BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Connecticut College’s Gigi Sandull (Fr., Kenilworth, N.J./Union County Vocational-Technical Schools) posted 31 goals, six assists, 11 steals, nine kickouts drawn and a field block during a 4-0 weekend for the Camels at Utica University to earn recognition as the April 3 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Divsion III Co-Player and Rookie of the Week.
She shares the award with Casey Barragan (So., Commerce, Calif./La Serna) of Division III No. 5-ranked Augustana College who netted 13 goals, three assists, eight drawn exclusions, seven steals and a field block during a 4-0 weekend for the Vikings at Carthage College to clinch the CWPA Division III-West Region crown. It marks the second time the two athletes share a weekly honor as the duo were named March 20 CWPA Division III Rookie of the Week co-recipients.
Sandull opened Connecticut’s weekend in New York by posting eight goals and three assists in a 20-9 victory over Penn State Behrend on Saturday, April 1. She increased her goal output in the final game of the day by punching in nine markers to make the difference as Connecticut outlasted Washington & Jefferson College by a 16-9 count.
On Sunday, April 2, she once again increased her scoring output by finding the back twine for 13 goals and dishing out an assist in a 22-12 dispatching of Grove City College. Facing the host Utica Pioneers in the weekend finale, Sandull made one save in cage as the starting goalie prior to entering as a field play and notching a goal to help cap off a 10-5 win.
The quartet of wins helped Connecticut College capture the 2023 CWPA Division III-East Region regular season title and the No. 2 seed for the upcoming CWPA Division III Championship on Friday-Sunday, April 21-23, at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn.
