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Wan's Banner Day Leads Princeton over Iona, 15-8
February 14, 2016 | Women's Water Polo
PRINCETON, N.J. – The Princeton women's water polo team wrapped up play at the Princeton Invitational with a 15-8 victory over the Iona Gaels on Sunday afternoon at the DeNunzio Pool. The team improved to 4-0 on the young season.
Sophomore Haley Wan set a career high with four goals and eight points to pace the Tigers' offense. Junior Morgan Hallock and sophomore Emily Smith also added three goals each. Freshman Lindsey Kelleher had a four-point outing with two goals and two assists. Sophomore goalie Helena van Brande made six saves in the win.
The match started as a back and forth battle as the two teams were tied at 4-all after the first quarter. After Iona scored the first goal of the second stanza, the Tigers rattled off three straight including two from Smith to take a 7-5 lead into halftime.
Princeton's offense continued to excel in the third frame as goals from Wan and sophomore Chelsea Johnson, 24 seconds apart, put the Tigers in front, 9-5. The home team's lead stretched to six before Iona countered with two goals to end the quarter (12-8). A little over four minutes into the fourth quarter, back-to-back tallies by the Tigers put the game away.
Head coach Luis Nicolao's squad will get back in action at Bucknell Invitational (Feb. 27-28). The Tigers will take on VMI (4:00 p.m.) and Wagner (8:30 p.m.) on Feb. 27, followed by a match vs. Washington and Jefferson on Feb. 28 (12:30 p.m.).
Goals: Wan (4), Hallock (3), Smith (3), Kelleher (2), Cheong (1), Johnson (1), Temple (1)
Assists: Wan (4), Kelleher (2), Saxe (1), Smith (1), Temple (1), Valentine (1)
Steals: Kelleher (4), Cheong (3), Hallock (3), Britt (1), Saxe (1), Smith (1)
Ejection Drawns: Hallock (4), Johnson (2), Cheong (1), Kelleher (1), Lapkin (1), Saxe (1), Temple (1), Wan (1)
Saves: van Brande (6)