» Ava Morrant led Michigan with three objectives.
» Alex Brown recorded 10 saves.
» Michigan shall be again in motion in opposition to Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday (Feb. 24) at 8 a.m. PST.
Website: Irvine, Calif. (Anteater Aquatic Complicated)
Occasion: Barbara Kalbus Invitational
Rating: #7 Lengthy Seashore State 10, #9 Michigan 9
Data: U-M (9-6), Lengthy Seashore State (9-2)
Subsequent U-M Occasion: Saturday, Feb. 24 — vs. LIU – Barbara Kalbus Invitational (Irvine, Calif.), 8 a.m. PST
IRVINE, Calif. — The No. 9-ranked College of Michigan water polo workforce acquired a team-leading three objectives from Ava Morrant however fell 10-9 to No. 7 Lengthy Seashore State to open the the Barbara Kalbus Invitational on Friday (Feb. 24) on the Anteater Aquatic Complicated.
Lengthy Seashore State acquired on the board first within the first quarter profiting from a Michigan exclusion. With 20 seconds left within the quarter, the Seashore netted their second objective. Lengthy Seashore State scored the primary objective within the second quarter only a minute and a half in, going up 3-0.
One minute later, Erin Neustrom discovered the again of the objective on the ability play. Lengthy Seashore State netted one other objective to drag to a 4-1 lead, however Michigan scored three consecutive objectives — two by Morrant and one by Kata Utassy — to knot the sport at 4 heading into the half.
The Seashore scored first within the second half as effectively earlier than Utassy tallied her second objective of the sport tie the sport at 5. Lengthy Seashore State scored a pair of objectives to take a 7-5 lead earlier than Lola Ciruli pulled Michigan again inside one with two minutes to go within the third quarter.
To start out the fourth quarter, Elise Walker dented the twine to tie the sport at 7 with 4:52 left to play in regulation. Morrant scored her third of the sport, incomes a hat trick to impasse the sport at eight apiece. Lengthy Seashore State posted back-to-back tallies to drag to a 10-8 lead with 1:30 left on the clock. Neustrom was in a position to rating yet another objective for the Wolverines to drag inside one, however Michigan couldn’t discover the equalizer.
Alex Brown recorded 10 saves between the pipes for the Wolverines.
Michigan shall be again in motion on Saturday (Feb.25) in opposition to Pomona-Pitzer on Saturday (Feb. 25) at 8 a.m. PST on the second day of the Barbara Kalbus Invitational on the Anteater Aquatic Complicated.
