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April 9, 2008
Four Slug Water Polo Playes named to the "Superior"
Academic All-American Team
SANTA CRUZ, CA -- Four Slug Men's water
polo players, plus the UC Santa Cruz team at large, were bestowed with
2007 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches All-Academic Awards,
which was announced by Executive Director Bryan Kimbell on Monday, April
7th. (more)
March 11, 2008
Martinez from Men's Water Polo Selected for Prestigious
Health Policy Program in Washington, D.C.
Senior attacker Angel Martinez has been selected
for the prestigious health policy program in Washington, D.C. At 12 years
old, Martinez was faced dealing with his now 9 year old sister being born
prematurely. Watching her struggles and fight for life, promted Martinez
to major in health sciences as he earns his way to earning a M.D. Click
below for the full story that helped lead Martinez to this great accomplishment.
full story
November 18, 2007
Men's Water Polo Falls to #7 Pomona-Pitzer
14-8
Outscoring eighth-seed UC Santa
Cruz 8-3 in the second half, seventh-seed Pomona-Pitzer took a 14-8 victory
over the Banana Slugs in the seventh-place contest. Pomona got out to
a 3-0 lead in the opening period, but a strong second quarter from UCSC
cut the margin to 6-5 at the half. However, Pomona shut out Santa Cruz
in the third quarter to stake an insurmountable lead. (more)
November 16, 2007
#8 Men's Water Polo Fall to #1 UC Davis
Led by four goals from Nick Arrigo, top-seed
UC Davis rolled to a 17-9 victory over eighth-seed UC Santa Cruz Saturday
evening. While the Banana Slugs were as close as 5-4 early in the second
period, the Aggies went on a 9-1 spurt over the next quarter and a half
to take command of the game. UC Davis will meet host Air Force in the
semifinals, while UC Santa Cruz faces UC San Diego in the consolation
bracket. (more)
November 16, 2007
#8 UCSC Men's Water Polo Defeates #9 Claremont
11-10
A man-up
goal by Devon Allred with 55 seconds remaining in the second overtime
period gave UC Santa Cruz the 11-10 victory over Claremont Friday morning
in the championship play-in game. Claremont, which led by as many as three
goals, had a 6-5 advantage at the half, but UCSC came back to tie the
game, eventually taking an 8-7 lead. An even fourth period resulted in
a 9-9 contest at the end of regulation, sending the game into overtime.
(more)
November 12, 2007
Men's Water Polo Ranked #8 in WWPA Championship Tournament
Los Angeles, CA (Nov. 12, 2007) ' UC Davis,
who set the program record for wins with a mark of 20-6 in the regular
season, has been tabbed the top seed for the upcoming Western Water Polo
Association Men's Water Polo Championship hosted by the United States
Air Force Academy Friday, Nov. 16 ' Sunday, Nov. 18. The Aggies went
a perfect 15-0 against fellow WWPA teams to earn the No. 1 seed. (more)
October 3, 2007
Men's Water Polo WWPA Conference Weekly Notes
Every week, the WWPA highlights the top performances from the week. Junior
left hander Lucas Zepeda was featured for his four goals in the victory
over Fresno Pacific. He also had two assists in the game against #3 UCLA.
(more)
September 19, 2007
Men's Water Polo Ranked #6 In This Weeks Division III National Collegiate
Top 10 Poll
In this weeks Division III National Collegiate Top 10 Poll, the UC Santa
Cruz Men's Water Polo team was ranked #6 in the Top 10 Poll. (more)
September 9, 2007
Slug Water Polo Splits On Second Day Of
MIT Tournament
On the second day of the MIT tournament the Banana Slugs split their two
contests, losing to Harvard 9-4 and beating Connecticut College 23-3.
The early morning game against Harvard started slow
for the Slugs with the Crimson taking the first quarter with a 3-1 lead
and then scoring the only goals of the second quarter to take a 5-1 lead
into halftime. The Slugs were able to put two goals up in the third
quarter and one in the fourth, but Harvard scored four in the second half
to take the 9-4 victory. Overall UCSC shot 4 for 29 for the game. (more)
Headlines
September 7, 2007
Men's Water Polo Lose Season Opener at MIT
September 5, 2007
Men's Water Polo Ranked 4th for CWPA
August 28, 2007
2007 Men's Water Polo Season Preview
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