No. 20 Bucknell Women's Water Polo Looks to Keep Winning Streak Alive Saturday at Princeton
April 3, 2008
LEWISBURG, Pa. - After a two-week hiatus, the Bucknell women's water polo team rejoined the national rankings on Wednesday. The Bison, ranked No. 20, will put their eight-game winning streak on the line Saturday with a pair of games at Princeton's DeNunzio Pool. Bucknell will face the host Tigers in a conference game at 12 p.m. and non-league foe Brown at 5:30 p.m. The Bucknell-Princeton contest, a rematch of last Friday night's 6-5 Bison victory at Kinney Natatorium, will have a live video broadcast available through GoPrincetonTigers.com for a subscription fee. Bucknell Women's Water Polo Notebook (22-4, 3-0 CWPA) • Bucknell is 22-4 this season, putting it one win shy of equaling the program record for victories. Both the 2005 and 2006 squads won 23 games. • Bucknell's senior class of Meagan Gins and Jennifer Swoyer played their final regular-season home games this past Sunday against Maryland. The pair has helped the Bison to a sparkling 83-41 (.669) over the last four years, the most wins of any class in program history. • With its 6-5 victory over then-No. 16 Princeton last Friday night at Kinney Natatorium, Bucknell improved to 2-4 against ranked teams this season. The Bison have never defeated more than two ranked foes in the same season. • Bucknell's win over Princeton last week was its first over the Tigers after dropping the first 22 games in the series. Each of the last seven meetings in the series have been decided by three goals or less. The Tigers dropped out of this week's national rankings, meaning the Bison have a pair of unranked opponents on this weekend's docket.
• Bucknell went 4-0 at home last weekend, giving it a solid 12-1 home record over its last 13 games at Kinney Natatorium. Overall, the Bison are 36-10 (.783) inside their home facility that opened in 2003. • Bucknell is averaging 11.3 goals per game this season, good for fifth in the nation. The Bison have netted 294 goals, 36 more than their total from all of 2007. • The Bison have been strong on the defensive end of the pool, limiting opponents to 7.3 goals per contest to rank 12th nationally. • Sophomore Valentina Rozas leads Bucknell in goals this year with 57, a figure that ranks 13th nationally. She eclipsed the 100-goal plateau for her career last weekend and now has 106. Gins (222) and Aubrey Rowe (125) have also registered at least 100 career goals on the current squad. • Sophomore Alison Carter was named the CWPA Southern Division Player of the Week after her 25-save performance in three games last weekend. She allowed just 12 goals while playing 86 minutes in three games. Carter's best outings came in the toughest games as she recorded a career-high 14 saves in a one-goal overtime victory against Maryland and totaled seven saves opposite nationally ranked Princeton. Career Record Watch Season Record Watch Bucknell vs. Weekend Opponents 2008 Bucknell Weekly Honors Up Next Weekend Women's Water Polo Weekend Schedule |
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