No. 11 Anteaters Host UC Irvine Invitational
Feb. 22, 2010
NO. 11 ANTEATERS HOST UC IRVINE INVITATIONAL: The No. 11 UC Irvine women's water polo team (6-4) will host the UC Irvine Invitational Saturday and Sunday at Anteater Aquatics Complex and Corona del Mar High School. The ‘Eaters open the tournament against Hawaii Saturday at 12:45 p.m. at Anteater Aquatics Complex.
UC IRVINE INVITATIONAL PREVIEW: The UC Irvine Invitational is in its fourth year with Stanford winning the 2009 title. The 2010 version features the current top-11 programs in the nation and 14 of the top 15. UCI will face either Cal or UC Davis in the second round depending on the results of round one. The full schedule for the Invitational can be found at the Tournament Central website located at http://www.ucirvinesports.com/sports/w-wpolo/spec-rel/10-ucir-wwpolo-invite.html.
WEEK IN REVIEW: UCI went 1-1 on the week with a 12-8 victory against California Baptist and a 15-5 loss to USC. Junior Caitlin Haskell (Fresno/Buchanan HS) led the team with four goals against CBU and junior keeper Lauren Davis (Downey HS) had a career high 15 saves against CBU and 20 total for the week.
ANTEATER LEADERS: Caitlin Haskell leads UCI with 17 goals on the year. Freshman Jessy Cardey (Riverside/Poly HS) is second with 13 goals. Kat Plummer is third with 11 and senior Erin Kiene is fourth with 10. Lauren Davis has 39 saves to lead the ‘Eaters.
TOP RETURNERS: Sophomore goalkeeper Morgan Vickers (Newport Harbor HS) was named 2009 Big West Co-Freshman of the Year. Senior Kat Plummer (Thousand Oaks HS) earned All-Big West second team honors and Cortney Collyer was named All-Big West honorable mention. Caitlin Haskell tied for fifth on the team in scoring last season with 30 goals.
UCI RANKED 11TH IN NATION: The Anteaters are ranked 11th in the country in the National Collegiate Water Polo poll. UCI has been ranked as high as 9th this season. The ‘Eaters ended the 2009 season ranked 9th nationally following their Big West Tournament championship.
ANTEATERS IN THE RECORD BOOK: Kat Plummer is seventh with 108 goals. Caitlin Haskell is currently 14th with 59 goals and needs four more to enter the top-10. Erin Kiene is 15th with 55 goals and junior Cortney Collyer (Santa Barbara HS) is tied for 16th with 55. Keeper Lauren Davis is fourth all-time with 155 saves and Morgan Vickers is fifth with 136.
COACH KLATT: Head coach Dan Klatt is in his sixth season leading the ‘Eaters. He was named 2009 Big West Coach of the Year after guiding UCI to the Big West Tournament championship and a Big West regular season tri-championship. He is 90-66 in his first five seasons at the helm.
