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was ready to take on the force Michi-
gan has come to be known as in the
East.
"Brown had been there before when
they went to the Final Four two years
ago," Anderson said. "Six of their
seven starters were on that team the
year they upset Michigan on the way to
the Final Four. We also had not played
them this year."
Michigan kept up with Brown for the
first three quarters of the game, and the
game went into the final quarter tied 4-
4. Brown scored early in the fourth
quarter, and Michigan did not get
another chance to score until the final
seconds of the game when they earned
a penalty shot. Their chances to launch
the game into overtime were crushed
though when Brown's goalie blocked
the shot.
"We did not play poorly," sophomore
goalie Betsey Armstrong said. "Brown
stepped up to play us - we had a really
good game of water polo. We played
well, but they played better."
Possibly the hardest part of the week-
end for the team was finding the moti-
vation to turn around and play No. 14
Princeton for the third place title.
"We were trying to win the first
place game, so when we got to the
third place game, it was a shock to us,"
sophomore driver Sheetal Narsai said.
"It's hard to go into a game just to win
for nothing, but then we realized that it
was for something. One of our team
captains made a speech and said, 'Hey,
we can't just roll over and die - we
can still make a statement.' "
And Michigan did make a state-
ment, sending the Tigers straight to
fourth place with their 9-5 win.
"The Princeton game showed our
season was not a fluke," Anderson
said. "We were upset by Brown so I
told the team, 'Let's not let other teams
in the East think that our whole year
was a fluke.' And by how resounding
of a victory we had against Princeton, I
think the other teams realized that we
just got tripped up."
Another hard reality Michigan faced
in the Championship was that Indiana
took first place overall. Indiana,
Michigan's biggest rival, is advancing
to the Final Four.
"Kudos for Indiana, but it's disap-
pointing knowing that we did defeat
them easily three times this season,"
Anderson said. "It's too bad we didn't
have the opportunity to stop them
from (getting to the Final Four)."
Although the season is officially
over now, Anderson looks back on his
first season with Michigan positively.
"I'm disappointed in not reaching
our final goal, but that is what is going
to make us better next year."
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