BLOOMINGTON, Indiana -- The Marist water polo team continued its winning momentum from Day 1 of the Indiana Classic into Day 2 with a 15-14 win vs the #T13 Hartwick Hawks and a 5-3 win vs the Cal Lutheran Regals, before falling 10-3 to the #T10 Indiana Hoosiers. 

With the wins, the Red Foxes now stand at 7-10 overall and are 6-3 in their last 9 games dating back to the Princeton Invitational on Feb. 17. 

SUMMARY VS #T13 HARTWICK:

Marist opened the scoring 34 seconds into the game when senior co-captain Jessica Hermosillo found junior co-captain Katherine Tijerina ripped a shot into the back of the net for the 1-0 lead. The Hawks answered at the 5:14 mark, before the Red Foxes regained the lead at 2-1 on a goal from junior Susan Cantoni. Hartwick answered with four goals over the next 3:48, while Marist scored just once from Justine Castro and after one period it was 5-3 Hawks.

The second quarter proved to be evenly matched as both teams scored three even strength goals with senior co-captain Diana Carballo, junior Grace Doerfler and sophomore Anais Mathes scoring for the Red Foxes and at the end of the first half the Hawks led 8-6.

Hartwick found the back of the net four times in the third, while Tijerina, Doerfler & Carballo scored for Marist and with eight minutes left it was 12-9 Hawks.

Determined to get the victory, the Red Foxes dominated the fourth quarter, scoring six goals from Castro, Doerfler (2), Cantoni (2) and Carballo, while holding Hartwick to just two goals in the period and when the final buzzer sounded it was Marist emerging with the thrilling 15-14 upset victory.

SUMMARY VS CAL LUTHERAN: 

The opening quarter proved to be all defense, as neither team was able to score.

The Red Foxes got on the board twice in the second quarter with freshman Lauren Smith and Carballo finding the back of the net and at the end of the first half it was 2-0 Marist. 

Two goals by Tijerina and Mathes gave the Red Foxes a 4-0 lead, before the Regals got on the board with one second left in the third quarter.

Looking for the comeback victory, Cal Lutheran battled back with two goals in the final eight minutes, while sophomore Lexi Puhl was the only Marist goal scorer in fourth quarter but the Red Fox defense held strong for the 5-3 win.

SUMMARY VS #T10 INDIANA:

The Hoosiers got on the board first just 29 seconds into the game but Tijerina answered for Marist to even the score at 1-1. Indiana rolled off two goals in the final 1:07 of the first quarter and two scores in the opening 3:21 of the second period to jump out to the 5-1 lead. Sophomore Carolyn Gauvin scored on the power play off an assist from Carballo with 2:24 left in the period and at the end of the first half it was 5-2 in favor of the Hoosiers. 

However, Indiana proved to be too strong as they added five more goals in the second half, while holding the Red Foxes to one goal from Mathes and when the final buzzer sounded Indiana emerged victorious 10-3. 

TOURNAMENT NOTES:

In addition to going 4-1 on the weekend, several Marist players finished amongst the statistical leaders for the tournament.

• Tijerina + Doerfler (6 goals) T-5th most in tournament
• Carballo (5 assists) T-1st in tournament
• Tijerina (5 points) T-5th in tournament
• Hermosillo (26 saves) 3rd most in tournament + .(531 save percentage) 4th highest
• Junior Hope Vickers (.571 save percentage) 2nd highest

QUOTE:

"This weekend we were able to close out four highly competitive games" said head coach Chris Vidale. "We came up short against Indiana but we were still able to be productive through the entire game. The win against Hartwick was a collective win. We were dialed in and ready to compete and being able to outscore them 6-2 in the fourth quarter helped us secure the win. We spent all week cleaning up our mistakes from the last time we saw them and it showed. We will enjoy this win but back to work next weekend with conference play opening up at Siena."

UP NEXT:

Marist begins Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play at Siena College in Loudonville, NY vs Iona (9 a.m.) and St. Francis Brooklyn (4:30 p.m.) next Saturday and host Siena (10:30 a.m.) and LaSalle (3 p.m.) next Sunday.