2010 Bucknell Women’s Water Polo ROSTER/SCHEDULE/QUICK FACTS
2010 ROSTER No. 1 1A 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Name Alison Carter Brittany Connell Shana Palencia Erica White Dalia Varela Tara Murao Amanda Skonezney Becca Shopiro Meghan McNally Christina Wagner Valentina Rozas Kandis Canonica Haley Prickett Hallie Kennan Krystle Morgan Ariel Frankeny Shannon Carroll
Cl. Jr. So. Sr. Fr. So. Fr. So. So. Jr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. So. Fr.
Pos. GK GK D A U A U CB D U CF U CF D C U A
QUICK FACTS
Hometown/High School Costa Mesa, Calif./Newport Harbor Montebello, Calif./Montebello Glendale, Calif./Hoover Orinda, Calif./Miramonte Washington, D.C./School Without Walls Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley Buffalo Grove, Ill./Adlai E. Stevenson Floral Park, N.Y./Sacred Heart Academy Huntingdon Valley, Pa./William Penn Charter Pico Rivera, Calif./El Rancho Burlingame, Calif./St. Ignatius Prep Newport Beach, Calif./Corona del Mar Palo Alto, Calif./Palo Alto Rowland Heights, Calif./Rosary Fountain Valley, Calif./Fountain Valley Wilton, Conn./Loomis Chaffee
Head Coach: John Abdou (UC Irvine ’01), third season Assistant Coach: Paul Rave (UC Santa Barbara ’01), second season Pronunciation Guide (Kandis) Canonica ........................... CAN-on-ih-ka Ariel Frankeny ................... AIR-e-l FRANK-a-knee Hallie Kennan ............................. HAIL-e KEN-ann Tara Murao .................................TEAR-a Mur-OW Shana Palencia ....................SHAW-na Pa-LEN-si-a Valentina Rozas .........VAL-en-TEEN-a ROWZ-ahs (Becca) Shopiro...................................Show-PIE-ro (Amanda) Skonezney ..................... Ska-NEZ-knee Dalia (Varela) .............................................. Dal-E-a
Position Key Attack.....................................................A Center ....................................................C Center Back .........................................CB Center Forward ...................................CF Driver .................................................... D Goalkeeper .......................................... GK Utility .....................................................U
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Bison Invitational (Feb. 12-14) GANNON Lewisburg, Pa. MERCYHURST Lewisburg, Pa. WAGNER Lewisburg, Pa. INDIANA Lewisburg, Pa. ECAC Championship (Feb. 27-28) vs. Maryland Princeton, N.J. ECAC Championship Princeton, N.J. ECAC Championship Princeton, N.J. Elite 8 Tournament (March 6-7) vs. Michigan Bloomington, Ind. Elite 8 Tournament Bloomington, Ind. Elite 8 Tournament Bloomington, Ind. at George Washington* Washington, D.C. California Spring Break Trip (March 14-20) vs. Cal State San Bernadino Santa Barbara, Calif. at UC Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, Calif. at Chapman Orange, Calif. at Concordia Irvine, Calif. at UC Irvine Irvine, Calif. PRINCETON* Lewisburg, Pa. GEORGE WASHINGTON* Lewisburg, Pa. MARYLAND* Lewisburg, Pa. HARTWICK at Princeton* at Maryland* Southern Championships Eastern Championship
Lewisburg, Pa. Princeton, N.J. College Park, Md. Princeton, N.J. College Park, Md.
Women’s Water Polo Information Head Coach: John Abdou Alma Mater: UC Irvine ’01 Record at Bucknell: 44-27 (third season) Career Record: 44-27 (third season) Assistant Coach: Paul Rave (UC Santa Barbara ’01) 2009 Record: 18-17 (.514), 5-1 CWPA (t-1st) 2010 Captains: Shana Palencia, Valentina Rozas Letterwinners (Starters) Returning/Lost: 12/5 (6/1) Home Pool (Capacity): Kinney Natatorium (500) Women’s Water Polo Phone: 570-577-1833 E-mail: ja031@bucknell.edu Web site: www.BucknellBison.com Women’s Water Polo Address: John Abdou Women’s & Men’s Water Polo Coach Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA 17837 Athletic Communications Women’s Water Polo Contact: Todd Merriett Office Phone: 570-577-3488 Cell Phone: 570-428-5393 Fax: 570-577-1660 E-mail: tmerriet@bucknell.edu
2010 SCHEDULE
February
University Information Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, 17837 1846 as the University at Lewisburg 3,583 Bison Orange and Blue NCAA Division I, ECAC CWPA, Southern Division (Bucknell, George Washington, Maryland, Princeton) President: Brian C. Mitchell Director of Athletics: John P. Hardt
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Credits The 2010 Bucknell Women’s Water Polo Media Guide was designed, written and edited by Todd Merriett, assistant director of athletic communications. Editing assistance provided by Becky Hart. Photography by Marc Hagemeier, Christa Rowe, Art Foxall and Lee Calkins.
BISON VISION The Bucknell women’s water polo team will have live video of two of its games broadcast on BucknellBison.com through Bison Vision. Bucknell’s contests against league rivals Princeton and George Washington on March 27 will be available for viewing. To access Bison Vision, look for links throughout BucknellBison.com.
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All times Eastern Schedule subject to change Home games in BOLD CAPS at Kinney Natatorium * CWPA Southern Division game March 27 games to appear on Bison Vision
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Head coach John Abdou and Alison Carter being interviewed for Bison Vision.
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