WESTERN AUSTRALIA – Cal State East Bay's Casey Rushforth and Olivia Mackell earned coveted roster spots on the Western Australian State Junior 20&U Women's Water Polo Team. The squad will compete at the 2014 Australia Junior National Championships inside the South Australian Aquatic and Leisure Centre in the city of Adelaide, starting on Tuesday, July 8.

Roster: WA 20&U Women's State Team
Schedule: 2014 ANC Draw

Both Rushforth and Mackell are natives of Perth, Australia, as is current Cal State East Bay Head Coach Lisa Cooper. The current Pioneer skipper played for the same Western Australia team that won the Junior National Championships in 1996 and 1998.

"This is the premier event of junior water polo in Australia. The best junior players in all of Australia will be there," said Cooper, a member of two different championship teams.

Rushforth, a sophomore driver for the Pioneers improved in nearly all statistical categories this season with contributions of 16 goals, 17 assists, 33 steals, and 15 drawn exclusions. Mackell, a freshman utility player earned a spot on the Western Water Polo Association All-Freshman team after scoring 10 goals and leading the Pioneers with 33 drawn exclusions in 2014.

The current East Bay teammates are just two of five different Australian born players to play for the Pioneers since the 2011 campaign.

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