Canada’s women’s water polo team through to Universiade quarter-finals
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Elyse Lemay-Lavoie scored five goals, while Shae Fournier added four to lead Canada’s women’s water polo team to a convincing 24-5 victory over Great Britain at the Summer Universiade on Friday.
“This game was a good way to start preparing for the elimination play,” said Clara Vulpisi. “We started off slow but by sticking to the game plan and working together, we were able to achieve the result that we wanted.”
The Canadians face the United States in Saturday’s quarter-finals.
Canada’s men’s water polo team edged South Africa 7-6 to advance to the 9-12 bracket. Sean Spooner led the Canadians in scoring with a hat trick.