Posted on: Monday, August 23, 2004
Arpin lifts Canadians to win in water polo
Advertiser Staff
ATHENS, Greece — Former University of Hawai'i All-American Marie-Luc Arpin scored two goals to help Canada beat Kazakhstan, 10-4, yesterday and capture seventh place in the Olympic women's water polo competition.
Susan Gardiner, Cora Campbell and Johanne Begin also scored two goals for Canada, which led 6-1 at halftime.
Svetlana Koroleva scored all four goals for Kazakhstan. At the last Olympics, Canada defeated Kazakhstan to take fifth in a six-team tournament.
Czech Republic beats New Zealand, 74-57
Former University of Hawai'i All-Western Athletic Conference guard Tania (Brunton) Tupu scored five points and had a rebound for New Zealand.
Tupu also played on the Kiwi team that won just one game at its first Olympics in Sydney, finishing 11th. New Zealand finished pool play 2-3 here and advances to a Wednesday quarterfinal against unbeaten Australia.
Gina Farmer led New Zealand with 19 points and Angela Marino added 18.
Athens2004.com contributed to this report
It was a game Canada probably should not have been part of, considering it beat pool-play winner USA. But the top four teams were so tight the Canadians missed out on the medal round.
Marie-Luc Arpin
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL
Czech Republic captain Hana Machova scored 21 points and grabbed eight rebounds and six steals to lead her team to a 74-57 victory over New Zealand.
Tania (Brunton) Tupu
