Wagner sophomore Sofia Diaz Alvarez registered the biggest scoring effort of Week 2 of the collegiate women’s water polo season, notching an eight-goal effort in the #21 Seahawks’ 18-17 sudden victory over #23 Indiana on Saturday. The reigning Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Co-Player of the Year, scored two goals in the #21 Seahawks’ season opener against Michigan (L 11-8), before pouring in eight including the game winner to cap the team’s opening day.
#11 Pacific’s Savannah Fitzgerald and #5 UCLA’s Abbi Hill followed with seven-goal outings. Fitzgerald notched the seven-bagger against Marist on Saturday, while Hill’s came in a 16-6 win over Wagner on Sunday.
Fitzgerald’s standout effort came in the Tigers’ lone win of the weekend, a 12-11 victory over #24 Marist. The junior scored the final two goals of the game, including the game winner on a power play with 2:40 left. Hill put in the Bruins’ opening goal and capped her night with four in the third period.
There also were three six-goal efforts, 10 five-goal affairs, 25 four-goal outings and 43 hat tricks. On Saturday, UC San Diego’s Ciara Franke logged a six-goal performance in a 19-4 win over Concordia (Irvine) and a five-goal effort in a 17-7 victory over Pomona Pitzer on Saturday.
Collegiate Women’s Water Polo Week 2
Top Individual Scoring Efforts
Goals | Player, School | Matchup/Date |
8 | Sofia Diaz Alvarez, Wagner | vs. Indiana, 1/25 |
7 | Savannah Fitzgerald, Pacific | vs. Marist, 1/25 |
7 | Abbi Hill, UCLA | vs. Wagner, 1/26 |
6 | Borbala Kekesi, Arizona State | vs. Ottawa (Ariz.), 1/25 |
6 | Ciara Franke, UC San Diego | Concordia (Irvine), 1/25 |
6 | Noelle Wijnbelt, UC Davis | vs. Fresno State, 1/26 |
5 | Emma Fraser, Arizona State | vs. Ottawa (Ariz.), 1/25 |
5 | Tina Doherty, Indiana | vs. Wagner, 1/25 |
5 | Elena Kotanchyan, Long Beach State | vs. La Verne, 1/25 |
5 | Ciara Franke, UC San Diego | vs. Pomona-Pitzer, 1/25 |
5 | Bayley Weber, USC | vs. Concordia (Irvine), 1/25 |
5 | Sabrina Garabet, USC | vs. Concordia (Irvine), 1/25 |
5 | Tara Prentice, UC Irvine | at Cal, 1/25 |
5 | Sarah Klass, Stanford | vs. UC Davis, 1/25 |
5 | Hannah Constandse, Stanford | vs. UC Davis, 1/25 |
5 | Piper Smith, UC Irvine | vs. Fresno State, 1/26 |
4 | Lauren Baglietto, Santa Clara | vs. Cal State Monterey Bay, 1/25 |
4 | Amy Zaninovich, Fresno Pacific | vs. Cal State East Bay, 1/25 |
4 | Sam Witt, Fresno Pacific | vs. Cal State East Bay, 1/25 |
4 | Auriel Bill, Cal State East Bay | vs. Fresno Pacific, 1/25 |
4 | Adrien Van Dyke, Cal State East Bay | vs. Fresno Pacific, 1/25 |
4 | Abbey Simshauser, Wagner | at Michigan, 1/25 |
4 | Maddie O’Reilly, Michigan | vs. Wagner, 1/25 |
4 | Sarah Snyder, UC Santa Barbara | vs. Marist, 1/25 |
4 | Abbey Simshauser, Wagner | vs. Indiana, 1/25 |
4 | Kaitlyn Moguel, Cal State Northridge | vs. La Verne, 1/25 |
4 | Alena Sanchez, Loyola Marymount | vs. Pomona-Pitzer, 1/25 |
4 | Allison Sullivan-Wu, Pomona-Pitzer | vs. Loyola Marymount, 1/25 |
4 | Melyssa Moore, Loyola Marymount | vs. Chapman, 1/25 |
4 | Grace Tehaney, USC | vs. Cal Baptist, 1/25 |
4 | Bayley Weber, USC | vs. Cal Baptist, 1/25 |
4 | Grace Pevehouse, UC San Diego | vs. Pomona-Pitzer, 1/25 |
4 | Brigit Mulder, Cal | vs. UC Irvine, 1/25 |
4 | Piper Smith, UC Irvine | vs. San Jose State, 1/25 |
4 | Sarah Klass, Stanford | vs. Fresno State, 1/25 |
4 | Noelle Wijnbelt, UC Davis | at Cal, 1/25 |
4 | Lana Gorlinski, Harvard | vs. Villanova, 1/25 |
4 | Sarah Klass, Stanford | vs. UC Irvine, 1/26 |
4 | Emily Byrne, UC Davis | vs. Fresno State, 1/26 |
4 | Lili Urvari, San Jose State | vs. Cal, 1/26 |
4 | Shinae Carrington, Marist | vs. Indiana, 1/26 |