GROVE CITY, Pa. — The Grove City College women’s water polo team opened its 2020 home schedule with a pair of games against National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II foes at James E. Longnecker Pool. Salem University topped the Wolverines, 23-3, in the day’s opener before Grove City fell to longtime regional foe Gannon University, 19-14.
Junior Tessa Leatherwood (Hurst, Texas/Colleyville Covenant) and freshman Reese Trauger (Perkasie, Pa./Pennridge) both fired in four goals for Grove City against Gannon. Senior Elizabeth Andrews (Newberg, Ore./Veritas) scored three times while freshman Michelle Danley (Friendswood, Texas/Friendswood) scored twice. Sophomore Elaine Miller (Worthington, Ohio/Thomas Worthington) added a goal for the Wolverines.
Danley recorded a team-leading four assists. Sophomore Sophia Melanson (Wexford, Pa./North Allegheny) assisted three goals while Andrews and Leatherwood each assisted two goals. Trauger and freshman Tia Kannel (York, Pa./Central York) both tallied assists.
Leatherwood led the defense with four steals. In goal, junior Alexa Dunn (Girard, Pa./Girard) stopped three shots and added two steals.
Trauger scored twice and Danley added a goal in the opener against Salem. Andrews, Danley and Trauger all had assists. Andrews, Danley and Miller each recorded two steals. Dunn stopped two shots.
Release courtesy Grove City College Athletics Communications
