BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — Former Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) standouts Shae Fournier and Jessica Gaudreault of Indiana University were named to the Team Canada roster for the upcoming FINA World League Super Final to be held in Budapest, Hungary from June 4-9, 2019.
A 2014 graduate of Indiana, Fournier (2011-2014) is one of the most decorated players in water polo history. She holds the top two school records for single-season goals (95 in 2014, 83 in 2013) and career goals (305), and is second in IU history in career steals (311). Fournier was the 2014 Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) Player of the Year, and earned second team Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) All-America and College Sport Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) First-Team Academic All-America honors. Fournier is one of five players in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) history to score 300 or more goals in her career.
The Most Valuable Player of the 2014 CWPA Championship hosted by Bucknell University for leading the Hoosiers to an 11-10 victory over Princeton University, Fournier is among a select group of Indiana women’s water polo players who won a pair of league titles during their tenure. In 2011 as a freshman, Fournier helped her squad down the University of Michigan, 5-3, at home in Bloomington for the program’s first title since taking home the 2003 crown.
A three-time CWPA All-Conference First Team selection (2013, 2014, 2018) and a 2018 ACWPC Honorable Mention All-America pick, Gaudreault concluded her tenure in 2018 with 975 saves, 97 steals, 35 assists and 777 goals against in 117 games (3,484 minutes).
The Canadian women earned their spot into the Super Final by finishing fourth at the 2019 Intercontinental tournament in Perth, Australia last April. At the World League Super Final, they will compete in Group B alongside Russia, the United States, and Hungary. Group A will be composed of the Netherlands, Australia, Italy, and China.
The Canadian women will play their first game of the tournament against Russia at 2:30 p.m. local time (8:30 a.m. Eastern) on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. The team will then face the United States (June 5 – 4:45 p.m. locat/10:45 a.m. Eastern) and Hungary (6:30 p.m. local/12:30 p.m. Eastern) prior to the quarterfinals (June 7), semifinals (June 8) and finals (June 9).
