2016 Women's Water Polo News
End of the Year Awards for CMS
July 01, 2016
It has been another outstanding year for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics. On the largest scale, CMS broke into the top-10 in the Division III Learfield Directors’ Cup. During the 2015-16 year, many of the CMS student athletes were honored for their athletic and academic achievements.
SCIAC honors All-Academic Team for 2015-16
July 01, 2016
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps was represented by 201 student-athletes on the 2015-16 Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) All-Academic Team. The SCIAC recognizes student-athletes who have achieved at least a cumulative 3.4 grade point average and completed one full year at their institution.
Scholar Athletes honored by CMS
July 15, 2016
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athletics would like to congratulate the 17 recent graduates who have been added to the CMS Wall of Fame and the 129 student-athletes who have made the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for the 2015-16 academic year.
Eleven Athenas and team earn ACWPC All-Academic awards
June 23, 2016
The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) announced the teams and individuals earning All-Academic awards with Claremont-Mudd-Scripps coming at fourth nationally in GPA. Eleven Athenas recorded GPA of 3.2 or higher and were honored with the 504 total women’s water polo student-athletes for academic excellence.
CMS Athletics 2015-16 Highlight Video
June 10, 2016
CMS won 11 SCIAC championships, had 13 teams participate in the NCAA Championships, finished tied for 10th in the Directors' Cup Standings and tallied four national championships (3 individual and 1 team). Take a look back at the 2015-16 year in this highlight video.
Kiessling and Gaffney earn All-America Honors
June 01, 2016
The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) announced the selection of the organization's 2016 Women's Division III All-America Team on June 1 naming sophomore Roxy Kiessling (CMC) to the first team and sophomore Jessica Gaffney (CMC) as an Honorable Mention. The All-America Teams are comprised of 30 student-athletes featuring players from 13 institutions. The SCIAC made up 21 of those selections from eight of the nine programs.
Kiessling and Gaffney represent CMS on All-SCIAC teams
April 29, 2016
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s water polo team landed two athletes on the All-Conference teams for the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) as announced on April 29. Sophomores Roxy Kiessling (CMC) and Jessica Gaffney (CMC) represent the Athenas on the first and second teams.
Athenas win fifth place game in SCIAC Championships
April 24, 2016
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s water polo team ended its season on a two game win streak in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (SCIAC) Championships on Sunday afternoon. The Athenas beat Cal Lutheran 9-7 to take home fifth place in the Championships.
Cal Lutheran awaits on final day of SCIACs after CMS gets by Occidental
April 23, 2016
On the heels of sophomore attack player Roxy Kiessling's (Honolulu, HI) six-goal showing, the No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges Athenas earned their spot in Sunday's fifth-place match with a hard-fought 9-6 win over the No. 8 Occidental College Tigers.
Scoreless third quarter costs CMS in SCIAC Championships loss to Chapman
April 22, 2016
A scoreless third quarter for the fourth-seeded Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s water polo team sunk CMS as fifth-seeded Chapman won 10-8 on the opening day of the SCIAC Championships on April 22 at Thompson Aquatics Center.
Women’s water polo SCIAC Championships preview
April 20, 2016
The No. 4 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s water polo team faces No. 5 Chapman University in the quarterfinals of the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) Championships on Friday, April 22 at 7 p.m. The Championships are held April 22-24 at the Thompson Aquatic Center on the University of Redlands’ campus.
Trio of goals in early minutes sink CMS against Pomona-Pitzer
April 13, 2016
Just over two minutes into the match and the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women's water polo team faced a three-goal deficit against Pomona-Pitzer.
Key road win over Chapman moves CMS up in SCIAC standings
April 09, 2016
CMS pulled out a 10-8 road win over Chapman on April 9 to move to 4-3 in conference matches this season.
Whittier stops Athenas’ win streak
April 06, 2016
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s water polo team won the fourth quarter while mounting a comeback, but ultimately lost to Whittier, 10-7. Prior to the game, head coach Greg Lonzo and the team honored senior Nicole Orozco (CMC) in her final home game of her career.
Two more SCIAC wins for women’s water polo
April 02, 2016
The Claremont-Mudd-Scripps women’s water polo team notched two wins on Saturday beating Caltech on the road 9-6 and then closing out the day with a tight win over Occidental, 7-6. With the wins, CMS improves to 6-15 overall and 3-2 in SCIAC play, good for a tie of fourth place.