Spring Home Tourneys
Men, women spotlight polo at Northwestern in March, National and international superstars come in April

In consecutive weekends in March, both Northwestern's men's and

Kori Touton (3) looks to pass the ball, with Heather Walenga waiting. Photo courtesy of Women's Water Polo

women's teams will spotlight their obscure sport for the masses with tournaments at home in Evanston.

A month later, April 25-27, elite men's teams from around the world, including the New York Athletic Club, and will compete in the annual Wacker Cup, at Northwestern.

Men
On March 8, Northwestern's men's team will play three games in a

Matt Krzmienski passes the ball during warmups at Purdue. Photo by Joshua Cole

round-robin tournament. Three other teams will play, and each team will play every other team once, for a total of six games during the day. Currently, Illinois accepted an invitation, and other teams are pending.

"A lot of people haven't seen water polo, so this is a great chance for them to watch our games," said captain Joshua Cole. "It will be great for us, too, because I love playing polo and there are few tournaments in the winter in spring, since our season is in the fall.

"This is a good fundraiser, and this will also give us more focus on off-season training so we can be ready in the fall."

Women
On March 14-16, Northwestern's women's team will have its annual Wilcat Invitational. At last year's tournament, Northwestern finished second out of eight teams.

Teams that have accepted an invitation:

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