BRIDGEPORT, Pa. — In preparation for the 2018 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Women’s Water Polo Championship at the University of Southern California, the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) looks back at 2016, 2017 and 2018 league champion the University of Michigan’s most recent NCAA Championship tournament win – a 5-4 victory over Arizona State University on May 13, 2016 at the University of California-Los Angeles.
The junior Allison Skaggs scored with four seconds left to propel the Wolverines to a win over the Sun Devils in the first game of the NCAA Tournament at Spieker Aquatics Center.
With the game tied at 4-4, sophomore Caroline Anderson lobbed a pass inside from deep hoping one of her teammates could corral it and score. The ball was knocked away in front of the cage, and Skaggs beat ASU goalkeeper Mia Rycraw to the ball, scooping the ball with her right hand and sending it into the goal.
The Maize & Blue went on to drop games to USC (9-6 L) and UCLA (5-4 L) in the team’s final games of the weekend to earn a Fourth Place finish in the tournament.
