http://phantompolo.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 06 Mar 2008 04:28:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Mar. 5 - This week's biggest vault in the Coach's Poll belongs to Indiana University after a strong showing at the Elite Six Tournament in Maryland. They began the week ranked 20th. Then defeated #18 Princeton and atoned for an early season loss against Hartwick (#15). They now sit at #16 ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/03/05/the-rb-indiana/ Mar. 4 - The Western Water Polo Association is a collegiate league consisting of 12 women's programs based in California and Colorado. Many of these universities are academically equal to their MPSF counterparts but when the ball drops it is a completely different story. With the exception of UC Davis ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/03/04/can-the-wwpa-hang/ Mar. 3 #5 Hawaii: Bye Weekend. #4 USC: USC opened the weekend hosting #9 Loyola Marymount. LMU scored the first goal and held tight with the Trojans for the first quarter. However, both teams entered the game knowing USC would win. After ten minutes of regulation both teams played that way. Final score: ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/03/03/top-5-review/ #5 Hawaii: Bye weekend #4 USC: A week after sustaining an overtime loss to Stanford and a one-goal loss to Cal, USC has a fantastic opportunity to rebound. This weekend they first face #9 Loyola Marymount. LMU had a rough weekend in Irvine dropping three of their four games by a ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/02/29/top-5-preview/ Feb. 27 - The biggest jump in the National Top 20 Poll came from UC Davis this week. Davis entered the Irvine Invitational last weekend ranked 11th in the country but quickly showed their potential defeating not one but two top ten teams. They now sit comfortably in 6th place ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/02/27/the-rb-uc-davis/ IRVINE, Feb. 24 - Finally a weekend to shake up the national polls. While the top two spots remain locked, 3rd place on down should see some shuffling as unlikely teams shined at the Irvine Invitational. Most notable was Cal, entering the weekend as the 5th seed and leaving with ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/02/24/cal-leads-weekend-of-upsets/ IRVINE, Feb. 21 - This weekend all eyes look to southern California as the Anteaters host 16 of the top women's water polo teams in the country. The Irvine Invitational will be the last tournament action most of these teams get until they square off in their conference championships in ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/02/21/irvine-invitational/ STANFORD, Feb. 17 - Following a dismantling of the Pacific Tigers, Stanford was again at home on Sunday hosting the 11th ranked UC Davis Aggies. Both teams showed signs of dominance in the first quarter but then something happened. Stanford sustained their effort and desire to win while UC Davis appeared less and ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/02/17/no-surprises/ STANFORD, Feb. 15 - A week after taking third place at their home invitational, Stanford is again in action hosting Pacific and UC Davis this weekend. Having just played the top programs in the country these upcoming games will be a walk in the park. They will also offer the ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/02/15/2-wins-in-the-immediate-future/ STANFORD, Feb. 10 - The first tournament of the 2008 season played out pretty much as expected. With the exception of Arizona State beating USC on Sunday morning, the teams that were supposed to win, won. The manner in which these games were played, though, showed there is still a ... http://phantompolo.com/2008/02/10/3rd-place-in-home-tourney/