Downes Named MPSF Player Of The Week
3/18/2025 4:00:00 PM | Women's Water Polo
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana water polo junior attacker Louisa Downes has been named the MPSF Player of the Week, announced by the league on Tuesday.
Downes picks up her first career honor and first weekly award winner for the Hoosiers since Sophia Sollie in April 2023. She helped lead No. 17 Indiana to four wins including a pair of Top 25 upsets over No. 12 Princeton and No. 8 Harvard along with victories over No. 20 SDSU and Cal State Fullerton at the Aztec Invitational.
The Queensland, Australia native scored 12 goals and had six assists for 18 total points along with five steals and four earned exclusions and two drawn penalties in four games. She had three hat tricks including a weekend-high four goals in the win over Harvard. Downes had two goals and two assists along with three steals and earned penalty in the win over No. 12 Princeton in the Aztec Invite opener. She put up her first hat trick of the weekend on a three goal, four shot effort against Fullerton where she also had a steal and earned exclusion.
Her three goals and an assist with a steal and earned penalty helped IU to a win over host No. 20 SDSU. The tournament finale performance against performance No. 8 Harvard was the best of the weekend, where she tied a team-high four goals and three assists along with a steal, two earned exclusion and an earned penalty.
For all the latest on Indiana University women's water polo, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaWPolo on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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Downes picks up her first career honor and first weekly award winner for the Hoosiers since Sophia Sollie in April 2023. She helped lead No. 17 Indiana to four wins including a pair of Top 25 upsets over No. 12 Princeton and No. 8 Harvard along with victories over No. 20 SDSU and Cal State Fullerton at the Aztec Invitational.
The Queensland, Australia native scored 12 goals and had six assists for 18 total points along with five steals and four earned exclusions and two drawn penalties in four games. She had three hat tricks including a weekend-high four goals in the win over Harvard. Downes had two goals and two assists along with three steals and earned penalty in the win over No. 12 Princeton in the Aztec Invite opener. She put up her first hat trick of the weekend on a three goal, four shot effort against Fullerton where she also had a steal and earned exclusion.
Her three goals and an assist with a steal and earned penalty helped IU to a win over host No. 20 SDSU. The tournament finale performance against performance No. 8 Harvard was the best of the weekend, where she tied a team-high four goals and three assists along with a steal, two earned exclusion and an earned penalty.
For all the latest on Indiana University women's water polo, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaWPolo on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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