>> Women's water polo swept Mercyhurst and Mount St. Mary's, defeating the Lakers 13-8 and the Mountaineers 18-12.
With a two-goal lead to open the third quarter against Mercyhurst, Saint Francis scored four straight goals to take an 11-5 lead.
adding on goals, forcing Mercyhurst to take a timeout. After the break, Redaelli tallied another goal with 4:39 left in the quarter.
Saint Francis was up 12-10, but back-to-back goals by Breeze Ohlson extended the lead heading into the fourth quarter. Ellison tallied the first goal of the fourth before the Red Flash scored back-and-forth goals with the Mount but remained on top.
FLASH MOMENTS
Ohlson and
Claire Gebhardt scored back-to-back goals in the fourth quarter to extend the lead over the Lakers to 13-7.
Against Mount St. Mary's, Saint Francis tallied three consecutive goals. Sofia Maioriello recorded the first goal with Sam Eschleman and Rhoads scoring to give a 4-2 lead.
Caylah Olay earned back-to-back goals to open the second quarter for a 9-3 lead over the Mountaineers.
FLASH NUGGETS
Megan Marlin, Ohlson and Redaelli led scoring in the first game of the day with two goals each. Olay tallied five goals over Mount St. Mary's with Eschleman and Maioriello each tabbing four of their own.
Maioriello led the day in assists with five against Mercyhurst.
Olay and Rhoads each tallied three steals in the win over the Lakers with Rhoads picking up four more in the evening's win.
Isabel Lumley earned a combined 23 saves on the day, including 14 against Mercyhurst. Grace Raquel recorded one save against Mount St. Mary's.
UP NEXT
Saint Francis will play Harvard, Princeton and Brown in the CWPA Conference Crossover on Feb. 22-23 in Cambridge, Mass.
