ERIE, Pa. -- The Grove City College women's water polo team concluded a busy week during Spring Break by earning a 12-8 win Saturday afternoon over Connecticut College in Collegiate Water Polo Association Division III action at Penn State Behrend. 

Behrend pulled out a 14-9 win over Grove City in Saturday's opener. Earlier in the week, Grove City played a pair of matches at the Claremont Convergence in California. Whittier topped Grove City in the opener Monday, 16-9. CalTech slipped past the visiting Wolverines the next night, 15-10.

Six Wolverines scored Saturday in the victory over Connecticut College. Sophomore Shastyn Tihansky (Hazleton, Pa./Hazleton) fired in four goals for the Wolverines (1-1 CWPA) while senior Kamryn Kerr (East Grand Rapids, Mich./East Grand Rapids) scored three times.

Grove City also received a pair of goals from freshman Frances Baksa (Longwood, Fla./Lake Mary). Senior Mikayla Zablocki (Kittanning, Pa./Armstrong), junior Kiley Sill (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) and junior Candace Scalise (Clarence, N.Y./Clarence) added goals. 

Tihansky assisted three goals while freshman Zoe Luttrell (Naperville, Ill./Metea Valley) tallied two assists. Sill, senior Riley McCullough (Spring, Texas/Oak Ridge) and freshman Emma Strahorn (Harleysville, Pa./North Penn) each recorded an assist. 

Junior goalie Lea Steen (Schaumburg, Ill./Schaumburg) also assisted a goal. She made 10 saves to record the win. Baksa led the defense with four steals. Tihansky had three thefts. 

Baksa scored four goals in Saturday's opener at Behrend. Tihansky scored twice while Kerr, Sill and Strahorn also fired in goals. Kerr notched two assists. Scalise, Sill, Zablocki and senior Sam Logue (Hollister, Calif./San Bruno) also had assists. 

Steen stopped 10 shots in goal. 

Monday night at Whittier, six Grove City players scored but the Wolverines could not overcome an early 4-0 deficit. Baksa scored three times while Tihansky contributed a pair of scores. Kerr, McCullough, Sill and Zablocki also had goals against Whittier. 

McCullough and Tihansky each assisted two goals Monday while Kerr, Luttrell, Sill and Steen all chalked up assists. Luttrell had a season-high three steals. Baksa also saw time in goal and made three saves. 

The western trip concluded Tuesday night at CalTech as Tihansky (4) and Baksa (3) combined for seven goals. Kerr, McCullough and Zablocki also scored for Grove City (2-6). Kerr assisted two scores while Luttrell, Scalise, Sill, Strahorn, Steen, Tihansky and Zablocki also recorded assists. 

Steen made three saves. 

Grove City returns to action March 9 at Penn State Behrend with CWPA Division III bouts against Wheaton (Mass.) and Washington & Jefferson. The Wolverines play Wheaton at 12 p.m. and then face W&J at 3 p.m.