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Poughkeepsie, NY – The No. 19 Wagner women's water polo team became the first program in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) history to win six consecutive league titles after defeating Marist College, 8-4, on Sunday.
With the victory, which marks the Seahawks' ninth MAAC women's water polo championship overall, the Green & White earn the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Championship.
The Red Foxes were the first to score before the Green & White answered with six straight goals from three First-Team All-MAAC selections in redshirt junior
Kristy Donkin (4), Freshman and Rookie of the Year
Sofia Diaz Alvarez (1), and junior
Jacqui Sjogren (1).
Marist found the back of the net for its second goal of the game in the third period followed by a tally from sophomore
Daisy Nankervis, to set the score at 7-2 heading into the fourth stanza.
However, the Red Foxes did not go away quietly, opening the final eight minutes by finding the back of the net twice in cutting the Seahawk lead to 7-4. Freshman Philippa Nash put the finishing touches on the game, registering her first goal with just eight seconds remaining.
Wagner's sixth-straight conference tournament victory marks the most consecutive titles by any program in Wagner College Athletics history. Four-year seniors
Erica Hardy,
Abby Irving,
Natalie Kayton and
Sarah Limanni became the third class in Wagner history to win a championship in each season of their respective collegiate careers, joining last year's senior class.
The NCAA Women's Water Polo selection show will be streamed on NCAA.com on Monday, April 29 at 8:00 pm.
NOTES
- Seven of Wagner's nine MAAC Championship title game victories have come against Marist (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2007).
- Over the course of two games, 2019 MAAC Tournament MVP Kristy Donkin found the back of the net eight times to lead the Seahawk scoring attack. In today's win, Donkin notched four goals.
- Sophomore goalie Katherine Campbell and freshman attack Sofia Diaz Alvarez were named members of the All-Championship Team.
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