The Carthage College women's water polo team (6-6), ranked ninth in the March 10 Collegiate Water Polo Association's NCAA Division III coaches poll, went 1-3 at the Friday-Saturday, March 12-13 Chapman University Tournament at the Allred Aquatics Center in Orange, Calif.
On Friday, March 12, the Lady Reds lost to No. 5 Occidental College,14-8, before falling to No. 8 Whittier College (6-5) by a 10-4 margin. On Saturday, March 13, Carthage defeated No. 6 Chapman (3-6), 9-6, before losing to No. 3 the University of Redlands (1-6), 21-2. The Lady Reds were scheduled to conclude play in the tournament by playing the 10 the University of LaVerne on March 13, but that match was canceled due a shortage of healthy Leopard players.
Kimmy Genian (Jr., Gurnee, Ill./Highland Park) scored two goals in Carthage's 10-4 loss to Whittier College on March 12, and she had six goals in the team's 9-6 decision over Chapman on March 13.
Carthage split a pair of matches on Thursday, March 11 in California. Carthage lost to No. 2 California Lutheran University (5-9), 17-7, at the Samuelson Aquatic Center in Thousand Oaks, Calif., before defeating the California Institute of Technology (1-2) by a 14-8 margin at the Braun and Alumni Pool in Pasadena, Calif. The Lady Reds travel to Wheaton, Ill., on Friday-Saturday, March 26-27 to play in the Wheaton College (Ill.) Tournament at the Chrouser Fitness Center Pool. On Friday, March 26, Carthage plays the host-Thunder at 1 p.m. and Connecticut College at 8:30 p.m. On Saturday, March 27, the Lady Reds face Penn State-Behrend at 10:30 a.m., Utica College at 1:30 p.m. and Macalester College at 6 p.m.