No. 17 Indiana water polo concludes regular season with weekend sweep

No. 17 Indiana ladies’s water polo completed its common season this weekend with two wins on the West Coast. Indiana beat No. 20 San Jose State on Saturday and beat College of Santa Clara on Sunday. The Hoosiers now have a 17-12 file and picked up their highest variety of wins in a season since 2018.  

Indiana scored the primary level within the sport towards San Jose State. The Hoosiers took benefit of a 6 on 5 alternative, and senior utility Zoe Crouch scored with 5:24 left within the first quarter.  

San Jose State answered with a degree of its personal with a purpose from freshman two-meter Sinia Plotz. By the top of a excessive scoring first quarter, Indiana led San Jose State 4-3.  

The Hoosiers and Spartans every scored a degree within the second interval. Indiana’s purpose was secured by freshman attacker Louisa Downes to present Indiana the 5-4 lead earlier than the break.  

Downes scored Indiana’s ultimate two factors of the sport and earned a hat trick with 31 seconds left within the third interval. The Hoosiers led 7-5 getting into the ultimate interval.  

Indiana was scoreless within the fourth interval, however with clutch saves from graduate goalkeeper Mary Askew within the ultimate minutes, Indiana received the sport 7-6.  The convention win positioned Indiana within the fifth spot within the Mountain Pacific Sports activities Federation rankings.  

Indiana’s second sport of the weekend was towards Santa Clara College in Santa Clara, California. Within the first half, the Hoosiers scored 8 unanswered targets. Crouch led in scoring with two targets.  

Hoosier sophomore attacker Portia Sasser scored Indiana’s sole purpose within the third interval, giving Indiana a 9-0 lead. Within the fourth quarter, Indiana outscored Santa Clara 6-1 and received the sport 15-1.  The Hoosiers shared the ball effectively towards the Broncos as they’d 8 assists on their 15 made targets. 

Crouch completed the sport with a hat trick whereas Askew performed each minute of the sport and recorded a 92.3 save share with 12 saves and an help.  

Indiana finishes its common season with a 12-12 general, 2-4 convention file. The Hoosiers will return to the pool to compete within the MPSF Event April 28-30 in San Jose, California.