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Women's Water Polo Closes Out Regular Season With Wins Over Harvard, Brown
April 18, 2015 | Women's Water Polo
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The 13th-ranked Princeton University women's water polo team extended its win streak to four games with a pair of CWPA victories over Harvard and Brown.
Tripping up the Crimson, 15-7, the Tigers secured a 9-3 decision over the host Bears in the afternoon session. Improving to 4-0 against Harvard and Brown in 2014-15, Princeton moved to 26-3 overall and 9-1 in CWPA play.
PRINCETON 15, HARVARD 7
With the game knotted at 1-1 in the early going, the Tigers netted two-straight goals, going up 3-1 on a Haley Wan score with 2:47 remaining in the first quarter. With time winding down in the period, Harvard's Charlotte Hendrix burst ahead, beating the buzzer and Princeton goalie Ashleigh Johnson for a breakaway goal.
Extending the Tiger lead, Pippa Temple and Ashley Hatcher netted back-to-back goals in the first 2:09 of the second. Once again looking to score inside of the five-minute mark, Temple fired a shot toward the cage that deflected off a Harvard defender and into the Crimson net. Moments later, Hatcher bounced one into the cage to push the Princeton lead to 7-2.
Tacking on two more scores, the Tigers stretched their lead to 9-2 in the latter stages of the first half. Snapping a string of six-straight Princeton goals, Harvard snuck a deflected shot into the back of the Tiger net, but Chelsea Johnson quickly answered with a goal of her own to make it 10-3 at the intermission.
Continuing to push forward, Hatcher found Temple for a goal on the near post, just 40 seconds into the third quarter. Down 13-5 entering the final frame, Harvard netted three of the five goals in the fourth, but it was too little, too late with Princeton holding onto a 15-7 win.
Hatcher and Temple each finished with four goals, with Hatcher also collecting two assists and two steals. Wan and Camille Hooks each had a pair of tallies, while C. Johnson, Sydney Cheong and Morgan Hallock also found the back of the net. A. Johnson finished with four saves.
Goals: Hatcher 4, Temple 4, Hooks 2, Wan 2, C. Johnson 1, Cheong 1, Hallock 1
Assists: Hatcher 2, Holechek 2, C. Johnson 1, Hooks 1, Dunstan 1,
Coffey 1, Saxe 1, Gross 1, Smith 1
Steals: C. Johnson 2, Hatcher 2, Lapkin 1, Saxe 1
Ejections Drawn: C. Johnson 4, Hallock 4, Wan 1, Hatcher 1, Dunstan 1, Lapkin 1, Saxe 1, Smith 1
Blocks: Saxe 1
Sprints: Wan 0-3, Gross 0-1
Saves: A. Johnson 4
PRINCETON 9, BROWN 3
Knotted at 1-1 at the end of the first quarter, the Tigers accounted for three of the four goals in the second period. Carrying its momentum into the second half, Princeton held a 4-1 scoring edge in the third before recording the only tally in the final frame.
Ashley Hatcher finished with three goals and three steals, while Haley Wan had two goals and two assists. Chelsea Johnson, Taylor Dunstan, Hannah Lapkin, and Jessie Holechek also got on the board. Dunstan added three steals, while Morgan Hallock drew a team-high six ejections.
Playing all 32 minutes in net, Ashleigh Johnson finished with 13 saves. Making three saves in the first quarter, Johnson added a pair of stops in the second. Turning away five of the six shots she faced in the third, she registered three more stops in the final eight minutes.
Goals: Hatcher 3, Wan 2, C. Johnson 1, Dunstan 1, Lapkin 1, Holechek 1
Assists: Wan 2, Hooks 1, Cheong 1, Temple 1
Steals: Hatcher 3, Dunstan 3, Hooks 2, Hallock 1, Smith 1
Ejections Drawn: Hallock 6, Hatcher 1, Cheong 1, Dunstan 1, Lapkin 1
Blocks: Holechek 2, Hatcher 1, Dunstan 1, Hallock 1
Sprints: Wan 1-1, Dunstan 0-1, Smith 0-1
Saves: A. Johnson 13