Picture story by Vanessa Lim/Red Sports

National University of Singapore, Sunday, July 11, 2010 — The National University of Singapore (NUS) fell to Korea National Sport University (KNSU) 4-7 in the 1st Asian Universities Water Polo Championships.

With this loss, NUS are now second in group A behind KNSU and will play against Group B winners Waseda University in the semi-finals. Waseda won all of their three group games.

In other games involving the Singapore varsities, the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) lost to Peking University Founder Technology College (PUFTC) 6-12 and the NUS women’s team lost 2-26 to Namangan National University.

The Singapore Management University men’s team conceded their match against Waseda University in a walkover.

Asian Universities Water polo championship

Penalty shot taken by Marcus Goh (NUS #9) goes past the keeper and finds the back of the net. (Photo 1 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

Li Shenghao (NUS #6) and Park Jeong Min (KNSU #11) battle for possession of the ball. (Photo 2 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

Song Won Ho (KNSU #2) knocking the ball away from Lin Diyan (NUS #4). (Photo 3 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

Willis Lin (NUS #5) pushing past a KNSU player. (Photo 4 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

Marcus Goh (NUS #9) looking for an open teammate. (Photo 5 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

Zhang Xuanchao (PUFTC #3) fails to stop an NTU player from passing. (Photo 6 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

Yao Xiang (NTU #8) scores. (Photo 7 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

PUFTC’s defense stops NTU from adding another point to the board. (Photo 8 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

Dale Lai (NTU #3) keeping the ball away from Zhang Yang (PUFTC #8). (Photo 9 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)

Asian Universities Water polo championship

The ball slips past PUFTC’s keeper into the net. (Photo 10 © Vanessa Lim/Red Sports)