Indiana University Athletics
Water Polo Takes On Maryland At the Eastern Championships
4/25/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
April 25, 2008
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Indiana women's water polo team will begin play today at the CWPA Eastern Championships with a match against the University of Maryland at 3:30 p.m. in Ann Arbor, Mich. The Hoosiers and Terrapins have squared off twice already this season with Indiana coming out on top in both cases.
Indiana (19-14) claimed an 11-7 win in the first meeting at the Princeton Inviational on Feb. 16 and then came back to defeat the Terps in their own pool, 10-9, as part of the Elite Six Tournament in College Park, Md.
The Hoosiers' offense has been on fire lately, scoring at least 13 goals in seven of their last nine games, including a 22-goal outburst against Slippery Rock in the quarterfinals of the Western Division Championships. In that game, the Hoosiers also set a school record with 22 assists in that game, besting the previous high of 19. And the 22 goals were just one shy of the single-game school record set last season against Penn State-Behrend in the Western Championships.
Live Streaming Video of all the matches over the weekend will be available through Michigan's athletic website. Copy and paste the following address in to your web browser to watch the matches... http://mfile.akamai.com/39651/live/reflector:59133.asx?bkup=59338=n
Here is a brief look at the other six teams at the Eastern Championships.
University of Michigan
After winning their seventh-straight Western Division Championship
title last week, the No. 11 nationally ranked Michigan Wolverines will
host the Eastern Division Championships as the number one seed for the
tournament. With a record of 30-9, the Wolverines are led by junior
Julie Hyrne with 59 goals and 27 assists on the season, as well as
freshmen Allison Manter with 44 goals and 38 assist on the season. The
Michigan Wolverines will open the tournament up against No. 8 seed
Mercyhurst College.
Princeton University
The Princeton Tigers enter the tournament as the 4th seed coming off
of a buzzer-beating win in overtime last week to claim their fourth
Southern Championship in five years. Compiling a record of 18-10 on
the season, the Tigers are led by senior goalie Natalie Kim, who has
215 saves on the season and sophomore Lauren Saab, who has a team high
45 goals on the season.
Hartwick College
After winning the Northern Division crown, 14th ranked Hartwick
College will take the number two seed in the Eastern Division
Championships. With a season record of 26-10, Hartwick is looking to
defend their Eastern Division title. The team is led by Kirsten
Hudson, with 76 goals and 42 assists on the season and goalie Jessica
Dorman, who has 360 saves on the season.
Mercyhurst College
Led by freshman Rachel Griepsma, the 14-6 Lakers hope to knock off the
top-seeded Michigan Wolverines as they head into the Eastern Division
Championships as the No. 8 seed. Griepsma leads the nation in goals
per game with 3.9. Griepsma is also in the top 10 ten in total goals
with 70 even though she has played ten fewer games then the leading
scorer who has 102. The Lakers are led in goal by senior Gina Mieras
and sophomore Cathi Korenich.
Bucknell
Entering the Eastern Division Championships as a No. 5 seed. The 25-8
Bison from Bucknell hope to avenge their heart-breaking 10-9 overtime
loss to Princeton in their last game by beating none other than the No.
4 seed Princeton. Led by freshman Kandis Canonica and sophomore
Valentina Rozas the Bison hope to win their first Eastern Division
Championship. This season Canonica set the school record for
single-season points with 105 surpassing the old record of 102. Rozas
led the team in scoring with a career high 64 goals. In goal for
Bucknell is sophomore Alison Carter who tallied 224 saves this season.
Brown
Coming off a second place finish at Northern Division Championships
the No. 7 seed Brown (14-14) hopes to knock off No. 2 seed Hartwick.
Sophomores Sarah Glick and Lauren Presant are the leaders for the
Bears. Glick led the team in total points with 122 and Presant led
the team in scoring with 70 goals. In goal for the Bears was another
sophomore Stephanie Laing who totaled 159 saves this season.
