Wong, Piachonkina Earn CWPA Honors

SHERMAN, Texas - Austin College women's water polo players Lexi Wong and Valery Piachonkina have been named the CWPA Division III Offensive and Defensive Players of the Week, respectively, the league office has announced.

Wong, a junior from Lantana, opened the weekend at Penn State Behrend by pumping in a pair of strikes in a 17-4 defeat of the host Lions. She concluded the weekend with back-to-back-to-back four goal outings versus Division II Gannon University on March 27 and Mercyhurst University on Sunday, March 28, prior to notching four goals, an assist and a steal in a 27-9 defeat of Grove City College as the 'Roos went 4-0 on the weekend.

Piachonkina, a junior from Castro Valley, Calif., opened the weekend on Saturday, March 27, by stopping seven shots and handing out an assist against Penn State Behrend prior to notching 17 stops to upend Gannon. On Sunday, Piachonkina returned to the pool to make 11 saves with a pair of assists in taking down Mercyhurst prior to making seven saves with five helpers against Grove City.