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Princeton Water Polo's Johnson, Hatcher to Compete at 2015 Pan Am Games
July 06, 2015 | Women's Water Polo
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PRINCETON, N.J. – Ashleigh Johnson and Ashley Hatcher of the Princeton University women's water polo team will participate in the Pan Am Games in Toronto, Canada.
A member of the United States senior women's national team, Johnson recently starred for Team USA at the Kushan Cup and the FINA World Super League Final. Hatcher will compete for Argentina at this week's Pan Am Games, with the duo slated to meet on Saturday, July 11 when the Americans take on their South American rivals in the final game of group play.
Team USA and Argentina join Mexico and Cuba in Group A, with Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and host Canada comprising Group B. The United States will open competition on Tuesday, July 7 against Mexico, with Argentina beginning its tournament run on Wednesday, July 8.
Helping the Stars & Stripes to a gold medal at the Kushan Cup, Johnson racked up 16 stops in a pair of appearances, which included a 10-save effort in the final against the Netherlands. Seeing action in all six FINA World Super League Final matches, Johnson registered 67 saves. After turning away 12 shots against Russia in the quarterfinals, Johnson made 10 stops in the semifinals against Netherlands before tallying 14 saves in a championship win over Australia.
This past season, Johnson helped the Tigers to 31-5 overall record, a CWPA title, and an NCAA Tournament berth en route to CWPA Player of the Year honors. Logging 771:54 minutes in 27 appearances, she posted a 22-5 mark with a 0.709 save percentage. Recording double-digit saves in 16 of her outings, Johnson earned NCAA All-Tournament honors after breaking both the single-game and tournament records for saves with 22 and 50, respectively.
In three seasons in Orange and Black, Johnson has turned away 1,062 of the 1,533 shots she has faced (0.693) en route to an 81-13 overall mark. Putting together three of the highest single-season save totals in program history, Johnson is already the Tigers' career leader with 1,062 stops.
Piecing together a stellar senior season, Hatcher netted a team-high 86 goals while also collecting 22 assists, 19 steals, and 23 drawn ejections. Hatcher's 86 goals were the fourth-highest single-season total in program history.
A first-team All-CWPA selection, Hatcher factored into the scoring in all 35 of her appearances, finding the back of the opposing net in all but two occasions. During NCAA Championship play, Hatcher netted five goals in three games to become just the fifth player in school history to surpass the 200-goal plateau.