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Sydney Kane
Jackson Lustig
Sydney Kane
8
Carthage CAR (2-17, 0-6 CWPA)
15
Winner McKendree MCK (17-6, 2-0 WWPA)
Carthage CAR
(2-17, 0-6 CWPA)
8
Final
15
McKendree MCK
(17-6, 2-0 WWPA)
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Carthage CAR 0 1 3 4 8
McKendree MCK 7 2 3 3 15

Game Recap: Women's Water Polo | | Chase Messer, Assistant Director of Sports Information

Women’s Water Polo Tabs 100th Win on Senior Day

12 Different Bearcats Had Scored At Least One Goal in the Commanding Victory

O'FALLON, Ill. - The women's water polo team took control early on and never looked back on senior day against Carthage College in non-conference action at the McKendree Metro Rec Plex in O'Fallon, Illinois. 

Score: McKendree University 15, Carthage College 8 

Record: Bearcats 18-6, 2-0 WWPA | Firebirds 2-18, 0-6 CWPA 

HOW IT HAPPENED

McKendree to control throughout the entire first half as they notched in the nine goals of the game with sophomore attacker Shanelle Márquez (Madrid, Spain) contributing in on a pair while the other seven were dropped in by a vast array of players.  

Carthage finally got on the board with a little over three minutes remaining until halftime. That would ignite them on a small three-goal run after the Bearcats put senior goalkeeper Sydney Kane (Kankakee, Ill.) in with the rest of the field players to showcase her offensive skillset. 

McKendree responded to the Firebirds' 3-0 scoring spurt with a trio of consecutive goals themselves to put themselves back up by nine with a minute and 30 seconds remaining in the third quarter.  

The Bearcats fired in three more goals in the final period of regulation as Carthage notched in four more of their own. McKendree would pick up their 18th win of the season with a 15-8 victory over the Firebirds in their home waters. 

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

  • Márquez led all Bearcat scorers with three goals on a perfect three attempts plus a drawn exclusion. 

  • Junior attacker Jazmine Sandoval (Westminster, Calif.) followed with a pair of goals on two attempts with an assist. 

  • Kane was in the cage for the first 16 minutes of the game where she had eight saves. On the offensive end, she took three shots, got an assist, and drew an exclusion. The senior hit 800 career saves with her performance in the win. 

  • Freshman goalkeeper Elizabeth Zurowski (San Antonio, Texas) tallied three saves in 16 minutes of play. 

  • With the win over Carthage, the program obtained its 100th win. The victory also put their win total for the season to 18 – the most in any season in the team's nine-year history. 

  • McKendree outshot the Firebirds 31-25. 

  • The Bearcats were +7 in drawn exclusions. 

  • McKendree was +2 in total team steals. 

SENIOR DAY

McKendree University athletics took a moment to recognize senior goalkeeper Sydney Kane (Kankakee, Ill.) as she showed determination, heart, and grit these past several years. As her time at McKendree may be coming to a close, she will forever be engraved as part of the Bearcat family. 

UP NEXT

McKendree will take a weekend break next week and will be back in action the next weekend when they head up to Erie, Pennsylvania to take part in the annual WWPA Erie Classic being hosted by Gannon University on Saturday, April 5th. 

They will face Salem University first thing in the morning at 8:00 AM CT. Then, the Bearcats will take on Gannon at 12:00 PM CT later on the same day. 

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