Matthews, Williams Garner All-CWPA Accolades
4/26/2017 9:50:00 PM | Women's Water Polo
BRIDGEPORT, Pa. – The Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) announced Wednesday their selections to the 2017 All-CWPA teams. The Indiana Hoosiers secured two spots on this year's squad, with junior Kelly Matthews earning a first team selection and freshman Mollie Williams landing on the second team.
Matthews strikes her second selection to the All-CWPA first team and her third spot on the All-Conference teams with this year's honor. The junior led Indiana with 51 goals this season, sliding her career total to 197 (6th – IU history) in three seasons. She also added 25, assists, 29 steals, and a team-leading 10 field blocks.
After opening her goal account in IU's upset win over No. 8 Hawaii (1/22), Matthews uncorked a 21-game streak with at least one goal to her name. The Roxboro, Quebec native registered hat tricks in seven games this year, tying a single-game record with 7 goals against Iona (3/4).
The first team distinction is Matthew's 10th career honor from the CWPA. She has two additional regular season All-Conference Honors (2nd in 2015; 1st in 2016); two first team selections to the All-CWPA Tournament Team (2015, 2016); three CWPA Rookie of the Week awards in 2015; and both Rookie of the Year awards for the 2015 regular season and ensuing CWPA Championships.
Williams joined the Hoosiers at the semester break and shot out of a cannon for a blistering freshman year. She led a potent freshman class with 37 goals and six hat tricks, adding 21 assists and 33 steals to the season effort. She led Indiana with 25 drawn exclusions and trailed only Matthews with 8 field blocks.
As the regular season reached its final stretch, Williams slipped into a goal-scoring groove. She finished 16 of her goals in the Hoosiers' last two weekends, marking season highs of 4 goals apiece against Princeton (4/8) and George Washington (4/9). Williams recorded at least one goal or one assist in 23-of-27 games this year.
The Hoosiers embark on their three-day run through the CWPA Championships in two days. The action begins at home on Friday, April 28 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center with Indiana taking on No. 20 Harvard at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Tickets can be purchased on-site. Single-day passes run for $10, and three-day passes are $25. Alternatively, fans can access the games online via live stream. Accessing the stream is $10 per day or $25 for the entire weekend. To access the stream, click here.
The CWPA Championships will also have live statistics for each game, which can be accessed here. For additional information, head to the Tournament Central page.
2017 CWPA Division-I All-Conference Team
Player of the Year: Allison Skaggs, Michigan
Coach of the Year: Alan Huckins, Hartwick
Rookie of the Year: Lena Kotanchyan, Hartwick
First Team
(GK) Ashleigh Johnson, Princeton
Haley Wan, Princeton
Allison Skaggs, Michigan
Maddy Steere, Michigan
Lena Kotanchyan, Hartwick
Zsofia Polak, Hartwick
Kelly Matthews, Indiana
Second Team
(GK) Heidi Ritner, Michigan
Kim Johnson, Michigan
Danielle Johnson, Michigan
Kristen Hong, Harvard
Michelle Martinelli, Harvard
Marisa Kolokotronis, Brown
Mollie Williams, Indiana
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Matthews strikes her second selection to the All-CWPA first team and her third spot on the All-Conference teams with this year's honor. The junior led Indiana with 51 goals this season, sliding her career total to 197 (6th – IU history) in three seasons. She also added 25, assists, 29 steals, and a team-leading 10 field blocks.
After opening her goal account in IU's upset win over No. 8 Hawaii (1/22), Matthews uncorked a 21-game streak with at least one goal to her name. The Roxboro, Quebec native registered hat tricks in seven games this year, tying a single-game record with 7 goals against Iona (3/4).
The first team distinction is Matthew's 10th career honor from the CWPA. She has two additional regular season All-Conference Honors (2nd in 2015; 1st in 2016); two first team selections to the All-CWPA Tournament Team (2015, 2016); three CWPA Rookie of the Week awards in 2015; and both Rookie of the Year awards for the 2015 regular season and ensuing CWPA Championships.
Williams joined the Hoosiers at the semester break and shot out of a cannon for a blistering freshman year. She led a potent freshman class with 37 goals and six hat tricks, adding 21 assists and 33 steals to the season effort. She led Indiana with 25 drawn exclusions and trailed only Matthews with 8 field blocks.
As the regular season reached its final stretch, Williams slipped into a goal-scoring groove. She finished 16 of her goals in the Hoosiers' last two weekends, marking season highs of 4 goals apiece against Princeton (4/8) and George Washington (4/9). Williams recorded at least one goal or one assist in 23-of-27 games this year.
The Hoosiers embark on their three-day run through the CWPA Championships in two days. The action begins at home on Friday, April 28 at the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center with Indiana taking on No. 20 Harvard at 4:30 p.m. ET.
Tickets can be purchased on-site. Single-day passes run for $10, and three-day passes are $25. Alternatively, fans can access the games online via live stream. Accessing the stream is $10 per day or $25 for the entire weekend. To access the stream, click here.
The CWPA Championships will also have live statistics for each game, which can be accessed here. For additional information, head to the Tournament Central page.
2017 CWPA Division-I All-Conference Team
Player of the Year: Allison Skaggs, Michigan
Coach of the Year: Alan Huckins, Hartwick
Rookie of the Year: Lena Kotanchyan, Hartwick
First Team
(GK) Ashleigh Johnson, Princeton
Haley Wan, Princeton
Allison Skaggs, Michigan
Maddy Steere, Michigan
Lena Kotanchyan, Hartwick
Zsofia Polak, Hartwick
Kelly Matthews, Indiana
Second Team
(GK) Heidi Ritner, Michigan
Kim Johnson, Michigan
Danielle Johnson, Michigan
Kristen Hong, Harvard
Michelle Martinelli, Harvard
Marisa Kolokotronis, Brown
Mollie Williams, Indiana
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