Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – The VMI Water Polo team closed out the 2024 regular season on Saturday in Philadelphia, dropping a pair of contests 22-11 to host La Salle and No. 18 Wagner.

Against the Explorers, VMI could not climb out of a big deficit established early, while they tested Wagner all the way until the fourth quarter.

VMI at La Salle (L, 11-22)
- After scoring just two goals in the first half, the Keydets awoke in the second, netting nine goals in the final 16 minutes
- Courtney Novotny, Sadie Smith each record hat tricks
- Sydney Smith scores two while Sarah Fitzsimmons, Osborne and Julia Ward each find the back of the net once
- Maddie Day records seven blocks in second-half action
- Osborne, Sadie Smith hand out two assists while Novotny delivered three

VMI vs. No. 18 Wagner (L, 11-22)
- Casillas had perhaps the best game of her young career, collecting 15 saves
- Novotny scores four, Fitzsimmons and Sadie Smith each net three
- Osborne hands out three assists
- Wagner would jump out to a 7-1 lead, but the Keydets locked in and cut the deficit to three at half (7-4)
- VMI continued to gain ground in the third as Osborne found Novotny to make the score 10-8 entering the fourth
- Novotny and VMI opened up the fourth with a score as Wagner was on upset alert, but the depth of the Seahawks would ultimately prevail as they scored eight unanswered

That's a Wrap
While the 2024 season may be over, VMI was able to record its most wins since 2021 (5-19). Numerous Keydets totaled career-highs including Novotny (goals scored) and Osborne (assists).

While VMI will miss the graduating Osborne, the Keydets will return eight of nine from its 2024 roster, with Head Coach Danielle Montenegro set to add a strong recruiting class for the 2025 campaign.