Advertise with us »

March 13, 2011

Water Polo

In undefeated weekend, Wolverines reach and approach milestones

BY MATT SPELICH

It was a weekend of milestones for the winningest team in the NCAA, as the Michigan water polo team grabbed its 300th all-time win.

March 09, 2011

water polo

Michigan has 300th win on tap for the weekend tournament

BY HEIKO YANG

Michigan boasts the winningest women's water polo program. If it wins out this weekend at the Wolverine Invitational Tournament, it will become the first team in the modern era of college water polo to reach 300 wins.

February 13, 2011

water polo

Inconsistent play plagues Wolverines at Triton Invitational

BY ZACH HELFAND

Consistency is key in any sport, and in a way, the No. 7 Michigan water polo team was consistent this weekend. All day Saturday, the Wolverine defense was consistently solid, generating two wins. On Sunday, the defense was consistently and uncharacteristically poor, leading to two consecutive losses.

February 09, 2011

Water Polo

Blue finds success rotating two goalkeepers

BY HEIKO YANG

To all opposing teams that won’t know until game time which of the two starting Michigan water polo goalkeepers they’re going to have to face: Don’t feel too bad. Morgan Turner won’t know either.

February 08, 2011

water polo

Defensive stalwart Plunkett explodes on offensive end

BY ZACH HELFAND

Her teammates call her Grandma. But during Michigan’s six-game sweep at the two-day UC-Santa Barbara Winter Invitational tournament, senior Ryley Plunkett didn’t exactly conjure up the image of a sweet old lady.

January 30, 2011

women's water polo

Michigan sweeps UCSB Winter Invitational, knocks off five ranked teams

BY HEIKO YANG

About 90 miles northwest of Los Angeles, nestled in the rain shadow of the Santa Ynez mountains, the city of Santa Barbara has 300 sunny days a year, January temperatures in the 60s and the longest stretch of east-west shoreline that isn’t in the Gulf of Mexico.

January 23, 2011

Water Polo

Wolverines split weekend tournament, with losses to No. 4 UCLA, No. 1 Stanford

BY JACOB KOFFSKY

Many coaches believe there is no such thing as a moral victory. Michigan women’s water polo head coach Matt Anderson disagrees. Coming off a narrow one-goal loss to No. 4 UCLA merely hours before, Anderson knew playing No. 1 Stanford would be especially tough.

Advertise with us »

Block M Contributors

|