University of the PACIFIC

Freshman Elise Martin (Calgary, AB, Canada) of Pacific women's water polo team was named the Big West Player of the Week on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Martin earned the distinction for the first time in her career in the orange and black after tallying 10 goals, seven assists, three steals and five field blocks during the Tigers trip to the Aztec Invitational March 12-13.

At the two day tournament Elise had a 2.50 goals per game average in four contests, while scoring 10 of Pacific's 30 goals on the weekend. During the Tigers 9-6 win over No. 18 UC San Diego Martin paced the Tigers when she scored a career high five goals. Elise is currently second on the team in goals (27), assists (21) and steals (20), and leads the team in field blocks with 15.

Collegiate Water Polo Association Top-20 Poll
Despite falling to from No. 19 to No. 20 in the March 9 Collegiate Water Polo Association's (CWPA) national poll, Pacific's women's water polo team has jumped two spots to No. 18 in the latest Top-20 poll released on Wednesday, March 16, 2011. The Tigers achieved their highest ranking of the season after defeating Wagner (8-6), No. 18 UC San Diego (9-6) and Cal State Bakersfield (6-3) at the Aztec Invitational in San Diego, Calif.

In the final weekend of non-conference play, Pacific travels to the Lancer Invite hosted by California Baptist March 18-19. The two day tournament that begins on Friday has Pacific taking on Fresno Pacific, Marist, Occidental and Pomona-Pitzer.

The Tigers open the 2011 Lancer Invite at 12:15 pm on Friday, March 18 against Fresno Pacific.

CWPA Top-20 Poll

Rank	Team	March 9 Poll	Points
1	Stanford University	1	100
2	University of California	2	95
3	University of Southern California	3	91
4	Univeristy of California, Los Angeles	4(T0	85
5	University of Hawaii	4(T)	80
6	Loyola Marymount University	6	75
7	University of Michigan	7(T)	68
8	Arizona State University	7(T)	67
9	San Jose State University	10	61
10	Long Beach State University	11	51
11	San Diego State University	9	50
12	University of California, Irvine	12	43
13	Indiana University	17	42
14	University of California, Santa Barbara	13	34
15	Hartwick College	14	32
16	University of California, Davis	15	28
17	California State University, Northridge	16	21
18(T)	University of the Pacific	20	10
18(T)	Princeton University	RV	10
20	Iona College	RV	5
RV	Colorado State University	RV	3
RV	California State University, East Bay	RV	2
RV	University of California, San Diego	18	2
RV	California Baptist University	RV	1
RV	Harvard Univeristy	NR	1