REDLANDS/FULLERTON, Calif. — The Division III No. 6-ranked Macalester College water polo team ended its five-match trip to California with a thrilling 7-6 overtime victory at Division III No. 9 the University of Redlands and a 19-3 loss at Calfornia State University-Fullerton. The results give the Scots a record of 8-5 overall, including a 3-2 mark in California.
Macalester trailed 3-0 to Redlands in the second quarter before first year Alice Lemmon (Evanston, Ill/Evanston Township) put the Scots on the scoreboard with a goal midway through the quarter. Senior Jess Palmer-Sammons (Half Moon Bay, Calif./Half Moon Bay) tallied a goal on a penalty shot a minute later, as Macalester trailed 3-2 at halftime. Midway through the third quarter, Lemmon scored again to tie the match at three-all, only to have the Bulldogs regain the lead a minute later.
Less than a minute into the fourth quarter, a Redlands’ goal had the Bulldogs on the verge of winning the match with a 5-3 advantage. With 1:11 remaining, Palmer-Sammons notched a clutch goal to bring the Scots to within one, then first year Reese Winegar (Hoffman Estates, Ill./William Fremd) tied the score at five-all with just 13 seconds remaining.
In the first overtime, Palmer-Sammons scored on a penalty shot to give Macalester its first lead of the match. The Bulldogs found the net to knot the score at six-all, sending the match to sudden death overtime. Two seconds into the period, Palmer-Sammons notched her fourth goal of the game with a penalty-shot goal to give the Scots a victory.
Palmer-Sammons finished with four goals, while Lemmon (two) and Winegar accounted for the remainder of Macalester’s offense.
Against Fullerton, Macalester trailed 4-0 before Palmer-Sammons put the Scots on the scoreboard with a goal late in the first quarter. Fullerton tallied seven goals in the second quarter and five more in the third before senior Alana Nadolski (Kentwood, Mich./East Kentwood) ended the streak with a goal to start the fourth quarter. Lemmon also found the net in the fourth quarter.
Senior goalkeeper Jayden Kratt (Palo Alto, Calif./Henry M. Gunn) and sophomore goalkeeper Myles Kratz (Northbrook, Ill./Glenbrook North) each made four saves.
Palmer-Sammons, Lemmon and Nadolski combined for the Scots’ three goals.
Information courtesy Macalester College Athletics Communications
