2003
California Community Colleges
Commission on
Athletics
Water Polo Championships
Presented by California Zones of USA Water Polo
Hosted by Solano College
WOMEN’S and MEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS
November 22, 2003
Women’s Championship Game (12:00 pm)
– S1 Long Beach vs. S2 Golden
West College
1 2 3 4 - Final
Long
Beach 4 3 3 4 - 14
Golden
West 1 1 2 3 - 7
Scoring
First
quarter: Corry (GWC) 5:44, Prine (LBCC) 4:17,
Morales (LBCC) 3:15, Rueda (LBCC) 2:35,
Barth (LBCC) 1:07
Second
quarter: Apaing (GWC) 3:40,
Barth (LBCC) 3:10,
Prine (LBCC) 1:27, Soria
(LBCC) 0:04
Third
quarter: Soria (LBCC) 5:52,
Williams (GWC) 5:25, Soria (LBCC) 4:58,
Angstadt (GWC) 2:29, Rueda
(LBCC) 0:52
Fourth
quarter: Rueda (LBCC) 6:32,
Barth (LBCC) 5:39,
Cardenas (GWC) 5:02, Prine (LBCC) 4:53,
Cardenas (GWC) 4:27, Morales (LBCC)
2:28, Cardenas (GWC) 0:50
Goals:
Long Beach – Soria
3, Rueda 3, Barth 3, Prine 3, Morales 2; Golden West – Cardenas 3, Corry 1, Apaing 1,
Williams 1, Angstadt 1
Shots:
Long Beach 24 ,
Golden West 30
Saves:
Wendell (LBCC) 4, Hayes (LBCC) 7, Rixe (GWC) 5
Records:
Long Beach 30-1, Golden West 26-5
Referees:
Greg Boyer, Mark Despars
Notes:
Long Beach captures its first
women’s water polo state title. Four Long Beach
players tallied 3 goals (Soria, Rueda,
Prine, Barth). Long Beach
head coach Chris Oeding was named Women’s Coach of
the Year by the CCCWPCA.
Men’s Championship Game (1:15 pm) – N1 West
Valley College
vs. S1 Golden West
1 2 3 4 - Final
West
Valley 1 2 2 3 - 8
Golden
West 2 1 1 2 - 6
Scoring
First
quarter: Petrovic (GWC) 3:52, McConnell (GWC) 2:39, Desai (WVC) 0:47
Second
quarter: Rudenko (WVC) 4:57,
Azarenok (WVC) 4:08,
Budnick (GWC) 3:10
Third
quarter: Danna (GWC) 3:54,
Powell (WVC) 2:29, Azarenok (WVC) 0:26
Fourth
quarter: Dixon (WVC) 6:00, Desai (WVC) 4:15, McConnell (GWC) 3:47,
Dixon (WVC) 1:19, McConnell (GWC) 0:52
Goals:
West Valley
– Azarenok 2, Desai 2, Dixon
2, Rudenko 1, Powell 1; Golden West – McConnell 3, Petrovic 1,
Budnick 1, Danna 1
Shots:
West Valley
19, Golden West 35
Saves:
Sheredy (WVC) 14, Randall (GWC) 6
Records:
West Valley
28-2, Golden West 29-1
Referees:
Greg Boyer, Julio Pinto
Notes:
West Valley
collects its third state title, and the first since winning back-to-back
championships in ’98 and ’99. West
Valley’s freshman goalie Mark Sheredy made a tournament-high 14 saves in the championship
match. Golden West head coach Scott
Taylor was named Men’s Coach of the Year by the CCCWPCA.