Alumni athletes named to First Team, sink lots of goals and help teams to advance
Congrats to Joelle Anderson ’17 on being named to the 2019 All-West Coast Conference Women’s Soccer First Team! Read more here!
Meanwhile, Matthew Hajjar ’19 and Alex Wang ’18 have been crushing it on the Caltech water polo team! On Oct. 19, in a 8-16 loss to Whittier, Wang scored twice and Hajjar once. On Oct. 24, the two made the stats sheet again, with each man scoring in a 9-14 loss to Chapman. Then on Nov. 2, Hajjar racked up another goal in a rematch against Whittier, and just three days later, on Nov. 5, he picked up two goals against Cal Lutheran in an 8-14 loss. On Nov. 13, Hajjar picked up another goal in a valiant 8-10 effort against Occidental and, finally, on Nov. 16 he garnered a goal vs. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Colleges. Hajjar is the second highest scorer on the team with 26 in the goal and two assists; Wang is sixth highest scorer with 12 goals and six assists.
In more alumni soccer news, Macalester College’s men’s soccer team advanced to the semifinals of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference on penalty kicks in the shootout when it scored on four shots, including one by Rohit Shah ’18. With no score in regulation and overtime play, the penalty shot phase was Macalester’s opportunity to dominate and make the semis.
Go Alumni Eagles!
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