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Colorado State University Athletics
Water Polo Prepares For Five Games in California
3/14/2007 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
March 14, 2007
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>>>UP NEXT IN CSU WATER POLO...
Thursday, March 15 • Colorado State at UC San Diego • La Jolla, Calif. • 6:00 p.m. PT
Saturday, March 17 • Colorado State vs. Chapman • Claremont, Calif. • 9:00 a.m. PT
Saturday, March, 17 • Colorado State vs. Whittier • Claremont, Calif. • 1:00 p.m. PT
Sunday, March 18 • Colorado State vs. Occidental • Claremont, Calif. • 9:00 a.m. PT
Sunday, March 18 • Colorado State vs. Pomona-Pitzer • Claremont, Calif. • 11:30 a.m. PT
>>>CSU GETS SET FOR FIVE GAMES IN CALIFORNIA
Colorado State (7-8) continues its California tour this week as the Rams will get set to play at conference foe UC San Diego on Thursday before hitting the pool for four games in the Claremont Colleges Tournament on Saturday and Sunday.
CSU at #16 UC San Diego: The Rams hold an 0-2 record versus UCSD with 9-2 and 14-6 setbacks to the Tritons last year. UCSD comes into Thursday's game ranked 16th in the nation with a 7-8 record on the year.
CSU vs. Chapman: CSU faces fellow WWPA member Chapman in the first game of the Claremont Colleges Tournament Saturday. The Rams are 1-2 versus the Panthers all-time with CSU's only win coming in a 7-3 game in last year's WWPA Tournament. Chapman is currently 2-5 after a pair of losses in the Cal Baptist Tournament.
CSU vs. Whittier: Whittier is 6-8 on the season after posting a 3-1 mark in the Lancer Invitational. CSU will meet the Poets for the third time in school history after splitting in the first two contests.
CSU vs. Occidental: CSU is 0-1 against Occidental all-time after an 8-6 loss to the Tigers in 2005. Occidental is 5-9 and will play in the Cal Tech Classic on Thursday before playing in the Claremont Tournament.
CSU vs. Pomona-Pitzer: Pomona-Pitzer won its only meeting with CSU in an 11-9 battle last year in the Claremont Colleges Tournament. The Sagehens were winless at 0-3 going into last weekend's Cal Baptist/Pomona-Pitzer Tournament.
>>>CSU IN THE CLAREMONT TOURNAMENT
Colorado State holds a 4-4 all-time record in the Claremont Colleges Tournament after going 2-2 in each of the last two years. Last season, the Rams fell to Pomona-Pitzer (11-9) and Redlands (8-4) and earned wins over Whittier (7-1) and Macalester (7-4).
>>>RAMS POST 4-1 MARK AT COYOTE CLASSIC
Colorado State posted a 4-1 record last weekend in the Coyote Classic hosted by Cal State San Bernardino. The Rams earned a 13-6 win over Michigan State before topping Macalester 16-3. CSU then fell to host school CSSB 11-7 but rebounded with an 11-4 win over Notre Dame and a 10-9 victory over Iona. Senior Laurien White led CSU with a total of 13 goals on the weekend including five in CSU's win over Notre Dame. Freshman Sarah Ostling posted 12 goals including four versus Michigan State while Ostling and fellow frosh. Shannon Kohl teamed up for three goals apiece to beat Macalester. Defensively, Andrea Lugo notched 22 saves in three games while Krystyna McCright had 16 stops in two contests.
>>>NATIONAL STATISTIC RANKINGS
Colorado State's Annie Quinn and Laurien White are both ranked nationally in goals scored. Quinn is tied for 34th with 29 goals while White ranks tied for 48th with 25. As a team, CSU ranks 22nd in the nation in goals scored (8.9 gpg) while allowing the 18th fewest in the nation (7.9 gpg).
>>>CSU FIFTH IN WWPA IN GOALS ALLOWED
Colorado State's defense has been strong throughout the 2007 season. The Rams rank fifth in the Western Water Polo Association in goals allowed per game with a 7.9 gpg average. Only nationally-ranked teams UC Davis, UC San Diego, Loyola Marymount and Santa Clara have better averages. UCD is fifth in the nation allowing 6.6 goals per game while LMU's is 7.6, UCSD's average is at 7.7 and Santa Clara's is 7.8.
