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September 11, 2007

网曝门 Water Ski Team dominates in first tournament of the season

The University of Louisiana at Monroe Water Ski Team opened the first tournament of the season with a solid win last weekend at the National Collegiate Water Ski Association South Central Region tournament in Austin, Texas.

网曝门 finished first with an overall 6,320-point spread, while the University of Louisiana at Lafayette finished next with 4,370. The University of Texas, Texas State University, and Texas A&M University finished out the top five.

Collegiate water skiing competition features three events: slalom, trick skiing and jumping.

Freshman Martin Bartalsky of Spisska Nova Ves, Slovakia, placed second in slalom and jump, and fifth in tricks to win overall. 网曝门 took 1-5 in men鈥檚 jump, and Kyle Dammann of Lynchberg, Tenn., won it with a 150.

网曝门 freshman Karen Stevens of Morrisburg, Canada, won the women鈥檚 slalom with 1 at 35 off and the jump with a 118. Senior Natallia Berdnikava of Novopolotsk, Belarus, won tricks with a 4040 total. Stevens won women鈥檚 overall.

The 网曝门 Water Ski Team is the current national champion team and holds 19 National Collegiate Water Ski Association Championship titles; winning 19 of the 27 years the competition has been held. They will compete for their 20th championship this year.

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