Feb. 26, 2012
#5 Arizona State 14, #12 Michigan 5
The #5 Arizona State University water polo regrouped after a tough loss to San Diego State to dominate #12 Michigan in the afternoon cap of the UCI Invitational in Irvine, Calif., 14-5, to take seventh place overall in the tournament.
Senior Alicia Brightwell recovered from her first scoreless game of the season to net four for the Sun Devils while the team used a solid defensive effort to hold the Wolverines to just five goals on 11 attempts.
Freshmen Anna Kertes and Petra Pardi as well as senior Mariam Salloum both added three goals each.
After seeing its offense sputter at times on the weekend, ASU came out firing against Michigan, jumping to a 6-0 lead midway through the second and never looking back.
The Sun Devils return to action next week as the team hosts its first home game of the season in a rematch against San Diego State on the Mona Plummer Aquatic Center in Tempe, Ariz., on Saturday, March 3.
#5 Arizona State def, #12 Michigan, 12-5
ASU: 4-4-5-1 = 14
MICH: 0-2-2-1 = 5
ASU: Brightwell - 4, Kertes - 3, Salloum - 3, Pardi - 3, White
MICH: Golden, O'Donnell, Ivry, Hoegh, Moore
SAVES
Hutchinson (ASU) - 6
Adamson (MICH) - 10, Turner (MICH) - 2