ERIE, Pa. -- The Carthage College women's water polo team (2-2), ranked 10th in the March 16 Collegiate Water Polo Association NCAA Division III poll, won a pair of matches at Division III East vs. West Tournament at Penn State-Behrend. Carthage defeated Macalester College, 13-5, and downed Wheaton College (Ill.) by a 10-2 margin. 

In the win over Macalester, Carthage's Hillary Veselik (Fr., Darien, Ill./Hinsdale South) scored four goals with an assist and Kimmy Genian (Sr., Gurnee, Ill./Highland Park) three goals. Agnes Wojtas (So., Palatine, Ill.) collected five assists and Kaitlin Duke (Fr., Schaumburg, Ill./Hoffman Estates-Conant) three.

Veselik had seven goals, five in the second period, in the win over Wheaton (Ill.), while Wojtas scored one goal with three assists. Mari Paraskevopoulos (Jr., Mount Prospect, Ill./Arlington Heights-Hersey), Hannah Duke (Fr., Schaumburg, Ill./Hoffman Estates-Conant) and Kaitlin Duke had four steals each, and goal keeper Christine Menzenberger (Sr., Mokena, Ill./Frankfort—Lincoln-Way East) had 10 saves.

Release courtesy Carthage Athletic Communications