The Skip Shot - Week 2 NCAA women water polo actionWe cover water polo like no other sitehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/35730/skipshot-fave.jpg2013-01-26T11:52:11-05:00http://www.theskipshot.com/rss/stream/36823652013-01-26T11:52:11-05:002013-01-26T11:52:11-05:00Stanford opens season with a big win over Michigan
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<p>Stanford got off to a great start on Friday as they defeated Michigan, 11-2 in their season opener.</p> <p>The No. 1 ranked <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/stanford-cardinal" class="sbn-auto-link">Stanford Cardinal</a> was just too much for No. 10 ranked Michigan Wolverines to win their season opening game, 11-2. Olympian Melissa Seidermann played in her first collegiate game since 2011, and came out with an excellent performance by scoring five goals in the win. The other two Olympians on the roster, Maggie Steffens and Annika Dries, were actually held scoreless in this game.</p>
<p>Stanford came out strong by racing out to a 4-0 lead over the first five minutes of the game, Michigan was able to find the back of the net when freshman Bryce Beckwith made to make it 4-1 after the first period.</p>
<p>The Michigan defense stepped up huge by holding Stanford scoreless for 11:54 which stretched for the entire second quarter. During that stretch Michigan was able to make it 4-2 at the half, with the second goal coming from senior Kiki Golden.</p>
<p>In the second half, Stanford awoke to step up their offense and defensive efforts. The Cardinal ended up outscoring the Wolverines 7-0 to make the game a blowout</p>
<p>Michigan head coach <a href="#" class="sbn-auto-link">Matt Anderson</a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mgoblue.com/sports/w-wpolo/recaps/012513aac.html">discussed the team's performance against the best team in college</a>:</p>
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<p>"Considering they were playing the best college team put together on paper, we asked them to battle their best and see what happens. After they scored two quick goals in the first, we called a timeout and then we really picked up and battled. They were running their starters all first half; we were only down 4-2, and I was very happy with that effort. Melissa Siedemann just became too much to handle.</p>
<p>That's why she helped USA win a gold medal. They had two quick goals in the first 30 seconds of the second, but that's why they're the number one team. They can strike quickly. In the second half, they slowly wore us out, but we continued to work. All in all, there were some good things we can take from this, and hopefully it benefits us for our games against two very tough teams tomorrow."</p>
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<p>Here is the box score:</p>
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<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>F</td>
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<td>Michigan</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
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<td>Stanford</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>11</td>
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<p><strong>U-M Goals: </strong>Bryce Beckwith, Kiki Golden<br><strong>Stanford Goals:</strong> Melissa Seidemann 5, Anna Yelizarova 2, Kaitlyn Lo, Kiley Neushul, Gurpreet Sohi, Kelsey Suggs <br><strong>Saves: </strong>U-M 10 (Alex Adamson), Stanford 7 (Baldoni)</p>
https://www.theskipshot.com/ncaa-water-polo/2013/1/26/3918336/stanford-vs-michigan-final-score-water-poloJeremy Mauss2013-01-26T11:35:24-05:002013-01-26T11:35:24-05:00NCAA water polo Week 2 scores
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<p>The second week of NCAA women's water polo is underway, and here is where you will see schedules and score updates.</p> <p>Here is the Week 2 NCAA women's water polo schedule, a big thanks to <a target="_blank" href="http://www.waterpoloplanet.com/HTML_link_pages/Womens_13_Varsity_Results.html">Water Polo Planet </a>who put this together. My addition was to add rankings as well to each game for a better look of who is playing who. All times are Pacific.</p>
<h3>Friday Jan. 25</h3>
<p><b>UCSB Tournament</b></p>
<p>Azusa Pacific 3 vs. No. 15 Santa Barbara 11<br>No. 18 Cal Baptist 7 vs. No. 5 Arizona State 14<br>Concordia 7 vs. No. 15 Santa Barbara 11<br>Concordia 14 vs. Azusa Pacific 7<br>No. 18 Cal Baptist 5 vs. No. 15 Santa Barbara 10 <br>No. 5 Arizona State 11 vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount 7<br><br>No. 10 Michigan 2 at No. 1 Stanford 11</p>
<h3><span style="font-size: 1.5em; line-height: 1.25em; font-weight: normal;">Saturday Jan. 26</span></h3>
<p><b>UCSB Tournament</b></p>
<p>9:00 a.m. No. 18 Cal Baptist vs. No. 1 Stanford<br>10:10 a.m.* Santa Clara vs. No. 19 UC San Diego <br>11:20 a.m. Sonoma State vs. No. 15 Santa Barbara <br>12:30 p.m. No. 5 Arizona State vs. No. 17 Cal State Northridge <br>1:40 p.m. No. 3 UCLA vs. Concordia <br>2:50 p.m. No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 6 UC Irvine <br>4:00 p.m. Sonoma State vs. No. 18 Cal Baptist <br>5:10 p.m. No. 5 Arizona State vs. No. 15 Santa Barbara <br>6:20 p.m. No. 19 UC San Diego vs. No. 17 Cal State Northridge<br>9:30 a.m. No. 3 UCLA vs. Pacific<br>10:40 a.m. Cal State Bakersfield vs. No. 6 UC Irvine<br>11:50 a.m. Azusa Pacific vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount<br>12 p.m. No. 11 Michigan at No. 9 San Jose State<br>3:30 p.m. Azusa Pacific vs. Pacific<br>4:50 p.m.* Santa Clara vs. No. 8 Loyola Marymount<br>6:00 p.m. Cal State Bakersfield vs. Concordia</p>
<p>* WWPA Conference game</p>
<p>No. 10 Michigan at California 6pm <br>CS Monterey Bay at UC Davis noon</p>
<h3>Sunday Jan. 27</h3>
<p><b>UCSB Tournament</b></p>
<p>8:00 a.m. No. 3 UCLA vs. No. 15 Santa Barbara <br>9:10 p.m. No. 1 Stanford vs. Cal State Bakersfield <br>10:20 a.m. No. 5 Arizona State vs. No. 6 UC Irvine <br>11:30 a.m. Claremont-MS vs. No. 3 UCLA <br>12:40 p.m. No. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. No. 1 Stanford <br>1:50 p.m. No. 6 UC Irvine vs. Santa Clara <br>3:00 p.m. Sonoma State vs. No. 17 Cal State Northridge <br>4:10 p.m. Pomona-Pitzer vs. No. 15 Santa Barbara</p>
<p>8:00 a.m. No. 8 Loyola Marymount vs. Pacific<br>9:10 a.m. Concordia vs. Santa Clara<br>10:20 a.m.* Sonoma State vs. No. 19 UC San Diego<br>11:30 a.m. Pomona-Pitzer vs. No. 17 Cal State Northridge<br>12:40 p.m. Cal State Bakersfield vs. Pacific<br>1:50 p.m. Concordia vs. No. 5 Arizona State<br>3:00 p.m. No. 19 UC San Diego vs. Claremont-MS</p>
<p>* WWPA Conference game</p>
https://www.theskipshot.com/ncaa-water-polo/2013/1/26/3918342/week-2-ncaa-water-polo-schedule-resultsJeremy Mauss2013-01-25T10:41:29-05:002013-01-25T10:41:29-05:00Stanford opens season against Michigan
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<p>Stanford is starting their 2013 season by hosting No. 10 ranked Michigan.</p> <p>The two-time defending NCAA champions, and current <a href="http://www.theskipshot.com/2013/1/24/3914038/ncaa-womens-water-polo-rankings-usc-ucla-cal" target="_blank">No. 1 team in the country</a>, the <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/stanford-cardinal">Stanford Cardinal</a> open their title defense on Friday afternoon at 5 p.m. ET to host No. 10 ranked <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-basketball/teams/michigan-wolverines">Michigan Wolverines</a>. The Cardinal are the heavy favorite in this, and probably every game this year, due to returning three players who were part of the United States women's <a href="http://www.theskipshot.com/ncaa-water-polo/2013/1/17/3885482/stanford-ncaa-water-polo-title" target="_blank">gold medal team in the 2012 London Olympic Games</a>.</p>
<p>In addition to those three Stanford returns first-team All-American Kaley Dodson after a 29-goal campaign in 2012, and ACPWC All-America honorable mention Ashley Grossman.</p>
<p>Those players are Annika Dries, Melissa Seidemann and<a href="http://www.theskipshot.com/ncaa-water-polo/2013/1/13/3873954/maggie-steffens-names-fina-2012-female-athlete-of-the-year" target="_blank"> 2012 FINA player of the year</a> plus MVP of the London Games, Maggie Steffens. The least to say this will be a very difficult game for Michigan, but it will prepare them for CWPA play against the likes of Princeton, Hartwick and Brown.</p>
<p>Stanford head coach knows there will be challenges with a new group this season, but <a href="http://www.gostanford.com/sports/w-wpolo/spec-rel/012313aaa.html" target="_blank">he as his team is ready to get into competition</a>:</p>
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<p>"We're excited to get started. It's been awhile now since our championship last May, and the Olympics this past summer," said Stanford head coach John Tanner, who enters his 16th season at the Cardinal helm. "Having those people come back, it is a big challenge I feel because unlike any team I've been around we really have seven distinct groups or classifications around our team. We have Mel as a fifth-year senior, we have fourth-year seniors, Anni as a fourth-year junior, we have third-year juniors, second-year sophomores, second-year freshmen and first-year freshmen."</p>
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<p>So far this year, Michigan is 1-3 with a win over Colorado State, but lost to No. 3 UCLA, No. 7 San Diego State and No. 9 San Jose State. Michigan is also 0-9 all-time against Stanford, and baring an amazing game, will be 0-10.</p>
<div>The key players for Michigan are Kikki Golden who scored eight goals in four games this past weekend, and is No. 6 all-time in goals scored for the Wolverines and then there is Lauren Colton who had a hat trick against Colorado State, her 12th of her career. Michigan also has a solid group of freshman, and four of them -- Bryce Beckwith, Presley Pender, Kelly Martin and Julia Riemersma -- each scored at least one goal this past weekend.</div>
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<div>Michigan does have talent to from their starters to give Stanford a challenge, but the depth and experience for the Cardinal will be too much to overcome. Look for this game to be a possible blowout in favor of Stanford.</div>
https://www.theskipshot.com/ncaa-water-polo/2013/1/25/3915036/stanford-vs-michigan-water-poloJeremy Mauss