlete awards ... Enjoysplaying the piano ... Writes for the Fifteen minutes Magazine ofthe Harvard Crimson.

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Historical Player Information

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    2008Junior

    Goalkeeper
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    2009Senior

    Goalkeeper
    5'10"
    1