A mysterious tipster clues us in...
Our men's club water polo team won the New York State Championship today, huzzah! On the way, we beat Syracuse and, yes, NYU.
As fourth seed, we beat Army (West Point) 7-4. This means that Columbia gets to go to club championships in Ohio.
This news comes two years to the day as Bwog last reported the team's triumphs.
More photos after the jump.
October 27, 2008
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Well, they moved quickly this time. As we wrote about before, the announcement of a joint appearance by Obama and McCain on campus next Thursday took student government and group leaders completely by surprise.
Just before midnight, though, the presidents of the student councils, club governing boards, and Panhellenic councils have sent an email to President Lee Bollinger, as well as fellow administrators interim Dean of Student Affairs Kevin Shollenberger, Executive Vice President for Student Services Jeffrey Scott, and Housing & Dining Vice President Scott Wright.
The email asks for two accomodations: "a fair share of the tickets made available are apportioned to undergraduates" and "arrangements, similar to those made for the Ahmadinejad visit, should be made for all students, including but not limited to the installation of a large screen on South Lawn." In other words, "make sure everyone gets an equal chance at tickets, and give us another jumbotron." The full letter will be printed in Thursday's Spectator, but you can save yourself from waiting outside a residence hall until noon and just read it below the fold.
September 4, 2008
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Forget football--real fans follow club sports. Bwog freelancer (and water polo team member) Jason Patinkin reports.
Columbia's big-name varsity teams, despite a little help from their friends, are still bottom-feeders in the world of collegiate athletics. But for perhaps the highest talent-to-cash ratio, check out the in the truly underfunded and actively neglected realm of Club Sports, many of which thrive in the face of athletic director M. Dianne Murphy's attempts to brush them to the side. Case in point: Water Polo.
Led by New York Division Coach of the Year Igor Samardzija, CU Water Polo has had quite a season so far, with an undefeated showing at the United States Military Academy (where last year they shocked the Black Knights in the finals to win Columbia's first Regional Championship and a Nationals berth). They also discovered the real truth behind the truth behind the truth about the Acadamies, which has something to do with a room next to the pool with darkened windows called "COMBAT WATER SURVIVAL SWIM LAB."
Anyways, the USMA tournament showcased some of the new talent on the CU team, including that of freshman phenom Akhil Mehta and a cadre of reckless walk-on juniors, though it was the veterans who really took the lead. Anchored by goaltenders Victor Fedorov and Prospero Herrera, CU Water Polo proved they've got the bite to fight it out in the pool. Especially notable were captains Joe Matuk and co-captain Billy Martin, who earlier received Player of the Week honors for an impressive 18 goal performance at a September 29-30 tournament.
The team heads to the New York Region Championship this weekend at Colgate University, seeded third behind Army and top-ranked NYU. If you're down for a long trek upstate (it's near peak foliage!) you might just get to celebrate a Lion win.
October 18, 2007
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Overheard in EC:
Rugby Guy #1: We should make posters to get people to come to our game.
Rugby Guy #2: No, you have to get them approved.
Rugby Guy #1: What? We can't just make some on our own?
Rugby Guy #2: No.
Rugby Guy #3: What if we made, like, little posters, that we just hand out?
Rugby Guy #2: Nope. Can't do it.
Rugby Guy #4: We don't have to make posters that say, "Come see the rugby team." They could just say, "Come see us."
Rugby Guy #2: No.
Thanks to Addison Anderson for overhearing.
October 25, 2006
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Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait a minute there, Dianne. Did you seriously just cancel the ice hockey team's fall season, and yank half their funding, and put them on probation for two years, over an insensitive poster?
The Club Sports governing board, a group of students and administrators that apparently decides these kind of things, isn't returning e-mails. The Club Sports office itself punted to the Athletics Communications guy, whom Bwog couldn't reach for comment. In any case, while Bwog isn't enamored of the hockey team's boorish word choice, we can't help but worry that the cause of cultural sensitivity is more hurt than helped by Murphy's firepower. Rugby, take heed! The PC police are on alert!
Full press release after the jump.
September 26, 2006
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