The Connecticut College Women’s Water Polo Team is off to a great start this spring season. With a new team in a recently restructured division, the Camels have won two of their five matches thus far and are hoping to finish the season with a winning record.
The Women’s Water Polo team has started out the season with a 2-3 record, winning games against Utica and Penn State-Behrend. The Camels won by 7 goals in their 16-9 victory against Utica, and handily beat Penn State-Behrend, with a final score of 13-3.
This past weekend they played a club team from New York and won 8-4, and Wellesley with a win of 8-6.
Next week April 9-11, when they will host a tournament of their own, competing against select schools in their division. They will end the season with games against Grove-City College, Chatham College, Penn State-Behrend, Washington & Jefferson College, Utica College, and Brown University.
The water polo program at Conn has been steadily improving over the past few seasons, and this team, led by captains Phoebe Bakanas ’10, Emily Hunter ’12 and coaches JJ Addison and Granger Abuhoff, is one with great potential.
Senior player Jordan Kohnstam said, “I am not sure if I can say for sure that the team this year is more talented than teams in the past, but the girls are certainly working together much better. Phoebe and I talk all the time about how we wish the program had looked like this when we were younger, but we are very glad to be ending our college water polo careers on a high note.”
Senior captain Phoebe Bakanas is the leading goal scorer on the team and consistently proves to be a force in the water each game. As a captain, she is a leader in and out of the pool.
Jordan Kohnstam ’10 will undoubtedly make an impact during her final season as a Camel. Her experience and dedication to the sport will be the keys to a successful 2010 season.
Kristin Lampley and Pam Lovejoy ’13 are also players to watch, already standing out as a promising members.
Upcoming Scrimmages:
Fri, April 9- Grove City College
Sat, April 10- Chatham University and Penn State-Behrend.
Sun, April 11- Washington & Jefferson University, and Utica College.
Thurs, April 15- Brown.
