Southampton Ladies travelled up to Bristol, in the hope of
qualifying for the final SUWP trophy round.
Bristol has been well
known this season for having well organised tactics and this has reflected
in their match performance. With this knowledge Southampton stayed alert
and vigilant to Bristol’s tactics, picking up their style of play and
adapting well.
Bristol maintained a narrow lead throughout most of the
game.
However through the last two quarters Bristol started to become
anxious of the narrow score line, marking the pit hard and dropping
player back off the arc to prevent drives. With the development of this, Southampton chose a new tactic - no longer relaying so heavily on the pit
man to produce goals and instead shooting from around the arc.
Despite playing
some good quality and entertaining polo the score line ended 11:7 to
Bristol.
Well done to all those that played, a fantastic and enjoyable game!
The first reference to a Water Polo fixture at Southampton University was in 1936 against Taunton School. It finished 4-4. In more recent times, it is known that the Water Polo Club has been of its own entity since the mid 1970's and continues to go from strength to strength. The club has a social and inclusive atmosphere welcoming players of any ability however with two men's and two women's teams, competition is as strong as ever!
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