Water Polo Celebrates Senior Day During Home Weekend

Story Links PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle Water Polo team earned a 1-3 record as the Explorers host four MAAC opponents at Kirk Pool this weekend. The Explorers honored four seniors for Senior Day before the final game vs Villanova: Francesca Co’, Sofia Kolovou, Tatum Lomax, and Carlotta Zandali. Follow @lasalle_wpolo on X/Twitter and @lasallewaterpolo on […]

PHILADELPHIA – The La Salle Water Polo team earned a 1-3 record as the Explorers host four MAAC opponents at Kirk Pool this weekend. The Explorers honored four seniors for Senior Day before the final game vs Villanova: Francesca Co’, Sofia Kolovou, Tatum Lomax, and Carlotta Zandali.

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HOW IT HAPPENED – VMI (W, 17-10)

La Salle built a 4-1 lead before VMI scored with just over a minute left. Francesca Co’ scorched the net with under a minute remaining to take a 5-2 lead to close the quarter. Martina Bonet Saez and Sofia Kolovou notched two each.
The Keydets outscored the Explorers, 3-2 in the second; Tatum Lomax and Co’ scored for La Salle.
The Explorers hammered VMI in the third, outscoring the visitors 6-1. Five different members of the Blue & Gold found the back of the net, including Allie Hollo twice to conclude the period. La Salle led 13-6.
La Salle emptied the bench in the fourth as each side scored four goals. Amanda Fadil and Carlotta Zandali each scored their first goal of the game as La Salle secured a 17-10 win.

HOW IT HAPPENED – #17 WAGNER (L, 25-16)

The Seahawks built an early 7-2 lead in the first quarter. Bonet Saez and Co’ scored for the Blue & Gold.
Wagner expanded its lead to eight during an action-packed second frame. The teams combined for 15 goals, with the Seahawks taking a 16-8 lead into halftime. Four different La Sallians found the back of the net, with Co’ and Bonet Saez scoring twice each.
Wagner buried under a double-digit deficit in the third quarter despite continued offensive fireworks. Ella Tice got on the board in addition to several other La Sallians.
Co’ and Bonet Saez led the charge with five and four goals, respectively.

HOW IT HAPPENED – RV LIU (L, 17-12)

LIU took a 4-2 lead they would not relinquish in the first quarter, with goals from Bonet Saez and Kolovou.
La Salle kept pace in the second quarter, with goals from Co’, Lomax, and Mitchell. The teams entered halftime, with the Sharks in front, 7-5.
Bonet Saez cut the lead to one to open the third quarter, but LIU scored the next four of the next five to build a four-point advantage, 11-7. Bonet Saez scored all three of La Salle’s goals in the third quarter as the Explorers trailed 12-8 at the end of three.
The Explorers had ample scoring in the final frame, with goals from Co’ and Kolovou, but the Sharks closed the game out with a pair of goals to stretch the lead out of reach.

HOW IT HAPPENED – VILLANOVA (L, 14-13 OT)

For the second straight game, La Salle fell behind 4-2 in the first quarter. Grace Smith scored a critical goal with 27 seconds left on the board to keep La Salle in the game early.
The teams traded goals in a tough second-quarter. Villanova scored twice, but Smith and Co’ returned serve to set the game at 6-4 going into halftime.
The Explorers opened the third quarter with three straight goals from Co’ to take a 7-6 lead. The Wildcats netted one to tie, but La Salle came right back with two more to secure the lead going into the fourth.
Villanova tied the game in the fourth quarter at ten. La Salle retook the lead off a goal from Co’ with 1:26 remaining, but Villanova tied the game with 19 seconds left.
In a wild overtime, Bonet Saez scored to open the period, but the visitors from The Main Line respond with two straight. Bonet Saez added another with 1:22 left in the second overtime period, but Villanova scored on the next possession to take the lead and the win.

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