Carthage Water Polo Finishes Sixth at National Collegiate Tournament; Rose Schiavone Named All-America

All-American Rose SchiavoneThe Carthage College women’s water polo team (24-10) finished sixth at the Friday-Sunday, May 2-4 Collegiate Division III Water Polo Tournament at Connecticut College’s Jane Cadwell Lott Natatorium in New London, Conn.  Carthage lost to Grove City College, 8-6, in the Sunday, May 4 fifth-place match.  The Lady Reds went 2-2 in pool play.  On Friday, May 2, Carthage fell to California-Santa Cruz. 13-4, before losing to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps College by a 14-7 margin. 

In the UC-Santa Cruz match, the Lady Reds collected single goals from Amanda Croix (Fr., Bradley, Ill./Bradley-Bourbonnais), Patti Blatter (So, Prospect Heights, Ill./Wheeling), Kimmy Genian (Fr., Gurnee, Ill./Highland Park, team-leading 75 goals) and Rose Schiavone (Sr., Mount Prospect, Ill./Prospect, 65 goals).  In the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps contest, Genian scored three times, Schiavone twice and Jessica Shopiro (Sr., Buffalo Grove, Ill./Lincolnshire-Stevenson) twice.  On Saturday, May 3, the Lady Reds defeated Connecticut College, 8-6, before edging Colorado College, 7-6.  In the Connecticut College contest, Genian scored three goals, with two apiece from Schiavone and Shopiro.  In the Colorado College match, Genian scored four times, Shopiro twice and Anna Kordek (Fr., Long Grove, Ill./Lincolnshire-Stevenson) once.  In the fifth-place match against Grove City, the Lady Reds collected two goals each from Blatter, Michelle Mulhall (So., Orland Park, Ill./Sandburg) and one each from Schiavone and Croix. 

Both Genian and Schiavone were named second-team all-tournament, and Schiavone was named Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches honorable mention All-America.