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Saints end year in polo position
Saints womens water polo ended the first semester with a solid 27-5 home win over Manchester Met to end 2019 on top of the British Universities Premier League. Saints have one more league game in January against Newcastle knowing that a win will ensure they retain the Premier League tittle that they captured for the…
9 December 2019Women
Saints Turn it Around Against Dundee
Saints 1A welcomed Dundee to New Olympia knowing that a win was vital if they were to make a serious challenge for the title this season. Dundee came out strong opening the scoring through ex Saint Erin Reilly and then doubled their advantage before Lidia Toth steadied the ship for Saints as the first period…
30 November 2019Women
Saints 1A Team win big in Glasgow
Saints womens 1A team kept title hopes alive with a resounding 39-2 away win over University of Starthclyde. Lidia Toth was the games top scorer tallying an incredible 13 goals with team captain Brynn Walsh adding 6 to her impressive run of form. Other goal scorers for saints were Caitlin Boyne, Maya Weerasinghe, Maya Srinivasan,…
21 November 2019Women
Saints roll past Edinburgh
Saints Womens water polo took another step towards the BUCS Premier North Title with a commanding 15-3 win road win over local rivals Edinburgh. It is only in recent times that Saints have had success away at Edinburgh but the added another victory to that list with a strong performance led by Captain Ruby Versfeld…
21 November 2019Women
Saints enjoy a night out on the Toon
Saints Womens water polo traveled to Newcastle as they close in on the British Universities Premier League title. Saints made a trademark fast start with Sarah Kreiser scoring within the first minute as Saints raced out to a substantial 9-1 lead at the end of the first period. The scoring continued in the second with…
18 November 2019Women
Saints repeatedly find the back of the net in Aberdeen
On Wednesday, Saints Women’s 1A travelled to Aberdeen. The match had a tight start with the first goal from Amelia Fletcher closely followed by one from Aberdeen. However Saints quickly began to pull away with a triple whammy of goals from captain Brynn Walsh. Two goals from Caitlin Boyne, one from Rylan Scott and a…
14 November 2019Women
Saints Water Polo make it a clean-sweep Wednesday
Saints Women’s Water Polo made it five wins in a row to consolidate their position at the top of the British Universities Premier League. Saints travelled to Manchester for the second week in a row, after a strong challenge last week from Manchester Metropolitan University, the faced University of Manchester, but it was to turn…
7 November 2019Women
Saints defeat Manchester Met to retain top spot in the BUCS Premier League
Saints were in action this week as they travelled to Manchester to take on Manchester Met in a tough looking BUCS Premier League match. For the first time this season Saints did not opening the scoring as Man Met converted a deflected outside shot to take the early lead. Saints came straight back into though…
31 October 2019Women
Saints maintain winning start to the season
Saints women’s water polo started continued their impressive start to the season with their third straight win over local rivals Edinburgh. The game took a familiar pattern with Saints taking the initiative and cruising to a 5-0 advantage at the end of the first period on the back of goals from Ruby Versfeld, Sarah Kreiser…
23 October 2019Women
Saints Defeat Durham in Premier League
The Saints travelled to Newcastle this week for a tough looking away fixture against Durham University. The game was slightly delayed but eventually got underway with Sarah Kreiser winning the swim off and the first possession, however it was Durham who opened the scoring with a nice goal from their centre forward. Kreiser tied it up…
20 October 2019Women