LEXINGTON, Virginia - The Marist water polo team (9-10) swept La Salle (5-15) and Virginia Military Institute (10-5) to open MAAC competition with a 2-0 record. The Red Foxes scored a season-high 24 goals against the Explorers and only allowed five to start off the day with a win. Later in the afternoon, Marist handled the Keydets 13-5 to sweep the doubleheader.
 

Marist 24, La Salle 5

• Grace Doerfler found the net four times and dished out an assist to fuel the Red Fox offense.
• Anais Mathes scored a hat trick and handed out an assist of her own.
• Lauren Smith, Jocelyn Castro, Susan Cantoni, Myriam Lizotte, Katelin Harris and Gabi Gervasi each scored two goals.
• Aminadi Anorve, Justine Castro, Ariana Singer, Katherine Tijerina and Carolyn Gauvin all added a goal to add to the Marist scoring landslide.
• Carsen Horvatich made six saves in the net for a save percentage of 54.5.

Marist 13, VMI 5

• Doerfler, Lizotte and Tijerina scored two goals apiece to drive Marist's attack.
• Megan Clarke, Mathes, Justine Castro, Cantoni, Bree Marmion, Gervasi and Katherine McCullough each contributed a goal to lift the Red Foxes over the Keydets.
• Horvatich made nine saves for an impressive percentage of 64.3 with two steals.

UP NEXT

Marist will travel to Los Angeles, California for a full weekend of games, and highlighting the competition is MAAC rival #16 Wagner. This will be the Red Foxes' first matchup with the reigning five-time defending conference champions of the season.
 

MARIST LEADERS TO DATE

Justine Castro - 17g, 17a, 10dex, 17s, 4fb
Susan Cantoni - 17g, 9a, 2dex, 16s, 5fb
Katherine Tijerina - 14g, 12a, 4dex, 17s, 2fb
Anais Mathes - 13g, 11a, 3dex, 4s
Myriam Lizotte - 17g, 6a, 2dex, 14s, 2fb
Grace Doerfler - 17g, 4a, 17dex, 6s, 1fb
Ariana Singer - 8g, 12a,9s, 1fb
Lauren Smith - 14g, 4a, 3dex, 17s, 2fb
Jocelyn Castro - 11g, 7a, 5dex, 7s, 3fb
Sawyer Alter - 3g, 12a, 3s, 1fb
Carolyn Gauvin - 12g, 2a, 7dex, 7s, 1fb

Carsen Horvatich - 14 games, 98 saves, 41.9 SvPCT
Marina Hyham - 6 games, 31 saves, 43.7 SvPCT