Notes & Quotes: #10 Michigan 7, Marist 4
5/10/2008 12:00:00 AM | Water Polo
N O T E S
Michigan improved to 2-5 all-time at the NCAA Tournament.
Former U-M head water polo coach Amber Drury-Pinto (2001-02) was a member of the official crew working today's contest between Michigan and Marist.
Michigan bettered its single-season program record in wins to 34 victories.
Junior Brittany May set a career high with 11 blocks in the game.
May moved into fourth place on the U-M career blocks list with 169 saves. She passed Sally Stone (2005-06), who had 167 career stops. May trails Camille Clarendron (179, 2001) by 10 stops for third all-time.
Q U O T E S
Michigan Head Coach Matt Anderson
Opening statement... "It's always interesting to come back and play in a game that you didn't come here wanting to be in. That first half we had 19 aggressive shots, we countered really well, and only three went in, so credit to Davis the Marist goalie. We were kind of forcing some passes and some shots, but we were playing well. It was just one of those, it took them a while to get going, and we ended up having I think 31 shots, so we were staying aggressive, which is good. We just had a little bit of a problem finishing our shots, which is going to happen, but fortunately they focused on the defensive end as Marist competitively stayed in the game and made us work. We kind of clamped down on our 5-on-6 and especially our half court."
On his team's performance... "We're in the fifth-place game and that's a good consolation game to be in versus not making what we wanted, which was in the top four. I'm proud of the girls. They battled back against the champion of the MAAC, and now hopefully we will get it done against San Diego State."
On the key to success vs. Marist... "We knew what Marist's game plan was and we didn't let them do it. That's important because from the get-go Marist is trying to look at what they've done successfully to get here and we just didn't let them do it. They stayed focused the whole game. There's probably only two or three times where we forgot what we were supposed to be doing and gave Marist an opportunity to get a good shot on goal."
U-M Junior Carrie Frost
On the motivation going into this game... "I really just had a lot of heart going into the last game. It was difficult after losing last night and I just didn't want to feel like that again. Going into this game I think my teammates and myself, I think we were angry and really wanted to win."
On getting a four-goal cushion after halftime... "Every time you put a goal in the back of the net, it's just a reminder that we can finish it. I think all of us knew we were going to win. There was the confidence among all of us. I think finishing those goals it was nice to finally get that cushion."
