Citi California Community Colleges
Commission on Athletics
Water Polo Championship

Day 1, 11/19/04 at Mt San Antonio College, Walnut, CA

Contact: Pete Schuler, Cuesta SID
pschuler@cuesta.edu or 805 546-3211

Women's Water Polo
S3 Golden West 5, N1 Sierra 1
S1 Long Beach 8, N3 Diablo Valley 3
S3 Golden West 5, S2 Riverside 2
N3 Diablo Valley 4, N2 Foothill 3
S2 Riverside 9, N1 Sierra 3
S1 Long Beach 10, N2 Foothill 0

Men’s Water Polo
N1 West Valley 8, S3 Long Beach 7
S1 Golden West 13, N3 Solano 2
S3 Long Beach 12, S2 Cerritos 8
N2 Diablo Valley 9, N3 Solano 8
N1 West Valley 13, S2 Cerritos 7
S1 Golden West 17, N2 Diablo Valley 5

Tomorrow's Line Up

Women’s Championship Game (12:00)
S3 Golden West v. S1 Long Beach
Men’s Championship Game (1:15)
N1 West Valley v. S1 Golden West

Women's Preliminary Round

Golden West 5, Sierra 1
1 2 3 4 T
GWC 2 0 2 1 5
Sie 0 0 1 0 1

Scoring
GWC: Jessica Marr 2, Ivonne Garcia, Geraldine DiTomasso, Julie Zaborowski
Sie: Jacqui Barnett

Saves
GWC: Leah Grocki 9
Sie: Emily Munday 7

The Golden West Rustlers took their first step towards their sixth State Title by knocking off the Northern Region’s top team Sierra. The Rustlers took 2-0 lead over on first quarter goals by Jessica Marr and Julie Zaborowski and those two goals were the difference at the half. The Wolverines scored first after the intermission to narrow the gap to one, but the Rustlers did the rest of the scoring and took home a 5-1 win.

Long Beach 8, Diablo Valley 3
1 2 3 4 T
DVC 1 1 0 1 3
LBCC 3 3 1 1 8

Scoring
DVC: Shelly Dykstra, Michelle Long, Jennelle Palmer
LBCC: Melissa Soria 3, Nicole Carreon, Brittany Absmeir, Danielle O’Toole, Heather Penna, Julie DeLoach

Saves
DVC: Katy Erhardt 6, Katie Browning 1
LBCC: Kim Hayes 6

Defending State Champion Long Beach won its first round game against Diablo Valley without much trouble. The Vikings ran out to a 3-0 thanks to two quick goals by 2004 SoCal MVP Melissa Soria. Diablo Valley couldn’t match up with Long Beach’s size and did not earn a single 6-on-5 power play all game, while Long Beach drew seven. Soria ended the game with three goals and was the only player to score multiple times in the contest. The Vikings are now one step closer to winning their second State Title.

Golden West 5, Riverside 2
1 2 3 4 T
GWC 1 1 1 2 5
RCC 0 0 1 1 2

Scoring
GWC: Jessica Marr 2, Brittany Thornback, Lindsey Williams, Ivonne Garcia
RCC: Stephanie Glendenning, Dayna Van Gorder

Saves
GWC: Leah Grocki 7
RCC: Lauren Williams 8

Golden West College began the weekend as the third seed from the Southern California Region, but with a 5-2 win over Riverside they clinched a spot in the State Title Game at Noon on Saturday. The Rustlers held the Tigers scoreless in the first half and controlled the pace the whole game. The Tigers closed the gap to 3-2 early in the fourth quarter, but with Golden West forcing a frontcourt game and shutting down the fast break they couldn’t complete the comeback. Riverside began the season with a 24-0 record, but they saw their hopes for the program’s first title fade after losing five of their last eight games. The Rustlers will be going for the school’s sixth State Title.

Diablo Valley 4, Foothill 3
1 2 3 4 T
DVC 0 2 1 1 4
Foot 0 0 1 2 3

Scoring
DVC: Shelly Dykstra, Anna Fambrini, Jenna Boll, Christi McCann
Foot: Amy Aguiniga 2, Nikki Snyder

Saves
DVC: Katy Erhardt 8
Foot: Kandice Bearwaldt 6

Diablo Valley avenged a NorCal Regional Championships loss with a 4-3 win over Foothill. The Vikings scored the only two goals of the first half, but the Owls scored three goals over the final eight minutes of the game to tie it with less than a minute to play. The Vikings took the game when Jenna Boll scored with :20 left in the game.

Riverside 9, Sierra 3
1 2 3 4 T
RCC 3 2 3 1 9
Sie 2 0 0 1 3

Scoring
RCC: Katherine Inglett 5, Carolyn Rubio, Dayna Van Gorder, Jinnifer Laumea, Christin Bobebinger
Sie: Madeline Stephenson, Jessica Carroll, Kimberly Moore

Saves
RCC: Lauren Williams 4
Sie: Emily Munday 3

Riverside rallied in its final game of the year to end the season with a win. The Tigers had been the early favorite for the State Title after winning their first 24 games, but they had dropped five of their last eight games heading into tonight’s game with the North’s top team, Sierra. After the first six minutes of play the score was tied at two and then Katherine Inglett scored her second goal of the quarter to give the Tigers a lead they would not relinquish. Inglett ended the game with a team-high five goals in the 9-3 win.

Long Beach 10, Foothill 0
1 2 3 4 T
Foot 0 0 0 0 0
LBCC 3 2 2 3 10

Scoring
Foot:
LBCC: Melissa Soria 4, Kelly Gustaves, Tiffany Oney, Monica Johnson, Kristine Ross, Jessie Oshann, Nicole Carreon

Saves
Foot: Kandice Baerwaldt 11
LBCC: Kim Hayes 4, Miriam Quintella 8

Defending State Champion Long Beach moved into the 2004 title game in impressive form. The Vikings shutout Foothill for a 10-0 win and a chance to become only the second program in State History to have two State Titles in the books. Of course, the Vikings opponents in tomorrow’s title game is the only school to have won more than one title. The Rustlers have six titles in the nine year history of women’s water polo.

Men’s Preliminary Round

West Valley 8, Long Beach 7
1 2 3 4 T
LBCC 2 2 1 2 7
WVC 1 2 2 3 8

Scoring
LBCC: Jake Kinne 2, Byron Bailey 2, Stephen Ward, Matt Bischel, Miljan Colovic
WVC: Mike Dixon 2, Duje Kaurloto 2, Brent Garrett, Jozsef Balczer, Greg Henneman, Stuart Vignau

Saves
LBCC: Matt Evink 19
WVC: Mark Sheredy 16

Defending State Champion West Valley was pushed to the end against Long Beach. The two teams both nicknamed Vikings stayed close all game. Long Beach held leads of 3-1 and 4-2 in the first half, but West Valley was still down only 4-3 at the half. West Valley’s Stephen Ward scored his first two goals in the final two minutes to give his squad an 8-6 lead with a minute left in the contest. Long Beach earned a kick-out with :30 left and Matt Bischel pulled the game within one goal, but West Valley was able to run out the remaining time on the clock for the win.

Golden West 13, Solano 2
1 2 3 4 T
Sol 0 0 2 0 2
GWC 3 4 2 4 13

Scoring
Sol: Tyson Frenn 2
GWC: Brent Danna 3, Reed Honrath 2, Drew Vyn 2, Mike Lee 2, Nick McConnell, Kyle Healy, Sascha Bryan-Zwick, Rory Kelly

Saves
Sol: Adam Phillipe 8
GWC: Matt Sullivan 5

Top-seeded Golden West cruised through its first game of the tournament in a 13-2 win over Solano. The Rustlers rushed out to a 8-0 lead before the Falcons Tyson Frenn drew and scored consecutive penalty throws to get his team on the board and close the gap to 8-2 halfway through the third quarter. The Falcons didn’t score after that as the Rustlers had five different players score the next five goals to clinch the victory.

Long Beach 12, Cerritos 8
1 2 3 4 T
LBCC 1 4 4 3 12
Cerr 1 2 2 3 8

Scoring
LBCC: Stephen Ward 3, Jake Kinne 3, Eric Rossi 2, Byron Bailey 2, Milo Parker, Miljan Colovic
Cerr: Robert Garcia 2, Miguel Ruiz 2, Richard Caldwell 2, Sean Gutierrez 2

Saves
LBCC: Matt Evink 8
Cerr: Elliott Cowens 8

Long Beach and Cerritos split four games this season, with Cerritos winning the last two, but the rubber match was little bit of everything. Familiarity did not breed friendship as there were 23 ejection fouls called and one game major. The score was tied 3-3 with 1:17 left in first half when the Viking’s goalie Matt Evink was ejected for throwing a punch at Cerritos’ Richard Caldwell, who had just evened the game. Evink did not miss any game time because the foul came after the goal.