UNC Water Polo

1996 Mardi Gras Invitational

Unofficial Results

Ok, it has been a while, but I will try to be as impartial as possible in my memories of this tournament. Daniel and I flew out of Greensboro on Friday, everyone else had left on Thursday. We brought the original ringer (O.R.), Jamie Eggers in to help us out. He rocks. So Friday night doesn't seem like too much. Actually, no night seems like much compared to Sunday, but we'll get there. Saturday we played Austin, Tennessee and Florida. I think Florida was first. It started off well when I denied Angel from the hole after he spun Todd like a rented top. We beat them by a couple. Then we beat Tennessee. They took a lot of half court shots, becasue they were seeing two of everything, at least that is what I am told. That game wasn't close. Last was Austin, who didn't have quite the team they had last year, but were still a force. Of course we choked like morons and lost. Then came the controversy of the century, because of course, Florida had beaten Austin. I had a Smoothie and chilled while everyone argued about who won the tiebreaker. It turned out we won because of lowest goals against. Whatever. Then we CHOKED against Texas A&M on Sunday, up by two in the fourth, I fell apart and we lost 7-6. That was right up there with worst losses ever. But we made up for it by lighting the Tropical Isle up. Literally. (Right, Eric?). One for the highlight reel was Jeremy standing on bar singing 'Paradise City.' Great weekend. Do it again soon. Back to the UNC Water Polo Home Page