Carthage Goes 1-3 at Chapman Invitational

ORANGE, Calif. -- The Carthage College women’s water polo team (6-6), ranked ninth in the March 10 Collegiate Water Polo Association’s NCAA Division III coaches poll, went 1-3 at Chapman University Tournament at the Allred Aquatics Center in Orange, Calif on March 12-13 

On Friday, March 12, the Lady Reds lost to No. 5 Occidental College,14-8, before falling to No. 8 Whittier College (6-5) by a 10-4 margin. On Saturday, March 13, Carthage defeated No. 6 Chapman (3-6), 9-6, before losing to No. 3 the University of Redlands (1-6), 21-2. The Lady Reds were scheduled to conclude play in the tournament by playing the 10 the University of LaVerne on March 13, but that match was canceled due a shortage of healthy Leopard players. 

Kimmy Genian (Jr., Gurnee, Ill./Highland Park) scored two goals in Carthage’s 10-4 loss to Whittier College on March 12, and she had six goals in the team’s 9-6 decision over Chapman on March 13.

Carthage split a pair of matches on Thursday, March 11 in California. Carthage lost to No. 2 California Lutheran University (5-9), 17-7, at the Samuelson Aquatic Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., before defeating the California Institute of Technology (1-2) by a 14-8 margin at the Braun and Alumni Pool in Pasadena, Calif.

Release courtesy Carthage Athletic Communications