Triton Invitational Next Up for Wolverines
2/7/2017 12:00:00 AM | Water Polo
Feb. 7, 2017
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THIS WEEK
Saturday, Feb. 11 -- vs. No. 23 Marist (3-4), 11:10 a.m. PT at Canyonview Pool
Saturday, Feb. 11 -- vs. No. 9 UCSB (5-3) or No. 22 CSUN (4-6), winners play at 5:50 p.m./losers play at 4:30 p.m. PT at Canyonview Pool
Sunday, Feb. 12 -- TBD
Sunday, Feb. 12 -- TBD
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The No. 6 University of Michigan water polo team (6-3) will compete at the Triton Invitational in San Diego, California, this weekend (Feb. 11-12) on the campus of UC San Diego.
The Teams
Bracket D with Michigan
• No. 9 UCSB is 5-3 on the season, playing eight games on opening weekend at their host tournament. All three losses were to top-10 teams, including a 7-4 setback to Michigan, an 8-4 loss to Arizona State and a 19-5 loss to USC. The Wolverines are 6-7 vs. UCSB with six straight wins in the series.
• No. 22 CSUN has a 4-6 record with three straight wins to close out the Speedo Cup. All four wins are against unranked opponents and all six losses are to ranked teams. Michigan defeated them 18-5 at the UCSB Invite. Michigan is 8-1 all-time vs. CSUN.
• No. 23 Marist is 3-4 and will open up the tournament with the Wolverines. They played Hawai'i, a top-10 team, to a three-goal game in a loss. Michigan beat Marist twice a year ago and is 12-0 all-time against the Red Foxes.
• Bracket A includes No. 2 USC (10-0), No. 17 San Diego State (1-2), No. 16 Hartwick (5-0) and Santa Clara (3-1).
• Bracket B includes No. 5 Arizona State (3-0), No. 14 Long Beach State (1-3), No. 18 UC Davis (2-8) and Sonoma (2-5)
• Bracket C includes No. 8 UC Irvine (4-2), No. 9 UCSD (2-2), No. 20 LMU (2-4) and East Bay (2-2).
THINGS TO KNOW
• Michigan is in its 17th season as a varsity program (Team 17)
• Leonardi is in his third season and owns a 55-24 (.696) record at U-M.
• U-M is ranked No. 6 in the latest poll, moving up one spot this week. Michigan has been ranked in the top 10 in 22 consecutive polls.
• All nine games this season have come against ranked teams, including five against teams in the top-10. U-M is 2-3 against top-10 teams this year.
• The last time Michigan traveled to San Diego was for the 2015 Triton Invitational. The Wolverines lost the opening game to Long Beach State, 6-5, and came back to win the final three games of the tournament.
• U-M is coming off a third place finish at the Stanford Invitational. The Wolverines defeated No. 8 Hawai'i in the third place game, 8-6. The only loss was to No. 4 Cal, 13-9.
• Junior Caroline Anderson is 15 assists away from breaking the school record for career assists, seven from 150 in her career and needs 14 points to move in to seventh on Michigan's career points list.
• Senior Allison Skaggs is seven drawn exclusions from moving in to the top five in school history.
• If freshman Heidi Ritner tallies 22 save this weekend she would become the fastest Michigan player to 100 career saves.
• All six starters have between 14 and 30 points on the season, giving Michigan a balanced attack.
• The captains for 2017 are seniors Danielle Johnson, Heidi Moreland and Skaggs.
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