Postgame Quotes: #4 California 12, #6 Michigan 8
5/14/2010 12:00:00 AM | Water Polo
May 14, 2010
Michigan Head Coach Matt Anderson
Opening comment ... "Obviously, a disappointment (in the result). I felt the swing in the game was the second period. Other than that, the first period coming out 3-2 was fine. Second half, we were the aggressor and doing what we wanted, but it was that three-goal swing in the second that made the difference. As it comes down to in any championship, you've got to make your power plays. Though Lauren Orth did a good job with four out of five penalties, I think we were 1-for-7 on the power play and that was what was disappointing.
"If we had gotten up on them at 7-2 at half, we would have won the game. Coming back on a team like Cal, you can hope that you can get back to where you can get a final opportunity at the end of the game and we just (weren't able to). We are both like teams that whoever had the lead going into the half was going to have the advantage and we didn't, so hats off to Cal."
On the team's halftime adjustments ... "There's not really any team in the nation that can stay with us on the counterattack in the second half. Our depth is good and our speed is as good or better than anybody. We showed that in the second half, but they had a lead and that was the difference. We had a few opportunities, especially in the fourth, but you can tell a couple of our counters with 3-on-2s and 2-on-1s, girls were kind of pulling up early, because they were rushing versus the clock. I felt if we were within one or two at half, our counter would take advantage in the second, but when you're playing a quality team like Cal, you give them a lead and they are going to shut down anybody."
U-M Junior Lauren Orth
On her performance ... "Of course, it's great to make four of my five penalty shots, but that one (miss) is going to haunt me forever. I wish I was more involved in the game as a whole. It's great to have the goals and do the press conference, but it would be great to just win the game. You always want your team to do well, so it's kind of hard to be happy with how I did when we didn't win."
