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Jovana Sekulic was named CWPA Most Valuable Player
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Women's Water Polo Sweeps CWPA Yearly Honors; Earns Four All-Conference Selections
April 25, 2023 | Women's Water Polo
PRINCETON – The Princeton Women's Water Polo Team had four players named Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) All-Conference while also sweeping the major awards.
Jovana Sekulic was named the CWPA Most Valuable Player and first-team all-conference. She paced the team in goals (65) and drawn ejections (70) while also adding 18 steals. The sophomore had a .657 shooting percentage, contributing 13 hat tricks and 22 multi-goal performances. Sekulic had a stretch of 10 games where she had nine hat tricks and two tallies in the other contest. The sophomore is the second Princeton player to win CWPA Player of the Year, joining Ashleigh Johnson in 2015 and earned her second first-team all-conference.
Lindsey Lucas was picked as the CWPA Rookie of the Year and first-team all-conference after going 25-3 with a .591 save percentage and 288 saves. Her 288 stops are the seventh most all-time. She produced 16 games with at least 10 saves with her signature moment being a 19-stop game over No. 7 Long Beach State.
Kayla Yelensky was also first-team all-conference, picking up 51 goals and 25 assists along with 37 drawn ejections. Yelensky had nine hat tricks with seven of them coming against nationally ranked opponents. The sophomore added multi-goal games in 23 contests this season and seven multi-assist outings. This is Yelensky's second straight all-conference award.
Laura Larkin showed off an all-around game with 20 goals, 22 assists and a team-best 33 steals for Princeton, nabbing second-team all-conference. She scored in 16 games and had 10 performances with at least two steals. Her season-best contest came vs. Bucknell with five swipes while she added a hat trick vs. No. 19 Brown. This is her second all-conference honor.
Head coach Derek Ellingson was also named CWPA Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. The Tigers' 27 wins are tied for the fifth most in program history. Princeton had a 15-game winning streak during the season and had 15 victories over ranked opponents. The Tigers reached No. 6 in the CWPA Varsity Poll, tied for the best mark in Princeton history.
Princeton will play the winner of Brown and Saint Francis on Saturday (Apr. 29) in the CWPA Semifinals. The CWPA Championship will take place on Sunday (Apr. 30) at 12 p.m.
Jovana Sekulic was named the CWPA Most Valuable Player and first-team all-conference. She paced the team in goals (65) and drawn ejections (70) while also adding 18 steals. The sophomore had a .657 shooting percentage, contributing 13 hat tricks and 22 multi-goal performances. Sekulic had a stretch of 10 games where she had nine hat tricks and two tallies in the other contest. The sophomore is the second Princeton player to win CWPA Player of the Year, joining Ashleigh Johnson in 2015 and earned her second first-team all-conference.
Lindsey Lucas was picked as the CWPA Rookie of the Year and first-team all-conference after going 25-3 with a .591 save percentage and 288 saves. Her 288 stops are the seventh most all-time. She produced 16 games with at least 10 saves with her signature moment being a 19-stop game over No. 7 Long Beach State.
Kayla Yelensky was also first-team all-conference, picking up 51 goals and 25 assists along with 37 drawn ejections. Yelensky had nine hat tricks with seven of them coming against nationally ranked opponents. The sophomore added multi-goal games in 23 contests this season and seven multi-assist outings. This is Yelensky's second straight all-conference award.
Laura Larkin showed off an all-around game with 20 goals, 22 assists and a team-best 33 steals for Princeton, nabbing second-team all-conference. She scored in 16 games and had 10 performances with at least two steals. Her season-best contest came vs. Bucknell with five swipes while she added a hat trick vs. No. 19 Brown. This is her second all-conference honor.
Head coach Derek Ellingson was also named CWPA Coach of the Year for the second time in his career. The Tigers' 27 wins are tied for the fifth most in program history. Princeton had a 15-game winning streak during the season and had 15 victories over ranked opponents. The Tigers reached No. 6 in the CWPA Varsity Poll, tied for the best mark in Princeton history.
Princeton will play the winner of Brown and Saint Francis on Saturday (Apr. 29) in the CWPA Semifinals. The CWPA Championship will take place on Sunday (Apr. 30) at 12 p.m.
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