2006 WPW Western Championship -- Day 1 Notes & Quotes
4/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | Water Polo
N O T E S
Kristin Hoogenboom's eight steals against Washington and Jefferson ties the program record held by Megan Hausmann, who also had eight against Harvard (April 8) at the Brown Mini earlier this season.
Megan Hausmann's three assists against Washington & Jefferson move her into sole possession of third place all-time in helpers with 88. She picked up her 89th career assist against Mercyhurst.
Mary Chatigny's five goals against Washington & Jefferson is a career high.
Sharayah Hernandez' hat trick against Washington & Jefferson is the first of her career at Michigan.
The Wolverines tied the program record for steals in a game as a team with 25 against Washington & Jefferson. U-M set the record earlier this season with 25 thefts against Grove City at the Wolverine Invitational (March 18).
Thirteen different Wolverines tallied goals against Mercyhurst and every player recorded at least one point.
Kristen Davis set a new single-season steals mark by a Wolverine goaltender after forcing two steals against Washington & Jefferson. Her 39 thefts this season passes Betsey Armstrong's (2002-05) previous record of 37. Davis also made eight saves and dished out two helpers against Mercyhurst.
Lorraine Negron played the second half against Washington & Jefferson, making three
saves and registering two assists.
Today's shot total of 41 against Mercyhurst ties the program record set two previous
times this season.
Michigan faces Indiana in the Division final for the fourth straight season. U-M has won the last three Division final games, winning last season's contest 11-10 in overtime.
The Wolverines' 16 goals against Washington & Jefferson was the highest goal total of the season until they scored 19 against Mercyhurst. This is the highest total since April 17 at the 2004 CWPA Western Division Championship against Washington & Jefferson when Michigan won 19-2.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Matt Anderson
On the contest against Washington & Jefferson ... ""The first game of a championship tournament you want to get the girls into the groove, so we pushed the counter really hard and we were successful. Kristin Hoogenboom had a handful of steals and fed the counterattack and we took some smart shots. That was a good way to get going because you always want to start the first round of a three-game championship tournament with energy and I thought we did. And I thought our defense also did a nice job."
On the contest against Mercyhurst ... "Mercyhurst beat everybody but Michigan and Indiana this season. They're playing well. They jumped on us quick on a couple of opportunities. Then we got back into what we wanted to do which was feeding two meters. We had a great number of shots out of two meters, while still working on our counter. We woke up after Mercyhurst's first two goals. You want to see that also in a second game of a tournament if you fall behind quickly, you want to come back with some more energy, and we did that. Now we have Indiana in the championship game tomorrow and it is going to be a classic battle like it always is."
On breaking two steals records against Washington & Jefferson ... "The girls take pride in it. You can ask me what the records are and I barely remember who we are playing in a week. I just concentrate on who we are playing right now. At the end of the year, I will take a look at them. The girls know when they are having a good game and they just keep feeding off of it. That second game, Shana Welch had five steals in the first quarter. Had she played more, she probably could have had more. She was just in that aggressive mode, getting to the ball quickly."
On using the offensive momentum from today in tomorrow's championship game ... "We got opportunities when we played Indiana the first two times and now it is just a matter of putting them away. I look at the number of good scoring chances we get and some games we are going to be more successful that others. Obviously, we are hoping tomorrow we carry on with what we were successful in today and that is putting the ball into the back of the net."
