Black Ties, Yellow Wins in Regular League Finales

Black Game
The Black team, coming off an OT loss to the Yellow team, tied Daisy A 8-8 in a hard fought game. The team came out in a crash defense with mostly good success, although there were a few lapses that led to some Daisy goals, especially late. The crash tightened up later on, and the team was also able to run an effective press defense. Offensively, the team was a little stagnant especially with 2M's being indecisive about going to set. In OT, the Cats gave up several chances but POTG Matt Hohenberger, returning from his volleyball exile, kept the team in the game. Black had few offensive chances in OT and were probably fortunate to hang on for the tie.

Yellow Game
The Yellow team finished out the season with a convincing 8-3 victory over Mad Dog. The Yellow crash defense was too much for MD and offense from Stipo, Lou, and the usually defensive-minded Michael O'Neill were enough to carry the team to victory. Dylan Jungels & Pat Archer were solid in goal. Stipo was named POTG.


The teams split up for the Kuppa Tournament, which begins on Thursday at MICDS. Teams are listed on this blog.


-Coach P

No Practice on January 28

Chaminade's campus is closed on Wednesday, January 28. There is no practice tonight.

No Practice on January 27

Chaminade's campus is closed on Tuesday, January 27. There is no practice tonight.

Special Schedule for February 4

Instead of practicing on February 4 and 5, we will play games as our Kuppa teams against each other on Wednesday, February 4, and there will be no practice on Thursday, February 5. (See the below post for your Kuppa team.) The schedule of games is as follows.

1 vs. 2 = 7:00 PM - 7:35 PM (Please arrive by 6:45 PM.)
1 vs. 3 = 7:40 PM - 8:15 PM
2 vs. 4 = 8:20 PM - 8:55 PM
3 vs. 5 = 9:00 PM - 9:35 PM
4 vs. 5 = 9:40 PM - 10:15 PM

2009 Kuppa Teams

Teams for the 2009 Kuppa Tournament (February 5-8) are below.

JCWP 1
*Hohenberger, Matt
Allen, Luke
Derdeyn, Pieter
Derdeyn, Will
Erlinger, Sam
Gerber, Charles
Gleason, Brett
Golterman, Robert
Hagerty, Michael
Kennedy, Chris
Moorkamp, Sam
Murphy, Erin
Neuberger, Travis
Rose, Ed
Schmidt, Dan
Slaughter, Michael
Stipanovich, Matt

JCWP 2
*Lauber, Chris
*Lauber, John
Bowers, Michael
Castro, Ben
Castro, Darrian
Debandt, Nick
Dell'Orco, Tom
Garlock, Robert
Harris, Eddie
Lewis, John
Meara, Jack
Milburn, Joe
Morrissey, Bob
Page, William
Stolwyk, Matt
Tanner, Michael
Tucker, Jim
Wall, Patrick

JCWP 3
*Archer, Pat
Archer, Charlie
Auinbauh, Jake
Brockgreitens, John
Faust, Danny
Gleason, Patrick
Goeddel, Dan
Heafner, John
Kaufmann, Nick
Kimbrough, Ben
Ladd, Elliot
Morgan, Thomas
Myers, Peter
Paniello, Andrew
Ruzicka, Marty
Seiff, Tom
Vierod, Alistair

JCWP 4
*Jungels, Dylan
Burggraf, Nate
Digman, Misha
Dodds, Nick
Emnett, Ben
Faddis, Colby
Gresick, Joseph
Helling, John
Heutel, Grant
Keao, Nick
Luhmann, Bill
Maloney, Daniel
Maloney, Patrick
Mayer, Rob
O'Neill, Michael
Panchot, Shane
Savio, John
Savio, Michael

JCWP 5
*Chisholm, Jake
*Wahl, Max
Buelter, Jack
Champion, Kenny
Chisholm, Robert
D'Alessandro, Dave
Going, Trent
Kabance, Joe
Kramer, Mitch
Maurer, John
Meyer, Mitch
Piening, Nick
Pike, Daniel
Sigman, Michael
Sigman, Steve
Smith, Zach
Tucci, Scott
Wilson, Evan

Monday, January 26

As of 2:00 PM, practice is still on for tonight. Please check back here before you leave for Chaminade, though.

Yellow Trumps Black 8-7 in OT

The Yellow and Black teams met in a showdown of Jungle Cat teams and proved to be worth adversaries for each other. The game was a see-saw battle of Titans that ultimately needed extra time to be decided.

Black jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the first quarter, utilizing a drop/crash defense effectively against the strong Yellow offense. However, the Yellows climbed back into the game and took control of the 2nd, 3rd and most of the 4th quarters, riding some strong offensive output from Matt Stipanovich, John Heafner, and John Maurer. However, Yellow let Black back into the game, getting sloppy and Black team members Ed Rose and William Page made them pay. Each team had a few good looks with the score at 7-7 and time winding down, but neither team capitalized.

In OT, Steve Sigman of Black got an early scoring chance but it sailed just over the goal. After some back-and-forth, Yellow earned a 2-on-1 counter-attack advantage. Trent Going did the hard work, drawing the defense and locking down the goalie before passing to a wide-open Heafner who sealed the game for Yellow at 8-7.

William Page was named POTG for the Black team for his strong play. Trent Going took home the Yellow honors for strong defense and his game-winning assist.

Brown Team Game Time

According to the schedule posted at mowaterpolo.com, this Saturday, January 24, the Brown team plays at 4:45 PM. Players should be ready to get in the pool by 4:25 PM.

Coach Baud

Yellow Team Falls to SLAP-A1, Moves to 3-1

The previously undeated Jungle Cat Yellow team hit a speedbump in their fourth game of the Winter League, coming up just short in a 8-7 loss to SLAP's A team. Offensively, the Yellow Cats were held in check all day thanks to SLAP's drop defense. The team's reluctance to shoot from the perimeter led to several turnovers and far too many possessions that ended without a shot on goal. The Cats were held scoreless through the first quarter and didn't get on the board until Matt Stipanovich's cross-goal-low shot cut the SLAP lead to 3-1. The game went back-and-forth, and ultimately the Cats were down only 2 goals going into the 4th quarter. Despite several goals, the team had one too many defensive lapses, allowing SLAP to beat them to the goal despite playing goal-side defense. The Cats had one final possession to push the game to overtime but couldn't capitalize. The team is looking forward to next week's battle against JCWP Black; it should be a great game!

Stipanovich and John Heafner were the offensive leaders, and Marty Ruzicka won his 2nd POTG award in 3 weeks with his strong overall game.


-Coach P


PS - This is the 100th entry in the JCWP Blog. THANKS FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT OUR TEAM, AND FOR MAKING THE BLOG A SUCCESS!

Jungle Cat Orange Plays Stifeling Defense In First Win

The stars were aligned as Jungle Cat Orange posted their first win of the season. Their coach stressed defense and they came up big winning against SLAP B 10-5. Three of SLAP B's goals came off of 6-5 in which Jungle Cat Orange had not prepared for. Joe K. and Ben K. played stellar 2-meter defense. The play of the game was a cross goal pass from rookie Michael Tanner to Nick Piening. Dan S. took charge and dominated the 2 meter position. All in all, coach was happy and expects this intensity and style of defensive effort next week.

Coach Cutelli

Yellow Continues Winning Ways, Moves to 3-0

The Yellow team pushed their record to 3-0 in the Winter League today with a convincing 13-4 victory over SLAP's 'B' team. The team was left without a goalie as regular Dylan Jungles was allocated to the Brown team this week and fellow netminder Pat Archer was MIA. In their absence, the dynamic duo of Ben Castro (shallow) and Bob Morrissey (deep) shut out the SLAP team in the first half. They were helped greatly by the team defense in front of them, archored as always by Michael O'Neill and Trent Going. Offensively, John Heafner made his Yellow debut and team with Matt Stipanovich to create a formidable tandem. O'Neill also got into the action, drawing two 5M penalty shots against the SLAP goalie. Despite still having problems playing a press defense always & everywhere, and having some difficulting scoring out of a half-court offense, ultimately the team's counter-attack, half-court defense, and depth were too much for SLAP to overcome. Michael O'Neill was named POTG for his offensive & defensive efforts, which earned him a piece of Pumpkin Loaf. See you next week...

- Coach P.