Women's Water Polo Buries Gannon 18-2

Pictured Above: Freshman Jacqui Sjogren who registered a team-high five goals on the evening (photo credit: Jeremy Hawkes)

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Lewisburg, PA – The No. 19 Wagner women's water polo team defeated Gannon University 18-2 in the final match-up of day one of the Bison Invitational.

Two-time Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Defensive Player of the Week Emily Riddle (Edomonton, Alberta / Dr. E. P. Scarlett) and the Seahawks' defense held their opponents to only two points, the lowest of the 2017 campaign.

Freshman attack Jacqui Sjogren (Queensland, Australia / St. Andrews Anglican College) registered her first-ever collegiate hat-trick less than five minutes into the contest en route to five total goals. The Australian native's third goal came off an assist from sophomore attack Abby Irving (Brentwood Bay, B.C. / Canadian Sport School [Stelly's]) to put the Seahawks ahead 3-1. Sophomore attack Erica Hardy (Montreal, Quebec / St. Thomas) then rattled the cage with eight seconds left on the clock to end the quarter 4-1.

The Green & White netted a game-high seven goals in the second stanza as senior goalkeeper Emily Riddle held the Golden Knights scoreless. Sjorgren opened up play dishing out her lone assist to junior utility Kimberly Watson (Pointe-Claire, Quebec / John Rennie) who tallied the third marker of Wagner's 11-0 run. Sjogren and Hardy continued the streak alternating on four tallies before MAAC Rookie of the Week Franciska Miló-Sidló (Budapest, Hungary / Pasaréti Gimnázium) hit home for her first point. Junior attack Lacey Anderson (Thousand Oaks, CA / Westlake) put the Seahawks ahead 11-1 entering intermission off an assist from Hardy.

Gannon held Wagner to only two goals in the third quarter despite being outscored 2-1. Irving and junior attack Elise Begg (Newbury Park, CA / Newbury) each tallied their first markers of the tournament before Gannon's lone scorer on the night, Alison Cooney ended the Green & White's 11-goal streak.

For the fourth consecutive quarter, the Seahawks outscored the Golden Knights, registering five goals to Gannon's zero. Irving and Hardy led the run before senior Gabryel Oloapu (Auckland, New Zealand / Diocesan), sophomore Sarah Limanni (Mohnton, PA / Governor Mifflin, and senior Amanda Sutherland (Denton, TX / Denton Ryan) buried their first goals of the season to bring the Seahawks to their second victory of the season.

Wagner returns to the Kinney Natatorium Sunday, February 12 for a 10:30 am bout with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps. before ending the weekend against host, Bucknell at 2:15 pm. Fans can access the live coverage of the Wagner-Bucknell game for free by clicking HERE.

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