SG waterpolo team complacent?
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Heartbreak of a loss for RP water polo squad
Games Today
4 p.m. -- Vietnam vs Malaysia
5:15 p.m.-- Singapore vs Indonesia
6:30 p.m. -- Thailand vs Philippines
STANDINGS
Singapore 2-0, Philippines 1-1, Thailand 1-1, Vietnam 1-1, Malaysia 1-1, Indonesia 0-2
LOS BAÑOS, Laguna – Buoyed up by its opening day win over Indonesia the day before, the Philippines pushed defending champion Singapore to the limit before absorbing a heartbreaking 6-7 defeat in water polo action Tuesday at the Trace Aquatics Center here.
It took a conversion by Terence Tan in the final 1:30 to decide the outcome of the close contest which saw the Filipinos holding their opponents to a see-saw battle, and matching the Singaporeans' intensity in both offense and defense.
The game entered the final one and a half minute with the scored knotted at 6-all following a penalty goal by Monsuito Pelenio.
“This maybe the year for Philippine water polo.We gave Singapore hell in the pool today. It was neck and neck, but clearly this is the first time we've matched Singapore pass for pass, block for block, and goal for goal. We've never come this close,” said PASA president Mark Joseph.
Tan finished with 3 points, including 2 in the final frame to lead Singapore to its second win in as many games.
Pelenio, Sherwin dela Paz, Ricardo Dilapdilap, Michael Jorolan, and brothers Norton and Frazier Alamara each had a goal for the Philippines.
Earlier, Malaysia downed Thailand, 7-4, while Vietnam edged Indonesia , 13-12. The results created a 4-way log-jam for the second spot among Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.
The Malaysians rebounded from a 21-3 whipping it took from the Singaporeans in their opening assignment, while the Thais failed to follow up their 7-5 conquest of the Vietnamese.
Vietnam bounced back from its heartbreaking loss to Thailand the other day by edging out Indonesia , 13-12, in the first game.
The Vietnamese try to make it two in row when they meet Malaysia in Wednesday's tripleheader opener. Indonesia on the other hand will be hard-pressed to win against defending champion Singapore in their 5:15 p.m. encounter to avoid early elimination.
Tournament format calls for teams to play each other in a single round robin with the team that ends up with most wins capturing the gold. (GL)
http://2005seagames.com.ph/news/latestnews6.html
After a very convincing 21-3 hammering of MY, getting pushed all the way by the home team leads us to ponder: Have our neighbour's standard improved dramatically? Or has ours dropped? -
we lost?
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We won...just a closer affair than expected..
There were the host...It's always difficult playing against the host..
Nevertheless, good kick in the butt for the national polo team.. -
if i am not wrong water polo and bodybuilding are 2 of the sports we always dominated.
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It's always a very tough competition when competing with Philippines. Last SEA Games we also won by the same scoreline 7-6. And this year they are the host. The water polo guys sure need some commendation...Originally posted by RSP:We won...just a closer affair than expected..
There were the host...It's always difficult playing against the host..
Nevertheless, good kick in the butt for the national polo team.. -
I thought the last sea games we whipped Philippines and nearly lost to MY? That sparked the post game fracas between the MY twins and our players.Originally posted by kelong70:It's always a very tough competition when competing with Philippines. Last SEA Games we also won by the same scoreline 7-6. And this year they are the host. The water polo guys sure need some commendation... -
Singapore is going for gold again this year for sure...
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news reported they won the gold this morning.
am i right? -
but the dethroning will be more devastating the next time
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When that happens, then we start getting foreign talent to replace those local ones who lost the crown lor.Originally posted by sgboy2004:but the dethroning will be more devastating the next time
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Originally posted by charlize:When that happens, then we start getting foreign talent to replace those local ones who lost the crown lor.
