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Indiana Kick Off and 2015 Season Preview
1/23/2015 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
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2015 INDIANA HOOSIERS WATER POLO
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Hoosier water polo team will begin the 2015 season with a two day event this weekend. On Saturday, January 24, ninth ranked Indiana will play two exhibition games -- Marist at 11 am and Wagner at 7 pm. Inbetween the exhibition games on Saturday, Marist and Wagner will face off at 3 pm for both of the visiting schools first regular season game of the 2015 season.
The regular season will begin for Indiana on Sunday, January 25 as the Hoosier water polo team will play Wagner at 9 am, followed by Marist at 1 pm. Be sure to stop by the Cousilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center this weekend to cheer on IU Water Polo.
SCHEDULE
Indiana will be playing in the CBAC for three separate events in the spring of 2015. The season will commence with the Indiana Kick Off featuring Marist College and Wagner College.
*full schedule
The next home event is March 7 as the CBAC will be host to the Fluid Five. The Hoosiers will play UC-Irvine first at 12:30 pm. For the evening game, IU will face CWPA rivals, Hartwick. The final chance to see Indiana water polo in action in Bloomington will be six weeks later. The Hoosiers host the CWPA Weekend II and will play thee conference opponents: Bucknell (April 18 - 8 pm), Mercyhurst (April 19 - 9 am) and Gannon (April 19 - 2 pm). This CWPA Weekend marks the last regular season games prior to the CWPA Championships.
The following weekend, the Hoosiers will travel west to Palo Alto, California to take part in the Stanford Invite with some of the nation's best. The invitational tournament features eight school -- all of them ranked in the top 20 -- seven of which are ranked in the top 10. No. 9 Indiana will start the invite against fourth ranked California on the afternoon of January 31. That evening, IU will take on No. 8 Hawai'i. Sunday morning Indiana is slated to match-up with No. 2 UCLA (more information).
The month of Febuary consists of one invitational and a three-match weekend in Santa Clara, Calif. The Princeton Invite takes place on Febuary 7 and 8, where Indiana will play one exhibition game against CAMO (Club Aquatique Water-Polo Montreal), Iona, host and No.10 Princeton and Villanova. While in Santa Clara, the Hoosiers face off with Santa Clara, Cal State East Bay and Cal State Monterey Bay.
Following the Fluid Five in Bloomington, Coach Barry King and the Hoosiers will yet again head west to participate in the Aztec Invitaional hosted by San Diego State (March 14-15). In San Diego, Indiana will face two more ranked opponents in No. 15 San Diego State and No. 13 UC San Diego.
The Hoosiers will then play four regular season games between March 21-22 in Tempe, Arizona. March 21's matches see Indiana face No. 11 Long Beach State and Hartwick for the second time this season. On March 22, IU will face No. 5 Arizona State and the University of Redlands.
The final stretch of the regular season sees the Hoosiers play in nine games against CWPA opponents, the first being in Euclid, Ohio to face Notre Dame College (March 28). The next weekend, Indiana heads north to No. 18 Michigan in Ann Arbor (April 4). April 10-12 is slated for the final four regular season games away from home -- No. 10 Princeton (April 10, 7:30 pm), Brown (April 11, 11 am), No. 20 Harvard (April 11, 5:30 pm) and George Washington (April 12, 11:40 am).
The CWPA Championships will be hosted by Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, April 24-26. The NCAA Championships are two weeks later in Palo Alto, California hosted by Stanford (May 8-10).
NEWCOMERS
The Hoosiers have a large number of newcomers for the 2015 season. Coach King has added eight freshmen and one junior transfer from Golden West College:
• Jennifer Beadle, utility, Pleasanton, Calif. (video)
• MacKenzie Bonk, goalkeeper, River Forest, Ill. (transfer - Golden West)
• Anna Brummett, utility, Santa Barbara, Calif. (video)
• Karrie Kozokar, defender, Mundelein, Ill. (video)
• Emily Lowe, attacker, Orlando, Fla. (video)
• Kelly Matthews, defender, Roxboro, Quebec, Canada
• Sarah Myers, attacker,Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Anna Politiski, goalkeeper, Orange, Calif. (video)
• Sarah Young, utility, San Diego, Calif. (video)
(click on 'video' to meet our newest Hoosiers, the others will be uploaded soon)
RETURNERS
Indiana returns three all division players from the 2014 CWPA Championship team -- Rebecca Gerrity, Candyce Schroeder and Shelby Taylor were all named to the CWPA All-Division in the previous season. The upperclassmen have a combined six All-Division nods in their careers. The 2015 Hoosiers also features strong student-athletes, as six of this years returners were named ACWPC All-Academic, six CWPA All-Academic and eight Academic All-Big Ten.
• Mary Campbell, goalkeeper, Jr., Orlando, Fla.
• Ellie Stott, attacker, so.,Melbourne, Australia
• Summer Creighton, utility, sr.,Winter Park, Fla.
• Shelby Taylor utility, sr., Calgary, Alberta, Canada
• Devon Peterson attacker, sr., Poway, Calif.
• Jordan Elwood attacker, so., Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
• Candyce Schroeder center, jr., San Clemente, Calif.
• Shelley St. Omer Roy utility, sr., Mechanicsburg, Pa.
• Alexis Jones utility, sr., Mundelein, Ill.
• Rebecca Gerrity utility, sr., San Rafael, Calif.
• Bronwyn Smith center, so., Harleysville, Pa.
• Colleen McNaught attacker, sr., Dana Point, Calif.
KEY DEPARTURES
As 2014 was one of the most successful seasons in school history, Indiana lost several key players. Shae Fournier left Indiana as the all-time leading scorer in Hoosier Water Polo history with 305 goals -- 59 more than the next most. Fournier is also second in all-time assists (145) and second in all-time steals (311). Jessica Gaudreault is currently training with the Canadian National Team (along with Fournier) and after only two seasons with Indiana sits sixth on the all-time IU saves list with 444.
2014 IN REVIEW
Indiana Water Polo and Head Coach Barry King had one of the most successful seasons in school history in 2014. The 2014 Hoosiers finished the year with a 24-7 record (77.4 win percentage is the highest in school history) after going 8-0 in the CWPA. The team was crowned Michigan Invitational, Brown Invitational and CWPA Champions.
The Hoosiers reached the CWPA Championship game to face rival Princeton by defeating Michigan in the semifinals. It seemed as if Indiana's NCAA hopes were all but shot after Princeton jumped out to a quick 4-0 nothing lead. Indiana was resilient, though, and slowly worked their way back into the game and a 10-10 tie.
With little time remaining, then-senior Shae Fournier launched a shot at the goal which bounced off of the crossbar and deflected of off the Tiger goalie to give Indiana an 11-10 lead. A final possession for Princeton saw goalkeeper, Jessica Gaudreault, and the Hoosier defense hold true. Indiana was crowned CWPA Champions for the third time in school history, thus earning a right to play in the NCAA Championships.
After defeating Wagner in a play-in game at home, the Hoosiers played the No. 1 seed and eventual National Champions, Stanford in the first round. After being defeated by the Cardinal and Arizona State in the consolation, the Hoosiers defeated UC-San Diego to finished in seventh place.
2014 AWARDS AND HONORS
ACWPC All-America Second Team: Shae Fournier
CWPA All-Division: Allison Campbell (1st team), Shae Fournier (1st), Rebecca Gerrity (1st), Jessica Gaudreault (1st), Candyce Schroeder (2nd), Shelby Taylor (2nd)
ACWPC All-Academic: Allison Campbell, Summer Creighton, Shae Fournier, Rebecca Gerrity, Alexis Jones, Meghan Lappan, Erin Pannek, Amanda Redfern, Candyce Schroeder, Ellie Stott, Shelby Taylor
CWPA All-Academic: Allison Campbell, Summer Creighton, Shae Fournier, Rebecca Gerrity, Alexis Jones, Meghan Lappan, Erin Pannek, Amanda Redfern, Candyce Schroeder, Ellie Stott, Shelby Taylor
Academic All-Big Ten: Mary Campbell, Katie Contreras, Summer Creighton, Shae Fournier, Rebecca Gerrity, Alexis Jones, Meghan Lappan, Hallie Lindsey, Erin Pannek, Devon Peterson, Amanda Redfern, Candyce Schroeder, Shelley St. Omer Roy, Shelby Taylor
Single Season School Records:
Shae Fournier - 2nd - goals (83)
Jessica Gaudreault - 4th - shots faced (657)
Jessica Gaudreault - 6th - saves (245)
Colleen McNaught - 9th - assists (41)
Shae Fournier - 10th - steals (76)
Team - 1st - win streak (12)
Team - 2nd - goals (377)
Team - 3rd - assists (270)
Media Contact: Riley Greene, rigreene@indiana.edu
