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Raider Water Polo came to the 1999 PowerBar Cup from South Florida to win.
Host Dynamo WPC wanted to play as many players as possible and finish with
both teams in the top four of this eight team tournament. While both teams
would realize their goals, no one could have guessed how they would get
there during the tournament, held in the Dynamo Swim Center "Dynadome" in
Atlanta.
Round robin play on Saturday ran true to form with one alarming exception:
the 17-9 pounding that Raleigh CAPS gave to Dynamo Green, one of the host
team's split squad entries. Under the direction of coach Matt Finnergan,
Raleigh CAPS has shown steady improvement over the past three years, and
this decisive win established a bench mark for their future. It also meant
that Raleigh would play top-seeded Raider for the PowerBar championship on
Sunday.
"With the Raleigh win, our plan for Sunday was a little off," reflected
Dynamo head coach Stephen Andreades after the tournament. "We built our two
teams to have the best chance of advancing both into the medal round of the
PowerBar, but didn't think we'd play ourselves," Andreades continued.
In an ironic twist of fate, the 3rd place game between the Dynamo Green and
Dynamo Gold squads would end in a 12-12 tie. "This is for the best," smiled
club veteran John Testa afterwards "because one team would never hear the
end of it otherwise."
The struggle to determine the 1999 PowerBar Cup champions began at high
noon. Raider took control 4-1 in the first quarter, including converting a
penalty shot and one of two power plays.
Half-time saw an even wider Raider margin at 6-2 with two for two on power plays.
Just into the third period, Raleigh lost John Miller, one of its best
players for the game and the die seemed cast. Raleigh lost team "tough guy"
Gordon Adelsberg in the fourth. Adelsberg had taken an elbow to the face on
Saturday and had ten stiches in his right eyebrow for the championship game.
Raleigh hung tough and played well, scoring three of its six goals in the
fourth. Raider's experience and balance was too much, however, as they
hoisted the PowerBar Cup, winning 9-6.
For the second year in a row, Raider was crowned champion of the PowerBar
Cup. Also repeating was tournament MVP Jeff Doyle, goalie for the Raleigh
CAPS. Both received $50 worth of PowerBar products. Raider seemed most
excited about the quick shots of PowerGel, but Jeff was clearly most
interested in as many of the new Vanilla Crisp PowerBars as his $50 credit
would buy. His Raleigh team enjoyed an additional $25 PowerBar credit for
their second place finish.
| Saturday: | Time: |
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| Dynamo Green 27 - ART 4 | 8:00 am |
| Raleigh 20 - Raider B 2 | 9:00 am |
| Raider A 24 - Columbus 8 | 10:00 am |
| Charlotte 11 - Dynamo Gold 14 | 11:00 am |
| Dynamo Green 20 - Raider B 1 | 12:00 noon |
| Raleigh 21 - ART 2 | 1:00 pm |
| Raider A 16 - Dynamo Gold 12 | 2:00 pm |
| Charlotte 5 - Columbus 0 | 3:00 pm |
| Dynamo Green 9 - Raleigh 17 | 4:00 pm |
| ART 2 - Raider B 14 | 5:00 pm |
| Raider A 17 - Charlotte 7 | 6:00 pm |
| Columbus 12 - Dynamo Gold 15 | 7:00 pm |
| Sunday: | Time: |
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| ART 5 - Columbus 0 (7th) | 9:00 am |
| Charlotte 16 - Raider B 4 (5th) | 10:00 am |
| Dynamo Green 12 - Dynamo Gold 12 (3rd) | 11:00 am |
| Raider 9 - Raleigh 6 (1st) | 12:00 noon |
- Raider A
- Raleigh CAPS
- Dynamo Green (t)
- Dynamo Gold (t)
- Charlotte Sharks
- Raider B
- Atlanta Rainbow Trout
- Columbus (OH)
- Jeff Doyle (G), Raleigh CAPS
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Latest Headlines:
5/21/08 - Dynamo drops 4, wins 1 at Tampa Thunder Invitational. 
Thundered in Tampa
5/20/08 - Dynamo Water Polo officially embraces the Masters Water Polo concept and the age brackets that come along with it.
4/13/08 - Dynamo runs through their bracket with wins over Washington, Charlotte and FSU, only to lose by one in the tournament final, 6-5, to Illinois at the 2008 Dogwood Invitational.
4/6/08 - The tournament's two best teams ended up in the same bracket and Florida International got the best of Dynamo in what the tournament referees called "...the best game of the weekend."
2/17/08 - The Dynamo Water Polo Club retained PowerBar as its primary sponsor for 2008 & 2009. The club started its relationship with PowerBar in 1992, so 2008 marks the 16th year of the mutually beneficial combination. Over the newly inked two year committment, Dynamo will receive support in the form of PowerBar products, hats, shirts, banners, etc, plus the opportunity to generate extra club revenue when Dynamo helps to get the PowerBar name in front of others through media, online and athlete exposure. Dynamo proudly looks forward to hosting the 10th Annual PowerBar Cup August 23rd and 24th at the Chamblee, Georgia home of the Dynamo Swim Club.
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