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Dynamo Water Polo played an unbelievable seven games in 26 hours to finish second at the 2011 Mardi Gras Invitation
DYNAMO WPC FINISHES 2nd @ 2011 MARDI GRAS TOURNAMENT.If you saw the brackets, you’d say this tournament structure was interesting to say the least. With an odd number of teams (eleven) in the field, the schedule offered first-round “bye” games for a number of squads. Despite strong performance at past Mardi Gras tournaments and a good seed, Dynamo WPC was not included in this list.Saturday DWPC honed our newly-installed motion offense against fresh competition. This allowed for a Dynamo onslaught of inside water, middle of the cage drives that ended with goals. Rice (13-4) and Tulane B (19-2) were no match. Denver, however, was in a class of its own with plenty of California players from UCLA, Berkeley, USC, etc. They were a very well-disciplined team and strongly tested the usually stout Dynamo defense. Denver did not have a dominant hole set or any particular player that ran away with the show but demonstrated the power of crisp, dry passes and movement away from the ball. Denver took advantage of every inch Dynamo gave them and they put DWPC into the losers bracket with a 7-13 defeat.Sunday morning against Washington DC was a rough 9-8 win. Dynamo needed a 4-0 3rd quarter run plus a smart 4th quarter to hold on. Next up a very talented Houston team just two hours later. Dynamo began to rediscover their Saturday energy in the game, while a tired and beat down Houston played their 3rd Sunday game and it was barely lunchtime! A hard-fought first quarter ended with Dynamo up 2-1. By half Houston ran out of gas and DWPC led 7-3. Dynamo shut down its trademark counter in the second half to conserve energy and advanced their record to 4-1 with a 13-4 final. Dynamo’s next opponent, Texas A&M, lost two of its best players to a brutality in their earlier game against Denver but they still had lots of talent. Too much Dynamo pressure, however, and the Aggies gigged themselves with mistake after mistake. DWPC capitalized and, with a 17-4 win, advanced out of the losers bracket to face Denver WP for the championship.Travel commitments cost Dynamo three solid players before the championship tilt. Add that to the cumulative effort of six games in 24 hours (plus the Bourbon Street multiplier) and DWPC was TIRED! The fatigue showed as the 1st quarter ended 6-0 Denver. DWPC firmed up in the second quarter (scored 4, allowed 2) and driver Tim Hansen primed the familiar “Dynamo, Dyno-mite!” explosion in the 3rd quarter. Tim’s amazing intensity s***** to the entire team; DWPC won the 3rd quarter swim off and utility player Jared Stentiford drilled an authoritative outside shot right away. The team energy level jumped up five notches and Dynamo played hard in all four facets of the game. DWPC allowed just one goal that quarter, in the closing seconds. Dynamo equalized, however, with just two seconds in the quarter to draw to 9-8 Denver. The 4th quarter started like the 3rd: Dynamo won the sprint and Jared drills an outside laser. The game was tied with just ten seconds gone in the fourth and Denver was in shock. Denver didn’t panic, however. Much more rested than Dynamo, Denver relied heavily on their experienced starters in the fourth and closed out the championship game 12-9. (It was Denver’s second game that day and Dynamo’s 4th.)Dynamo team members easily awarded their MVP award to goalie Lawrence Edwards. His smart defense and shot blocking kept Dynamo in the tournament. Lawrence continued to play phenomenally even with a severely injured thumb that was caused during the first Denver game Saturday night. http://www.dynamowaterpolo.com/results/
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