Katie Thompson (Washington, N.J./Warren Hills) had an impressive week scoring four goals in a pair of West Chester victories over Shippensburg and Mercyhurst. Against Shippensburg, Thompson started her week with a bang scoring the first goal of the game just over two minutes in before scoring again in the 22nd minute to put West Chester ahead 3-0 over its rival. On Saturday afternoon at Mercyhurst, Thompson was back at it as she scored twice within a six second span to erase a two-goal halftime deficit tying the score at 2-2 in a game that West Chester would go on to win by a final score of 3-2. Thompson now leads the team in points as she has eight goals and four assists.
Joao Pedro Barreto had a great first weekend wearing the purple and gold as he picked up four victories on night one of West Chester’s season opening tri-meet. Barreto was a part of three winning relay teams as his teams captured the 80 and 200 free relays along with the 400-medley relay. Barreto also captured the 200 butterfly in 1 minute and 55.03 seconds, which combined with his trio of relay victories helped West Chester open a substantial lead after the first night of the two-day meet.