2025-26 Women's Water Polo Roster

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6 Sara Withers

  • Class Senior
  • Position Utility
  • Highschool Saint Francis
  • Hometown Saratoga, Calif.

Biography

CAREER HONORS AND AWARDS
ACWPC All-Academic Awards Team 2025
MAAC All-Academic Team 2024
Athletic Director's Honor Roll Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025
 
 
CAREER STATISTICS
Year Goals Assists Points Shots ED Steals Blocks Sprints Won
2023 13 21 34 55 6 28 5 1
2024 41 49 90 103 5 27 8 34
2025 35 57 92 93 6 33 13 27
Total 89 127 216 251 17 88 26 62
 
2025: Consistent piece of the puzzle for the ‘Cats, playing in all 33 games … Moved to fifth on the program’s career assists list with 127, logging a team-high 57 during her junior campaign, the third-most in a single season in team history … Scored 35 goals for 92 points … Her 13 field blocks tied for ninth-most in a single season … Saw 9 games with at least two goals scored, including a season-high 5 against Cal Lutheran (March 1) … Tallied four assists against Mount St. Mary’s (Jan. 26), Siena (March 15) and La Salle (March 23).

2024: Developed into a star during her sophomore season… Scored 41 goals and dished out 49 assists for a second best 90 points on the team… Attempted 103 shots and had 27 steals with five exclusions drawn and eight blocks… Went 34-23 on sprints… Her 49 assists was tied for the sixth most in a single season in program history and she notably broke the Villanova single game assist record with seven in the win over Whittier on March 2... Named to the MAAC All-Academic Team... Selected twice to the Athletic Director's Honor Roll.
 
2023: Appeared in 32 games in debut season … Scored 34 points on 13 goals and 21 assists, attempt 55 shots on the year … Recorded 28 steals with five blocks and six exclusions drawn … Won the only sprint she attempted … Found the back of the net a season-high two times in the 21-5 win over Chapman on Feb. 26, adding on three assists that day with a steal, as well … Had a season-high four assists in the win over Mercyhurst on Feb. 4.
 
Saint Francis: Dual-sport athlete, competing with swimming and water polo … Named an Academic All-American in 2021 … Member of the National Honor Society and the California Scholarship Federation from 2019-2022 … Made High Honor Roll from 2018-2022 … Tabbed a WCALs second team and CCS third team member in 2021 … Was a Varsity Scholar-Athlete from 2019-2022.
 
Personal: Native of Saratoga, Calif. born 7/18/2004 … One of three children to Colleen and Dave Withers … Chose Villanova for the team culture along with the academic and athletic experience … Majoring in Comprehensive Science.
 

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Historical Player Information

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    2023Freshman

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  • 6

    2024Sophomore

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    6
  • 6

    2025Junior

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    6
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    2025-26Senior

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