CLAREMONT, Calif. (March 6, 2026) – Mount St. Mary's women's water polo won their final two days in California on Saturday, defeating Whittier by a score of 17-6 while beating Chapman by a score of 13-10, finishing with a record of 3-1 in the Golden State on the eve of Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play.
 
Against Whittier in game one of the day, the Mountaineers jumped out to an early 6-0 lead through the opening moments of the first quarter, with Lotte Schreurs, Leilani Horan, Kiele Davidson, Claire Gebhardt all got on the scores heet for a 5-0 first quarter lead.
 
Gebhardt completed her hat trick to start the quarter with two goals followed by another goal from Davidson to take 8-1 lead through the first six minutes of the second quarter. Whittier scored one more before Gebhardt scored a double before time elapsed in the second quarter, sending the Mount into halftime with a 10-2 lead.
 
Abigail Benavidez got the third quarter started, scoring two minutes into the third quarter. Breanna Wood scored in the third off a power play while Gebhardt found the net for the fifth and final time to complete her five goal day before Davidson scored once more, sending the Mount into the final intermission up 14-4.
 
Benavidez scored to start the third for the Mount while Schreurs scored again to make it 16-5 with five minutes left in the game. Schreurs scored one more time for the Mountaineers, rounding out a resounding win in game three of the California tour for the Mount.
 
In game four of the weekend against Chapman, Schreurs and Davidson combine for an early 2-1 lead in the first quarter. Schreurs found the net twice in the second while Horan scored during the quarter to give the Mount a 5-3 lead at halftime.
 
The combination of Schreurs, Lucia Redaelli, and Natalie Marquiss got the second half started with goals while Marquiss added a second goal to send the Mount into the final intermission up 10-4. Chapman scored to open the fourth before Wood found the net for the Mount again before Marquiss completed her hat trick with six minutes left in the game. Marquiss found the net two more times before the Mount rounded out the win at the final siren to notch their third win in California.
 
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The Mountaineers play their one and only home game of 2026 against VMI on March 13 at 5:00 p.m. for senior day.