Athletics Press Releases


Presidents Claim Third Place At CWPA D3 Championships	*Sat, April 13 - 4:10 PM*	NEW LONDON, Conn. – Senior goalie McKenzie Graf (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) produced eight saves in her final collegiate match to help Washington & Jefferson College defeat Carthage (Wisc.) 6-5 and claim third place Saturday...
Presidents Fall In CWPA D3 Championship Semifinals	*Fri, April 12 - 10:01 PM*	NEW LONDON, Conn. -- Isabelle Baneux scored with 43 seconds left to give host Connecticut College an 8-7 victory over Washington & Jefferson College Friday night in the semifinals of the CWPA Division III Women's Water Championship...
W&J Opens CWPA D3 Championships With Lopsided Win	*Fri, April 12 - 2:49 PM*	NEW LONDON, Conn. – Sophomore Sara Boldt (Grand Haven, Mich./East Kentwood) scored four goals to lift Washington & Jefferson to a 14-4 victory over Utica (N.Y.) Friday in the opening round of the 2013 CWPA Division III Women’s...
W&J Routs Penn State-Behrend In Final Tune-up For D3 Easterns	*Sun, April 7 - 4:46 PM*	KENOSHA, Wisc. -- Senior McKenzie Graf (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley), the Presidents' veteran goalie, swam on the other side of the pool Sunday and netted three goals to lift 10th-ranked Washington & Jefferson to an 11-3 women's...
Washington & Jefferson Wins Two In Wisconsin	*Sat, April 6 - 9:47 PM*	KENOSHA, Wisc. -- Washington & Jefferson recorded a pair of women's water polo league victories on Saturday in Wisconsin, defeating Utica (N.Y.) 11-2 and host Carthage 9-3. Freshman Rachel Clauss (South Pasadena, Calif./South Pasadena)...
W&J Posts 1-1 Record On Day One In Wisconsin	*Fri, April 5 - 9:34 PM*	KENOSHA, Wisc. -- After suffering a 10-8 women's water polo overtime loss to Connecticut College early Friday afternoon, Washington & Jefferson College bounced back to knock off Macalester College 12-6 to earn a split during its first day of...
W&J Dept. of Athletics Announces Title IX Girls Field Day	*Tue, March 26 - 11:44 AM*	Washington & Jefferson College Title IX Field Day Information WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College department of athletics has announced that it will celebrate NCAA Division III Week (April 8-14) by hosting a field day for...
Presidents Post Perfect 5-0 Weekend In Erie	*Sun, March 24 - 4:38 PM*	ERIE, Pa. – Sophomore Charlotte Lima (Brooklyn, N.Y./Choate Rosemary Hall) netted four goals as Washington & Jefferson scored four times in each of the first two quarters and rolled to a 12-6 women’s water polo victory over...
Winning Streak Continues For W&J Water Polo	*Sat, March 23 - 9:18 PM*	ERIE, Pa. -- Washington & Jefferson ran its women's water polo winning streak to four on Saturday after defeating Utica (17-6) and Connecticut College (10-8) at Penn State-Behrend. The Presidents (4-14) had nine different goal scorers in...
Clauss Nets Four As Presidents Win Second-Straight	*Fri, March 22 - 9:04 PM*	ERIE, Pa. -- Freshman Rachel Clauss (South Pasadena, Calif./South Pasadena) scored four goals to help Washington & Jefferson win its second-straight match as the Presidents downed Carthage 8-5 in women's water polo league play on Friday...
Presidents Record First Win Of 2013	*Fri, March 22 - 4:26 PM*	ERIE, Pa. – Junior Kelsey Leis (Flourtown, Pa./Springfield Township) and sophomore Sara Boldt (Grand Haven, Mich./East Kentwood) both notched hat tricks to help Washington & Jefferson earn its first women’s water polo victory...
Presidents Wrap Up West Coast Trip With Loss To Redlands	*Tue, March 19 - 10:24 PM*	REDLANDS, Calif. -- The University of Redlands won their seventh match of the season after defeating Washington & Jefferson College 19-6 in women's water polo action on Tuesday evening at the Thompson Aquatic Center. Fourth-ranked...
Top 10 Teams Take Down Presidents In California	*Sun, March 17 - 10:12 PM*	WHITTIER, Calif. -- Washington & Jefferson was defeated by a pair of nationally-ranked opponents on Sunday in California as sixth-ranked Whittier (12-3) and seventh-ranked Chapman (8-4) both handed the Presidents losses. W&J (0-13) had...
W&J Drops First Two California Matches	*Sat, March 16 - 8:09 PM*	RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The Washington & Jefferson College women's water polo team dropped a pair of matches Saturday at the California Baptist Lancer Invitational at the Lancer Aquatic Center. The Presidents (0-11) were defeated by...
Wolverines Outlast Presidents In CWPA Play	*Sat, March 9 - 9:43 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Ashley Parks scored three goals to help Grove City hold off Washington & Jefferson 8-6 in women’s water polo action on Saturday night at the Henry Memorial Natatorium. Earlier in the day, the Presidents...
Falcons Defeat Presidents 20-11 In Washington	*Fri, March 8 - 10:49 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Notre Dame (Ohio) scored seven times in the second quarter before adding six more in the third period to post a 20-11 women’s water polo victory over Washington & Jefferson on Friday night at the Henry...
Women's Water Polo Drops Three At Grove City	*Sat, March 2 - 2:03 PM*	GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College women's water polo team is still searching for its first victory of 2013 after suffering three setbacks on Saturday at Grove City College. The Presidents lost to the host Wolverines...
Graf and Rocha Earn CWPA Weekly Awards	*Thu, February 28 - 5:24 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College senior goalkeeper McKenzie Graf (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Mechanicsburg) was selected as the Collegiate Water Polo Association’s Division III Defensive Player of the Week, while...
Nationally-Ranked Division I Teams Defeat W&J At Fluid Four	*Sun, February 24 - 4:03 PM*	BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Washington & Jefferson College women's water polo program was defeated by a pair of Division I nationally-ranked opponents on Sunday at the Indiana University Fluid Four Tournament. The Presidents opened the...
Women's Water Polo Falls In 2013 Opener To Michigan	*Sat, February 23 - 11:14 PM*	BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Thirteen different Wolverines scored as Michigan cruised past Washington & Jefferson 20-1 in women's water polo action Saturday night at the Indiana Fluid Four Tournament. The Presidents (0-1) were held off...
2013 W&J Women's Water Polo Preview	*Fri, February 1 - 4:58 PM*	Washington & Jefferson returns nine letter winners with hopes of finishing the season with a winning record for a third-straight year. Last year, under the direction of first-year Head Coach Jay O'Neil, the Presidents posted an 11-5 record,...
Presidents Water Polo Ranked In Two Preseason Polls	*Thu, January 17 - 4:58 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Washington & Jefferson College women’s water polo team appeared in a pair of 2013 preseason polls released Wednesday. The Presidents are the 10th-ranked team in the Division III coaches national poll...
Presidents’ Water Polo Earns ACWPC All-Academic Accolades	*Fri, July 13 - 2:15 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – Washington & Jefferson College had seven women’s water polo players recently selected to the 2012 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Women’s All-Academic Team. In addition to the seven...
Cull Becomes Two-Time Water Polo All-American; Villa Also Honored	*Mon, June 25 - 3:58 PM*	WASHINGTON, Pa. – For the second-straight season, Washington & Jefferson College senior Sarah Cull (Libertyville, Ill./Libertyville) has been selected to the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) Division III Women...
W&J Finishes As CWPA Division III Eastern Runner-Up	*Sat, April 21 - 5:02 PM*	GROVE CITY, Pa. -- Grove City scored the final six goals of the match and claimed the 2012 CWPA Division III Women's Water Polo Eastern Championship after defeating Washington & Jefferson 10-3 Saturday afternoon. The Wolverines (18-8)...