PASADENA, Calif. — The Division III No. 6-ranked Macalester College water polo team continued its spring trip to California with a 9-6 loss at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Braun Pool. The Scots are now 6-5 on the season, while the Beavers improve to 3-12.
After Caltech took a 2-0 lead through the first quarter, Macalester pulled even with goals by first year Anna Gaisser (Seattle, Wash./Ingraham) and senior Olivia Dimka (Denton, Texas/John H. Guyer) to open the second quarter. After the Beavers restored their lead with back-to-back goals, Gaisser tallied her second goal of the game to pull the Scots to within one at 4-3. Caltech notched the final goal of the quarter just 14 seconds before halftime for a 5-3 edge.
Early in the third quarter, Gaisser scored again to make it a one-goal game, only to have the Beavers find the net three times in the third to extend their lead to four, 8-4, heading into the final quarter.
Caltech scored again to start the fourth for a 9-4 lead. Sophomore Hannah Fasi (Honolulu, Hawaii/Iolani School) and Gaisser tallied back-to-back goals later in the quarter, but it was not enough to change the outcome of the match.
Courtesy the win, Caltech avenges a 16-8 loss to Macalester on February 15 at the Macalester Invitational.
Gaisser finished with four goals to lead the Scots, while Dimka and Fasi both accounted for solo strikes. Junior/goalkeeper Jayden Kratt (Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn) registered four saves in goal for Macalester.
Information courtesy Macalester College Athletics Communications
