2006 WPW Eastern Championship -- Day 2 Notes & Quotes
5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM | Water Polo
Kristin Hoogenboom led all Michigan scorers at the Eastern Championship with seven goals and four assists for 11 points. Her goal total was also tops on the team this weekend.
Megan Hausmann, Shana Welch and Kristen Davis all earned first-team accolades on the Eastern Championship All-Tournament team. This comes after each represented Michigan on the CWPA Western Division First Team announced Friday night (April 28).
With her goal and three assists, Shana Welch broke her own program record for points in a season. Her 102 points this season bests her total of 99 from 2005.
Sally Stone saw her first action in net for the Wolverines since March 5 against Mercyhurst when she played one half of the game. She entered the game midway through the fourth quarter.
U-M is now 6-3 all-time against Hartwick. Michigan's final two losses of the season came at the hands of Hartwick.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Matt Anderson
On the season overall ... "Regardless of what happens, only one team in this tournament is going to walk away truly happy. The next team that is going to feel good--in a few days and all--is the team that was in the championship game and didn't win. We had a very good season in a sense that we accomplished goals and had an opportunity to play in the championship game. Yes, we wanted to win it, but the reality is, losing in the championship game means we had a solid season and that is how we have to look at it. The freshmen got some good experience in getting us to this point. The seniors ended a strong career with the league titles and three straight Eastern Championships in a row and an NCAA bid last year. Although the goal is always to continue to win, when you don't win, you have to reflect on whether it was a strong season or not and all things considered, our season was a good season."
On the 2006 senior class ... "They came in when I came in. We've been together for four years and they've done a lot for Michigan water polo and Michigan tradition and they are all going to be successful in whatever profession they get into and that is as important. That the skills they learned being a student-athlete, they are going to be able to take on into each of their professional lives. They all just had great careers."
