Women's Water Polo | March 19, 2022

• The game remained scoreless for the first 1:30, but the Explorers quickly found their grove with back-to-back Kalista Hyham goals to take a 2-0 lead with six minutes remaining in the frame. La Salle kept the Keydets scoreless throughout the rest of the first period while putting up two more goals of its own to take a 4-0 lead into the second.
• The teams traded goals (2-2) through the first four minutes with La Salle maintaining a four-point lead, 6-2. The Explorers went on a 2-0 run to end the frame and take a six-point lead into the second half, 8-2.
• La Salle was once again the first to strike in the third period, but VMI quickly answered to keep the deficit to six, 9-3, with three minutes remaining. The Explorers once again ended the frame on a 2-0 spurt to extend their lead to eight, 11-3, heading into the final period of play.
• The Explorers broke open the scoring in the fourth period with six goals while holding VMI to three to claim the 17-6 victory.

• 11 Explorers found the back of the net in the contest led by Hyham with a team-high three goals.
• Lizzie Nadolski, Casey Malone, Sarah DeFusco and Karle Linden scored two goals apiece while Tatum Lomax, Madison Martinez, Sofia Curtis, Sophie Appler, Sophia Boettner and Madelyn Koerper scored one goal each.
• Hannah Woren and DeFusco shared the assist duties with a team-high three each. Woren also added four steals in the game.
• Emma Gurasich and Caitlin Valentine shared the net in the game. Gurasich made three saves while adding five steals and two assists. Valentine made four saves and added a single steal.
• The Explorers went 3-1 in sprints.

• The score remained close through the first eight minutes with La Salle pulling ahead for a single point lead to end the first frame, 4-3.
• The Gaels pulled ahead by two, 8-6, to end the first half with a five-goal performance in the frame while keeping the Explorers to just two goals.
• La Salle put up a four-goal effort in the third stanza, but was edged out by Iona with the single goal advantage to take a 13-10 lead into the final period.
• The Explorers found their grove in the final eight minutes holding the Gaels to a single goal while putting up five of their own to take the narrow 15-14 victory.

• Hyham continued to be the shining star on offense for the Explorers with a team-high five goals. She converted every shot she took on the net in the game. The graduate student earned six exclusions while adding three steals and two assists.
• Linden, DeFusco and Martinez each found the back of the net twice in the game while Shanna Zuanich, Francesca Co', Koerper and Woren scored one goal apiece.
• Zuanich was the teams' leading helping hand with five assists.
• Linden led the defensive effort from the field with four steals and three blocks.
• Gurasich made 12 saves in the net and added two steals and one assist.
• La Salle went 2-2 in sprints.

• The Explorers head to New York next Saturday, Mar. 26 and Sunday, Mar. 27 to take on LIU, Saint Francis, Siena and Marist.