University of Massachusets Athletics
Women's Water Polo To Host Hartwick
February 28, 2002 | Women's Polo
Feb. 28, 2002
AMHERST, Mass. -- The 20th-ranked University of Massachusetts women's water polo team is set to host No. 14 Hartwick on Saturday, March 2, at the Pratt Pool on the campus of Amherst College. Game-time is 1:00 p.m. The Hawks took two out of three games from the Minutewomen last year. On March 10, UMass was victorious by a score of 6-3 on the road, but lost the next two, including a 14-7 set-back in the Eastern Championship.
"We are looking forward to playing a team ranked ahead of us nationally," said UMass head coach Donna Heinel. "We hope to perform better than we did in last year's Eastern Championship game against Hartwick. We are hoping for a clean, competitive game on Saturday."
UMass enters the game with a 4-5 record, having just split two games at home last weekend against No. 18 Brown and Yale. Junior Jacy Mackey (Chino, Calif.) scored a hat trick for her first goals as a Minutewoman in the Yale contest, while junior Kelly Chassy (Morgan Hill, Calif.) tallied two scores against Brown. She leads the Minutewomen with 17 goals and 19 points this season. Perry, junior Mattie Newell (Dillsburg, Pa.) and senior Megan Thompson (Chesterfield, Mo.) each have eight goals on the year. Defensively, junior Amy Black (Fremont, Calif.) leads the squad with 18 steals and three blocks.
Hartwick comes to Amherst with a 6-7 record. They went 2-2 last week at the UC-Santa Barbara Tournament and have already defeated No. 11 Long Beach State, No. 12 UC-San Diego and No. 15 Pacific this season. They are led by senior All-American Megan Thomson, who has 30 goals and 40 points on the campaign. In net, Sara Daseler has accumulated 122 saves this season.
The six-game homestand concludes Saturday, March 9, when they Minutewomen host a CWPA League Tournament. They will welcome Connecticut College, Harvard and No. 18 Brown to the Pratt Pool. The action begins at 10:00 a.m.