April 29, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jessica Wilson, president
Cal Poly Women’s Water Polo team
jewilson@calpoly.edu
Cal Poly Women’s Water Polo Team Captures
Third Straight National Championship
The 2010 Women's Water Polo Team celebrates at nationals.
Photo by Dena Sparks
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly’s Women’s Water Polo Team defeated the University of Michigan on April 25 capture a third consecutive National Collegiate Club Championship.
Cal Poly entered the tournament as the No. 1 seed and defeated Michigan, the No. 4, by a 6-5 final score.
Cal Poly player Sarah Ur earned NCCC Most Valuable Player honors and Player of the Game honors with a hat trick. Ur became the first player in the history of the NCCC and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to capture three straight championship tournament MVP awards.
As well, Cal Poly coach Brandon Ross was named CWPA Coach of the Year.
It’s the second time the Cal Poly Mustangs have captured three titles in a row. The team also took the championship in 2003-05. It was Cal Poly’s sixth title overall. The Mustangs have appeared in eight of the last nine title games.
“This season more than any other, we overcame so many obstacles and roadblocks, working extremely hard to rise above and play like champions,” said team President Jessica Wilson. “I couldn’t have asked for a more talented, dedicated and passionate group of young women to share this title with, and am so proud to call them my teammates and friends.”
Cal Poly’s Women’s Water Polo squad is a club team that competes through the Collegiate Water Polo Association.
For more info on the CWPA, visit www.collegiatewaterpolo.org.
For more on the Cal Poly Women’s Water Polo team, visit http://sites.google.com/site/calpolywomenswaterpolo/. And log on to http://www.studentlife.calpoly.edu/clubsports/ for more on the university’s Club Sports program.
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