{"id":366839,"date":"2019-05-01T10:00:18","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=366839"},"modified":"2019-05-01T13:11:32","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T20:11:32","slug":"wagner-womens-water-polo-captures-6th-straight-maac-title-with-8-4-win-over-marist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/wagner-womens-water-polo-captures-6th-straight-maac-title-with-8-4-win-over-marist\/","title":{"rendered":"Wagner Women\u2019s Water Polo Captures 6th Straight MAAC Title With 8-4 Win over Marist"},"content":{"rendered":"

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY. In a raucous McCann Natatorium, with masses of fans wearing the distinctive red and white of Marist, a stifling defensive effort by Wagner women\u2019s water polo squad silenced the crowd, drowning the host team 8-4 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) final on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"wagner\"In seizing their conference\u2019s crown for a sixth consecutive time\u2014all at perennial opponent Marist\u2019s expense\u2014the Seahawks will again advance to the NCAA Women\u2019s Water Polo Tournament, where they will face UC San Diego in a play-in game, Wagner\u2019s third straight post-season meeting with the Tritons. Yet another decisive title victory, following an another (almost) undefeated conference season raises the question: are the Seahawks simply too good for the MAAC?<\/p>\n

[MAAC Women\u2019s Water Polo Round-Up: Wagner Win Streak Ends Not with a Bang but a Whimper<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

They certainly were on Sunday. Defense made the difference, as Marist was held to a mere 16 shots and went 17 minutes from the first to the third periods without scoring. By then, the game was decided.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve talked all year long about defense being what\u2019s going to drive this team,\u201d Chris Radmonovich<\/strong>, Wagner Head Coach, said after the match. \u201c[W]e were able to have a great game defensively, where there weren\u2019t a lot of mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wagner’s Kristy Donkin. Photo Courtesy: MAAC<\/p><\/div>\n

Leading the way for Wagner was red-shirt junior Kristy Donkin<\/strong>, who scored four goals with precision strikes that Marist goalie Carsen Horvatich<\/strong> simply couldn\u2019t defend. Donkin, named MVP for the tournament, was matched on defense by Daisy <\/strong>Nankervis<\/strong>, who contributed three steals along with a goal and an assist.<\/p>\n

Marist, which got single goals from Justine Castro<\/strong>, Grace Doerfler<\/strong>, Anais Mathes<\/strong> and Ariana Singer,<\/strong> was likewise proficient on defense, holding Wagner scoreless on ten chances with the man advantage. Otherwise, as Marist Head Coach Chris Vidale<\/strong> pointed out, the difference might have been much greater.<\/p>\n

\u201cWagner didn\u2019t make a 6 on 5, they were 0-10,\u201d said a dejected Vidale, who has now lost three title matches to Wagner. \u201cIf they hit those, then this game is a lot uglier than it could have been.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dominant defensive performance follows an offensive explosion<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Wagner came into the finals off of one of the most dominant offensive performances in MAAC postseason history. A 25-2 drubbing of fourth-seeded Virginia Military Institute (VMI) included a run of 23 unanswered goals, and gaudy offensive numbers: six goals by Malia Josephson<\/strong>, five goals and two assists from Jacqui Sjogren<\/strong>, and an even three goals on three shots by Nankervis, to go along with three assists.<\/p>\n

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Wagner’s Daisy Nankervis. Photo Courtesy: MAAC<\/p><\/div>\n

The game on Sunday was an entirely different affair. Sofia Diaz-Alvarez<\/strong>, the 2019 MAAC Rookie of the Year, padded her season total of 94 steals with another two against Marist. A member of the Spanish Junior National Team, Diaz-Alvarez is a flawless technician who can score (a team-high 108 goals) and is committed to the pressing defense that Radmonovich demands of his players.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefense is the most important part in water polo,\u201d Diaz Alvarez proclaimed. \u201cIf you defend well, the game is good\u2026and you win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pressure defense and exacting preparation are what Radmonovich and his staff, including assistants Bailey Hardy<\/strong> and Ciaran Wolohan<\/strong>, stress. It wasn’t as if Marist hadn\u2019t seen this before; the two teams had played twice before the MAAC final; a narrow 11-10 Wagner win last March at the LMU Invitational in Los Angeles, and a 16-12 Seahawk win earlier this month. But those two games, close throughout, did not indicate just how defensively dominant Wagner can be.<\/p>\n

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Standing room only – plus ESPN3 for MAAC final. Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n

Marist jumped to an early 1-0 lead thanks to a Doerfler score two minutes into the match, and the pro-Red Fox crowd was jubilant, perhaps fooling themselves that a history-making upset was possible. It was wishful thinking. Donkin immediately equalized on Wagner\u2019s next possession, as she buried a shot in the upper left-hand corner of the Marist cage. Beating goalie Horvatich to the corners was all by design, and Donkin executed to perfection.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe spoke about it at training the past two weeks, that [Horvatich] likes to jam the short corner when they play the four\/five zone,\u201d Donkin revealed after the match. \u201cWe identified that early and started shooting cross-cage on her\u2014and were lucky to get some goals in from that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Turns out, luck had nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a pretty good idea of where we can be successful, and we spend time [practicing] against the defenses we anticipate seeing,\u201d Radmonovich said, perfectly summing up the Seahawk advantage; preparation and playing to a strength, in this case defense.<\/p>\n

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Philippa Nash’s family believes in their Seahawks! Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n

But these birds, who led the conference with 607 goals, can also score. At the 4:21 mark Jacqui Sjogren<\/strong> scored to put her team ahead for good. Diaz-Alvarez scored 30 seconds into the second period, followed by Donkin a minute later and again at the 3:20 mark. It was 5-1 at the half, and Marist could barely move the ball around, let alone challenge Wagner goalie Katherine Campbell<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

After intermission, on Marist\u2019s first possession, Mathes clanked a shot off the Wagner goal post. Then Donkin beat Horvatich again in the upper corner, completing her natural hat trick. Halfway through the period, Mathes solved Campbell, but the extended gap between goals was fatal to Marist\u2019s hopes. Nankervis scored with a minute remaining in the third to again put Wagner up by five. By then the Red Foxes were so desperate for offense that they looked to trap Campbell in the corner, to no avail.<\/p>\n

In the fourth, Vidale tried leaving players in the offensive zone in hopes of getting a quick score, but nothing worked. The Seahawks were too strong, their press too effective, and the result was as thorough a victory as possible, even if the score didn\u2019t reflect it.<\/p>\n

Break up the Seahawks\u2026or the MAAC!<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Tom Hyham<\/strong>, La Salle\u2019s men\u2019s and women\u2019s coach whose daughter Marina is a back-up goalie for Marist, was watching from the stands, and observed the obvious: \u201cIf you can stop a team from scoring\u2014you\u2019re going to win.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked to assess the team that he hopes to someday overcome, La Salle\u2019s Hyham pointed to the Seahawk coach as their critical component.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe main thing that makes Wagner what they are is Chris Radmonovich\u2014he goes after every single game like it\u2019s a championship.\u201d Hyham said. \u201cThe second thing is physicality; Wagner will beat a team on physicality alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Wagner is not alone in conference dominance. Their opponent in next week\u2019s NCAA play-in match, the UC San Diego Tritons, had a lengthy conference win streak ended recently, with a remarkable 45 straight Western Water Polo Association victories\u2014including 17 straight post-season wins that produced seven consecutive WWPA crowns. UCSD will not take another WWPA match because they are moving to The Big West conference, a result of migrating from Division II status to DI. The move will eliminate what has been an easy path for the Tritons to the national championship tournament. Three Big West teams\u2014Hawai\u2019i (#5), UC Irvine (#7) and UC Davis (#9) are in the CWPA top ten.<\/p>\n

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Luckily, you can’t see tears in the water. Photo Courtesy: M. Randazzo<\/p><\/div>\n

Another comparable situation is Michigan in the relatively weak Collegiate Water Polo Association. The Wolverines are the country\u2019s sixth-ranked program, and Head Coach Marcelo Leonardi<\/strong> is passionate about his team taking on one of the country\u2019s toughest schedules. But in conference play against lesser opponents over the past four years, and especially at tournament time when they need to be sharpening their skills, Michigan has lost exactly one match, to Princeton last April. As a result, the Wolverines have won the past four CWPA titles and advanced to NCAAs each year, but have struggled against the nation\u2019s best, including USC (#1), Stanford (#2), UCLA (#4) and Cal (#4).<\/p>\n

As to Wagner, the program clearly has outgrown the MAAC. Even though Radmonovich\u2019s squad will lose two players with significant impact\u2014Donkin and Erika Hardy<\/strong>, the 2019 MAAC Offensive Player of the Year\u2014they will likely continue to dominate conference foes. But expecting the Seahawks to fly away from an automatic NCAA berth seems unlikely at the moment. And until they do, the MAAC will continue to be a one-horse race, with little hope of change.<\/p>\n

For now, Radmonovich and his players will revel in their success, and prepare for more competition next week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is the sixth year in a row we\u2019ve been in that play-in game,\u201d the Wagner coach said. \u201cIf it\u2019s a match-up same as last year with UC San Diego, they\u2019re a phenomenal team and one of the best games I get to be a part of all year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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