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Dynamo finishes third @ 2011 Chris Young Memorial water polo tournament
Auburn University hosted the 15th annual Chris Young Memorial Invitational March 26-27, 2011. The ten-team field include seven collegiate club team, an Auburn alumni team, a "hodge podge" team coached by St. Pius X (Atlanta) High School coach Fr. Dan Rogaczewski and, last but not least, Dynamo WPC.Dynamo lined up first against the Volunteers of the University of Tennessee. While a large lead took longer than expected to develop, Dynamo took early control of the game and made sure to keep its decade-plus long record against the Vols pristine with an 11-3 win.The second, final, round-robin game came against the UCF Knights. An experienced, deep and tall team, the Knights looked almost as good in their Turbo water polo suits as Dynamo...but not quite.Dynamo expected a stiff challenge in this game, as the Knights beat them by a goal earlier this year. From that game and scouting done earlier in the day, Dynamo knew to expect a 2M-dominated UCF offense and pressure defense everywhere. Dynamo planned accordingly.Led by 2M defender Ryan Wade, Dynamo made life miserable for the Knights primary sets, the catalyst of their offense. Steven "Kiwi" Price unleashed his trademark spinning backhands from the Dynamo hole and, a bit surprisingly, the rout was on. Dynamo cruised 15-8 to claim first in their 3-team group and advance to play the UF Gators to determine which team advanced to the championship match on Sunday.Because of the odd format and strange seeding of the tournament, the "cross-over" match between UF and Dynamo brought together the two best teams before the championship match. Everyone at the tournament knew this was the de facto title bout, so the stands held the largest crowd of the weekend. The two teams, friendly yet intense rivals, did not disappoint as they delivered another in a series of classic matches.Both teams scored initial goals quickly, but then the Gators appeared to take control and enjoyed a 3-1 lead. Benny Twynham and Stu Sheldon combined to work the "lefty" side of the Dynamo offense to perfection, reeling off four straight goals and exposing huge gaps in the UF defense. Blink and you missed it; Dynamo led 5-3.Momentum swing back and forth for the majority of the game, but Dynamo held a two goal lead with two minutes to go in the "run time clock" game. An unusual "contra" whistle led to a mid-pool Dynamo turnover on the counter and the Gators charged down the tank and immediately lasered a skip shot in the high corner of the Dynamo goal. Dynamo held a slim one goal lead with the "run time" game clock ticking towards 60 seconds in the game. Dynamo tried to consume as much time as possible on the restart, in an veteran effort to finish the game with the ball. Fairly, the referees allowed only so much and Dynamo went to offense with just over a minute to play. Possession ended quickly, however, as UF blocked a Dynamo shot and came down the pool and tied the game with the running clock passing below ten seconds. Overtime, same as the last time the two faced off, in the championship game of the 2010 PowerBar Cup at Dynamo.Recognizing that this was certainly the best-played game of the weekend, both teams quickly agreed to sudden-death play and lined up to determine to final outcome.UF won the sprint, their first win since the first quarter. Dynamo turned the Gators offense away and set up their own opportunity. UF returned the favor, transitioned to offense and slammed home the game-winner, 11-10. It was all smiles as the teams shook hands on deck after and headed to the showers.Dynamo closed out a great Saturday with a cook out at the Auburn home of team mate Matt Stuckwish.On Sunday, Dynamo and Emory University squared off to determine third place. Dynamo dominated from the first sprint and even shut down their counter at the half to finish off the Eagles 13-2 and finish third.The championship game was as shocking as the NCAA Elite Eight basketball games over the weekend. The Florida Gators trailed the University of Georgia Bulldogs by as many as five goals. Florida never panicked, however, and used the entire second half to draw to a 9-9 tie with a minute left in the game. The teams traded counterattacks as time ran out; the Gators slammed home the championship goal with less than a second on the clock.
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