Loretto, Pa.- This weekend, the Saint Francis water polo team travels to Bucknell for the Bison Invite. The Red Flash went 1-3 in the Brown Invite to open the 2019 season. The opponents are slated as the following: #18 Wagner and La Salle on Saturday at 2:00 pm and 7:20 pm respectively and Gannon and Salem on Sunday at 10:40 am and 4:00 pm.
Scouting Wagner
Wagner enters the weekend with a 4-4 record after going 3-1 at the Brown Invite. The Seahawks defeated host Brown, Saint Francis, Bucknell, and lost to Harvard. The Red Flash lost 24-3 to the Wagner as thirteen different Seahawks players scored. Erica Hardy continued to be the main scoring threat for the school on Grimes Hill.
Scouting La Salle
La Salle was blanked at the Bison Invite going 0-4 to open the season. Harvard held La Salle scoreless to conclude the Invite and the Red Flash won 13-8 over the Explorers. Sarah DeFusco scored five goals against the Red Flash thus containing her prowess will be crucial.
Scouting Gannon
Gannon opens the 2019 season at the Bison Invite. The Lady Knights went 7-12 last year. Gannon's leading scorer in 2018 Campbell Ruh returns to pace the Lady Knights' charge. Ruh recorded 53 goals and 27 saves for 80 points. Goalie Isabelle Vieira posted a .425 save percentage in 2018.
Scouting Salem
Like Gannon, Salem's 2019 campaign embarks at the Bison Invite. Not only is this the opening weekend for the Tigers but this is the first season for the previously discontinued program. Salem's team is the only higher education institution in West Virginia that offers women's water polo. Justin Kassab is the head admiral of the revived program. He played and was a two-time CWPA Mid-Atlantic All-Conference selection at Slippery Rock.
Freshman Flashes
Breanna Dupperon (Regina, Canada/Campbell Collegiate),
Caroline Gillespie (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn High School), and
Rosalinda Rivera (Hatfield, Pa./North Penn High School) all made their collegiate debuts this past weekend with success. Dupperon scored five goals and swiped six steals, Gillespie scored two goals and grabbed three steals, and Rivera recorded 20 saves.
