April 17, 2011

COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Saturday was Senior Night for the Maryland water polo team, but it was the play of its junior goaltender that carried the Terrapins to a 12-10 victory win over Harvard Sunday morning.

Shelby Reyes posted a career-high 15 blocks, including 11 in the second half, and senior Meghan Powers scored a team-high three goals for Maryland (16-13, 3-0) which won for the fourth straight time and clinched the CWPA Southern Division regular-season title, the team's first since 2009.

The Terps also got solid contributions from a number of freshmen.

Molly Ruth scored a pair of goals, and Katie Ermakova and Nicole Tobin added first-half markers to keep Maryland within striking distance after Harvard (14-12, 2-2) jumped out to a 2-0 lead.

Simone Lewis assisted on Power's second goal at 6:48 of the third which tied the game at 6-all. Lewis scored less than a minute later to give Maryland its first lead.

"We did a nice job defensively and got some good counter attacks," Maryland head coach Carl Salyer.

But it was the play of Reyes that keep the Crimson from mounting a second-half comeback after the Terps took the lead for good (9-8) on Powers' final goal with 2:57 left in the third quarter.

Reyes had five saves in the third quarter, including one from point-blank range by Shayna Price with under 30 second left in the period.

With the Terps leading 12-9, Reyes turned away a breakaway chance by Christy DiSilvestro with 2:14 left in the game.

Maryland closes the regular season at 3 p.m. Sunday when it takes on Brown (10-13, 1-2).

No. 17 Princeton (16-10, 3-1) downed the Bears, 6-5, in Sunday's opening tilt of the day to give the Tigers at least a share of the division crown.

However, Maryland owns the tiebreaker by virtue of its 7-5 victory over the Princeton Saturday night.

Admission is free to all games. Parking will be available in the Lot 2G lower which is adjacent to Eppley or Lot 6 Arena Garage. Click here to view a campus parking map.

The games featured this weekend will assist in determining the seeding for the CWPA Eastern Championship (note: there is no CWPA Southern Division tournament this season) which is scheduled for April 29-May 1 in Bloomington, Ind.

CWPA Games - Day Three Results

Sunday, April 17
Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium

No. 17 Princeton 6, Brown 5

		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
PU (16-10)	3	0	1	2	6
Brown (10-14)	2	1	2	0	5

Princeton Goals: Brunner 2, Wilcox, Zwerner, McBee, Rigler
Brown Goals: Presant, Wohlmuth, Westerman, Booher, Woods
Saves: Ward (Maryland) 6, Shin (Brown) 6

Maryland 12, Harvard 10

		1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
UMD (16-13)	2	3	5	2	12
Harvard (14-12)	2	4	2	2	10

Maryland Goals: Powers 3, Ruth 2, Lewis, Hoshko, Ernst, Goldenberg, Campbell, Ermakova, Tobin
Harvard Goals: S. Price 3, Molnar 2, A. Price 2, Kennifer, Zdrojewski, Abbott
Saves: Reyes (Maryland) 15, McCarthy (Harvard) 8

Weekend Schedule/Results

Friday, April 15

Maryland 13, George Washington 5

Saturday, April 16

Harvard 15, George Washington 11*

No. 13 Indiana 11, Brown 6

No. 13 Indiana 14, Harvard 8

Brown 12, George Washington 10

Maryland 7, No. l7 Princeton 5*

Sunday, April 17

No. 17 Princeton 6, Brown 5*

Maryland 12, Harvard 10*

No. 13 Indiana 13, George Washington 8#

Maryland 13, Brown 10*
All games played at the Eppley Recreation Center Natatorium, unless otherwise noted
* indicates CWPA Southern Division game
# Game played at GWU