Behrend Women’s Water Polo Ready for CWPA DIII Championships

ERIE, Pa. – The No. 8 seed Penn State Behrend women's water polo team will travel to Norton, Mass. for the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Division III Championships, hosted by Division III No. 9 seed Wheaton on April 11-13. The Lions match up with the hosts in the first round on Friday at 10 a.m.

Coverage:

Friday, April 10
No. 9  Wheaton vs. No. 8 Penn State Behrend (Video | Live Stats)

No. 8 Behrend News & Notes:

* The Lions ended the regular season with a 4-15 overall record, dropping their contests at the W&J Regional
* Junior goalie Monica Villasenor has made 147 saves and a team-best 32 steals this season
* Villasenor also broke the program record for most goals scored by a goalie
* Villasenor has three goals this season and six career goals
* Daris Barth leads the team with 39 goals, while adding 19 assists, 15 drawn ejections and 12 assists
* As a team, Behrend has scored 211 goals in 19 games
* Lauren True is third on the team in goals with 31 and she also had 30 assists 28 drawn ejections and 24 steals
* Makenzie Rickerd ranks second in goals with 37 and Darrah Martin is fourth with 29
* Rickerd scored a career-high eight goals in the 17-16 win over W&J on March 6

Full Championships Schedule:

Friday, April 11
Game 1 – No. 8 Penn State Behrend vs. No. 9 Wheaton (Mass.) (10 a.m.)
Game 2 – No. 2 Macalester vs. No. 7 Connecticut Coll. (11:30 a.m.)
Game 3 – No. 3 Washington & Jefferson vs. No. 6 Grove City (1 p.m.)
Game 4 – No. 4 Carthage vs. No. 5 Austin (2:30 p.m.)
Game 5 – No. 1 Augustana vs. Winner Game 1 (4 p.m.)

Saturday, April 12
Game 6 – Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 2 (10 a.m.)
Game 7 – Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 1 (11:30 a.m.)
Game 8 – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 (1 p.m.)
Game 9 – Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 4 (2:30 p.m.)
Game 10 – Loser Game 6 vs. Loser Game 7 (4 p.m.)
Game 11 – Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 5 (5:30 p.m.)

Sunday, April 13
Seventh Place – Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 11 (8 a.m.)
Fifth Place – Winner Game 11 vs. Winner Game 6 (9:30 a.m.)
Third Place – Loser Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9 (11 a.m.)
First Place – Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 8 (12:30 p.m.)

Tickets

* Fans attending the CWPA Division III Championship can pay for either a three-day tournament pass ($35) or a one-day pass ($15). Wheaton College students, faculty and staff with a valid college ID, and senior citizens 65 and older, will be admitted at discounted prices of $10 (tournament pass) and $5 (one-day pass). All children 12 and under are free of charge. All tickets are exclusively available at the door as there will be no presale in advance of the championship.