2010 CWPA Eastern Championship Web site
COLLEGE PARK, Md. -
Simone Lewis earned Player of the Game honors after scoring a hat trick as the Maryland water polo team won its final match of the season, defeating Harvard, 12-11, on Sunday to earn seventh place in the 2010 CWPA Eastern Championship.
Behind a well-balanced offensive attack, the seventh-seeded Terps (15-19) scored 12 goals for the second day in a row as, this time, they held on against the No. 8 seed Crimson Tide (12-15).
Aside from Lewis' three goals, Maryland got strong play out of Ally Beck, Christine Goetsch and Shannon Simerly, all of whom scored two goals apiece.
"We played with a little bit more energy today," said Maryland head coach Carl Salyer. "Push came to shove and we outplayed them."
The majority of the game was played with a back-and-forth intensity, as there were six ties and seven lead changes. But Lewis' second goal of the game with 1:01 remaining in the second period put the Terps ahead for good, 7-6.
Maryland goalkeeper Shelby Reyes finished a strong weekend with a solid second-half, making five blocks and ensuring the win in the team's final match.
"It is good to finish the season with a win," said Salyer. "[Now] we'll start getting ready for next year."
Devan Kennifer and Laurel McCarthy led the Crimson Tide with three goals and six blocks, respectively.
Top-seeded Michigan captured the CWPA Eastern crown with a 7-5 win over No. 3 seed Indiana in the final game of the day.
The Wolverines gain an automatic berth to the NCAA Championship (May 14-16 in San Diego) with the victory.
Sunday, May 2
Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium
Maryland 12, Harvard 11
1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
MD (15-19) 3 5 2 2 12
HU (12-15) 2 4 2 3 11
MD Goals: Lewis 3, Beck 2, Goetsch 2, Goldenberg 2, Simerly 2, Powers
HU Goals: Kennifer 3, Purcell 2, Smith 2, Abbott, Barton-Kettleborough, Berqquist, Molnar
MD Blocks: Reyes 9
HU Blocks: McCarthy 6
2010 CWPA Eastern Championship Schedule/Results
Friday, April 30
Game 1: No. 1 Michigan 18, No. 8 Harvard 10
Game 2: No. 5 Princeton 10, No. 4 Bucknell 8
Game 3: No. 2 Hartwick 13, No. 7 Maryland 12 (OT)
Game 4: No. 3 Indiana 8, No. 6 Brown 5
Saturday, May 1
Game 5: No. 4 Bucknell 12, No. 8 Harvard 10
Game 6: No. 6 Brown 8, No. 7 Maryland 5
Game 7: No. 1 Michigan 12, No. 5 Princeton 8
Game 8: No. 3 Indiana 8, No. 2 Hartwick 7
Sunday, May 2
Game 9: No. 7 Maryland 12, No. 8 Harvard 11 (7th Place)
Game 10: No. 4 Bucknell 8, No. 6 Brown 7 (OT) (5th Place)
Game 11: No. 5 Princeton 11, No. 2 Hartwick 7 (3rd Place)
Game 12: No. 1 Michigan 7, No. 3 Indiana 5 (Championship)
