April 13, 2003

Contact: Bob McComas (724) 738-2777 e-mail: robert.mccomas@sru.edu

ROCK WOMEN’S WATER POLO

PLACES EIGHTH IN SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIPS

           LEWISBURG, Pa. – Slippery Rock University lost its final three matches over the weekend to finish in eighth place in the Southern Championships women’s water polo competition hosted by Bucknell University.

           The Rock opened competition with an 11-4 win over Mercyhurst on Friday but then dropped successive matches to Michigan (18-3), Bucknell (14-3) and Gannon (6-5).

           The Rock will take a 23-11 record into its regular-season finale on April 22 vs. Mercyhurst at Penn State-Behrend in Erie.

           Junior Shannon Holt (Sinking Spring/Wilson HS) scored nine goals in the four Rock games, while senior Karolyn Kiefer (Elmhurst, Ill./York HS) scored six.

           Holt has now scored a team-high 96 goals this spring, while Kiefer is second on the team with 73.

           Freshman Amanda Zychowski (Emlenton/Allegheny-Clarion Valley HS) had two goals over the weekend to improve her season total to 19.

           Junior Kim Adams (Erie/McDowell HS), sophomore Diana Buck (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley HS), sophomore Sarah Ennis (Grove City/Grove City HS), sophomore Bridgette Rhoades (Girard/Girard HS) and sophomore Jen Zuzack (Latrobe/Greater Latrobe HS) each scored one goal last weekend.

           Adams has scored 31 goals this winter, Zuzack 21, Rhoades eight, Buck four and Ennis three.

           Senior goalie Lynn Boutin (Mechanicsburg/Cumberland Valley HS) recorded 30 saves in the four weekend games to improve her season total to 353.

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