Penalties and time-outs were used profusely as both teams anxiously tested their best strategies to outwit the other side. With one broken 30-second clock on the home pooldeck, the Anteaters received a penalty, leaving themselves vulnerable to the opponent and ending the game with a disheartening result. Head Coach Ted Newland attributes the loss to the Anteater's shooting ability that day. Sometimes the ball doesn't fall for us, sometimes we just have more problems. He mentioned that in all of his 35 years coaching at UCI, the first few weeks of school are always the hardest because the players think about other issues and do not concentrate on the game as hard as they can.
Games are where the practices of the last few days shine through.
Nonetheless, one of the younger players, Garrett Gentry, was still very optimistic about the season. It's a learning process. All contents of this site are 2000-2001 by the New University Newspaper. Reproduction in any way is prohibited unless express written consent is first obtained.