After a hugely successful visit to Harvard last week, the Princeton women’s water polo team (9-1 overall, 0-0 Ivy League) heads to the San Diego Invitational this weekend to face San Diego State, the University of California at San Diego and Chapman University.
This past weekend, the Tigers convincingly swept Iona College, Marist College and rivals Harvard in Cambridge despite dealing with injuries to several key contributors. Sophomore 2-meter Chelsea Johnson scored seven goals over the games to take home Collegiate Water Polo Association player of the week honors, and freshman utility Lindsey Kelleher scored eight to earn CWPA rookie of the week. The emergence of these two has been one of the inspiring stories of the season so far and has helped keep Princeton from missing a beat despite all the offensive firepower from last year’s team they lost to graduation.
The Tigers’ first opponent on Saturday, No. 20 San Diego State University (6-9), has struggled this season while playing a very tough schedule. However, with one-goal losses to No. 11 UC Santa Barbara and No. 2 UCLA, San Diego State’s record belies the strength of their team. Last season, Princeton prevailed over the Aztecs 6-4 in a tight, low-scoring matchup. The Tigers have not been in that type of contest so far this season, scoring more than 10 goals in all but one of their games, failing to reach that mark only in their sole loss to Bucknell University. Therefore, Princeton will hope to find more success on offense in this contest, avoiding having to grind out a win in the way they did last year.
On Sunday afternoon, Princeton faces the No. 11 University of California, San Diego (13-6), their toughest opponent yet. Five of the Tritons' six losses so far have come to opposition ranked in the top 10 nationally, and they have yet to lose to anyone ranked as low as the Tigers. If Princeton is to pull the upset, they will need to slow down attacker Laurel Kistler, who leads the team with 44 points on the season. Sophomore utility Haley Wan, this year’s leading scorer for the Tigers, had a huge game with three goals and two assists in last year’s 10-9 win against San Diego and will be looking to repeat her performance on Sunday.
Princeton closes out the weekend facing unranked Chapman (3-7) in what should be its easiest matchup of the invitational. Chapman lost earlier in the season to both California Baptist University and Villanova University, two teams Princeton defeated, and has yet to beat a ranked team. The Tigers will be unfamiliar with the team, as they didn’t face Chapman last year, but nevertheless should be able to overcome the Panthers.
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