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THE RICE THRESHER SPORTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001
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SPORTS NOTEBOOK
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Men's water polo fourth at
CWPA championship
The men's club water polo team ended its
Collegiate Water Polo Association season on
Oct. 14 with a fourth-place finish in the cham-
pionship tournament in College Station.
Rice finished 4-7 for the season.
Texas A&M University, which narrowly
beat the University ofTexas in a 7-5 final, will
continue on to the University of Florida for
the national tournament Nov. 9. A&M will
enter seeded 12th of 16, based on last year's
finishes by region.
In its bracket, Rice beatTulane and lost to
A&M and UT, placing the Owls in the third-
place game against Trinity University in the
second day of competition. Rice trailed Trin-
ity by a single goal for a large part of the
match, but didn't have the stamina to upset
the previously second-seeded team.
Both squads played strong defense, and
with only four kickout fouls the game was
one of the cleanest of the weekend. Trinity
sealed the match in the fourth quarter, main-
taining a steady lead to defeat Rice 7-5.
During the beginning of the season, the
team's development suffered from lost prac-
tice time due to pool closures and Recreation
Center lifeguarding mix-ups. Because of the
limited schedule, the players said they didn't
feel they had adequate time to prepare for
the championships, the seedings for which
were determined by two back-to-back tour-
naments early in the semester.
"The season is definitely designed for
teams that are well-established and good to
go from the start," senior Rick Lankau said.
"As a third-year club, we're not quite there
yet."
Rice's new recruits, who formed half the
championship squad, stepped up to the chal-
lenge in the final tournament and gave prom-
ising signs for the future of Rice water polo.
Freshman Russell Carrington had three goals
against Trinity, and freshman Marshall
Stafford, who had no previous experience
playing water polo, was also a leading scorer.
"Russell Carrington is amazing, and he's
going to be a huge force on this team,"
Lankau said. "We can use this season to
build on, because it's going to be basically
the same people next year," he said.
In the spring, the men's team will com-
pete in the United States Water Polo League,
where the Owls will face familiar opponents
from the fall as well as older teams from
Austin, Dallas and Houston.
— iMuren Wilson
Men's club volleyball wins
division title at A&M tourney
The men's club volleyball team is back in
business.
After regularly advancing to the national
tournament in the past, things began to un-
ravel for the club last year, as the Owls didn't
compete in any tournaments due to financial
difficulties.
In its first tournament in over a year and
a half, however, Rice captured its division
title last weekend at Texas A&M Univer-
sity.
In pool play, where each team plays two
games against each other team in its pool,
Rice dropped two games to A&M's "white"
team before winning two games against
Tomball College and the University of
Texas at San Antonio and splitting against
Trinity University to finish third in its pool.
"Against A&M we came out cold and not
confident," senior setter Chien-Yu Lee said.
"Third in our pool was exactly what I ex-
pected."
In the playoffs. Rice defeated Sam Hous-
ton State University in the first round before
rallying from a loss in the first game to get
revenge against A&M's white team. The
Owls captured the title with a win over A&M's
maroon team, which had swept all its previ-
ous matches in the tournament.
Lee suffered an injury in the second game
against A&M white, and freshman defensive
specialist Marvin Kawano assumed setting
duties.
"The freshmen stepped up big," Lee said.
"[Freshman middle blocker) Bryan
I Lipinski ] and [freshman outside hitter] Scott
(Selinger] came up big, and Marvin had
beautiful passing all day long."
Up next for Rice is a tournament at South-
west Texas State University Nov. 3.
— Chris Larson
Women's rugby falls at A&M
Saturday was a day the women's club
rugby team would j u st as soon forget, as Rice
fell 50-0 at Texas A&M University.
Junior eight-man Meghan Miller said the
size of the Aggies, who are considerably
bigger than Rice's other opponents, played a
big factor in the game.
"We didn't have our heads in the game
and we let the Aggies' size intimidate us,"
Miller said. "We tackled well, especially close
to the try line, but we weren't able to stop a
lot of tries. We brought the intensity up in
the second half — most of the tries were
scored first half."
The game revealed several Rice offensive
weaknesses that need to be ironed out as the
season progresses.
"We played better defensively than we
did offensively," Miller said. "When we got
the ball, we let ourselves get psyched out of
using it well and we lost possession too
quickly. It was a tough game, but we're
moving on."
Several Rice players will compete Sunday
at 11 a.m.asmembersoftheTexasUnder-23
Select Side, as the team faces the Texas
Select Side in an exhibition match.
— Chris Larson
Men's rugby wins four of
five, finishes second in N.M.
The men's club rugby team won four of its
five matches last weekend to finish second
in the High Desert Tournament in Albuquer-
que, N.M.
Rice coasted through pool play, scoring
dominating wins over New Mexico State
University and Adams State University by
scores of 38-5 and 40-0, respectively.
In the playoffs, the Owls defeated a men's
club team, the Brujos Old Boys, 24-0, and
scored a 24-7 win over Arizona State Univer-
sity to advance to the finals, where Rice fell
24-6 to the University of New Mexico.
"Our scrum was strong, tackling superb,
and our flyhalf, [junior! Nick Licata, kicked
great," senior prop Garrett Washington said.
"The only reason we lost against UNM was
that we made a few mistakes and lost the
ball a few times. Otherwise, we were just as
good a team as any other in that tourna-
ment."
The tournament was Rice's first out of
town and gave the Owls, who moved to 6-
2 for the season, a chance to grow as a
team.
"This weekend was an amazing experi-
ence for both old dogs and rookies," senior
scrum-half Mike Flynn-O'Brien said. "This
tournament was a chance for us to really
become a team and combine our individual
talents in an experimental environment,
giving lots of new guys lots of playing time
With each game at the tournament, our
collective skill level took significant leaps."
Rice competes in the Houston Tourna-
ment tomorrow on campus.
— Chris Larson
Ultimate advances all three
coed teams to finals at A&M
It's hard not to think about what could
have been.
The club ultimate team had a successful
weekend at the Del Sol tournament at Texas
A&M University last weekend. Rice entered
three coed teams and all three advanced
through pool play to the playoffs, where they
were seeded one, two and three.
In the playoffs, however, all three Rice
teams fell in close games.
"I was disappointed that we all lost in the
finals, but I was still really happy with how
the tournament went," junior Emily Zitek
said. "It was a lot of fun. Also, seeing both the
first-year players and veterans make awe-
some plays made me really excited about
our upcoming tournaments. I think that we
have a very good chance of making it to
nationals this year.
— Chris iMrson
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