COA Water Polo Championship November 16-18, 2006 Central Aquatics Complex, Fresno, CA An official event of the 2006-07 COA Championship Festival

Day 2, 11/17/06 at Central East Aquatics Complex, Fresno, CA

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

Men's Water Polo
N3 West Valley 11, S1 Golden West 10
S3 Cuesta 9, N1 Santa Rosa 6
N3 West Valley 12, N2 Diablo Valley 6
S2 Long Beach 14, S3 Cuesta 7
S1 Golden West 11, N2 Diablo Valley 9
S2 Long Beach 17, N1 Santa Rosa 10

Saturday’s Line Up
Women’s Third Place Game (10:30 am)
N1 Diablo Valley v. N2 Fresno

Men’s Third Place Game (11:45 am)
S1 Golden West v. S3 Cuesta

Women’s Championship Game (1:00 pm)
S1 Long Beach v. S2 Riverside

Men’s Championship Game (2:15 pm)
S2 Long Beach v. N3 West Valley

Wrap-up
The top two seeds, Golden West and Santa Rosa, lost their opening games, however Golden West recovered to advance to the third place game, while first-time State Tournament participant Santa Rosa was eliminated from the tournament. The third seed from the North, West Valley, won both of its games and advanced to the title game against defending State Champion Long Beach. Golden West will face the South’s third seed, Cuesta, in the third place game.

Men's Preliminary Round

West Valley 11, Golden West 10
1 2 3 4 T
WVC 3 3 3 2 11
GWC 2 1 5 2 10
Scoring
WVC: Chance Vermilyea 2, Jason Kochel 2, Jacob Young 2, Doug Leresche, Jerome Keif 2, Pearce Buckee-Selleck, Ryan Guatschi,
GWC: Jakub Janik 3, Kyle Kruip 2, Mike Dick 2, Marc Janssen, Uros Dzelebdzic, Derrek Danna
Saves
WVC: Shea Colman 10
GWC: David Bodek 5
Game Notes- A Golden West and West Valley game is usually the final game of the State Championships, not the first, but the game lived up to any and all advanced billing. West Valley jumped out to a three goals lead, but the Rustlers, chasing the program’s 20th State Title, battled back and eventually took the lead in the third quarter, 7-6. The two teams traded goals until Jerome Keif scored his first goal of the game with :27 left in the 6:09 in the game for a 10-9 win. Two minutes later the Vikings’ Jacob Young scored his second goal of the contest to provide the game winner and knocked off the top seeded Rustlers.

Cuesta 9, Santa Rosa 6
1 2 3 4 T
Cue 2 3 4 0 9
SRJC 2 2 0 2 6
Scoring
Cue: Mark Stephen 3, Bryan Bughagiar 3, Brett Richesin 2, Ian Starkie
SRJC: Joey Gullikson 4, Thomas Dawson 2
Saves
Cue: Dylan Cox 7
SRJC: Jack Curley 4
Game Notes- The top seeded team from Northern California squad Santa Rosa became the second #1 seed to fall on the first day of the 2006 COA State Championships. The Bear Cubs and the Cuesta Cougars traded goals all the way through the first half, but Cuesta All American Mark Stephen scored in the final minute of the first half to give the Cougars a one-point advantage at the intermission. The Cougars took control of the game by outscoring the Bear Cubs 4-0 in the third quarter. Santa Rosa’s Joey Gullikson scored a pair of goals in the final period, but the Bear Cubs didn’t have enough to complete a comeback in the program’s first ever State Championship appearance.

West Valley 12, Diablo Valley 6
1 2 3 4 T
WVC 3 2 3 4 12
DVC 1 1 3 1 6
Scoring
WVC: Jerome Keif 4, Chance Vermilyea 2, Doug Leresche 2, Mike Cobarrubias, Ryan Guatschi, Jacob Young, John Radvanyi
DVC: Shane Bannowsky 2, Mike Struempf 2, Steven Mayers, Robbie Voss
Saves
WVC: Casey Regehr 8, Ben Hoggan 1
DVC: Itamar Inbar 8
Game Notes- In another upset, that isn’t really an upset, West Valley, the third seed from the North, defeated Diablo Valley, the second seed from the North, to secure a berth in the 2006 State Championship Game. West Valley had been the top ranked team in the North all season long, but a loss to Santa Rosa in the Northern California Regional Semi-finals landed them in the finals spot from the North. The Vikings upset the #1 seed from the South, Golden West, in the tournament opener and their win over NorCal rival Diablo Valley clinched their spot in the title game. The games outcome was never really in doubt as Diablo Valley was not within a goal of West Valley after the first quarter. West Valley’s Jerome Keif led all scorers with four goals and has six goals on the day.

Long Beach 14, Cuesta 7
1 2 3 4 T
Cue 1 3 2 1 7
LBCC 4 4 2 4 14
Scoring
Cue: Mark Stephen 2, Craig Erickson 2, Bryan Bughagiar, Mitch Brewer, Ian Starkie
LBCC: Sam O’Hare 4, Pavle Fillipovic 3, Djoko Radunovic 2, Milos Skaljac 2, Damjan Dudic, Scott Burns, Brian Mattingly
Saves
Cue: Dylan Cox 3, Jacob Lopez 0
LBCC: George Alberson 9
Game Notes- Defending State Champion Long Beach City kept its hopes of a repeat alive by beating Cuesta in their first game of the day. The Cougars ended the first day with a 1-1 record and failed in a bid to reach their first title game since 1990. The Cougars will need a Long Beach to beat Santa Rosa tonight to play in the third place game on Saturday. Long Beach opened a 3-1 lead with a minute left in the first quarter and Cuesta never closed that margin the rest of the game. The Vikings Sam O’Hare led all scorers with four goals in the game for the Vikings. The Vikings went on a 5-1 run to tend the game and move within a game of the title game.

Golden West 11, Diablo Valley 9
1 2 3 4 T
DVC 4 1 0 4 9
GWC 3 2 4 2 11
Scoring
DVC: Shane Bannowsky 3, Mike Struempf 3, Anton Sapozhnikov 3
GWC: Kevin Guerin 4, Kyle Kruip 3, Joe Wood, Ivan Buich, Marc Janssen, Mike Dick
Saves
DVC: Itmar Inbar 10
GWC: Tanner Riley 2, David Bodek 1
Game Notes: Golden West survived its game against Diablo Valley to advance to Saturday’s third place game. The Rustlers outscored the Vikings 4-0 in the third quarter to break open halftime’s 5-5 tie, but Diablo Valley battled back to keep the game at one point until the final seconds. The Rustler’s Kevin Guerin led all scorers with four goals, while the Vikings had three players score a hat trick.

Long Beach 17, Santa Rosa 10
1 2 3 4 T
LBCC 5 4 4 4 17
SRJC 2 5 1 2 10
Scoring
LBCC: Djoko Radunovic 4, Eric Lynton 3, Milos Skaljac 3, Pavle Fillipovic 2, Brian Matingly 2, Brent Dandoy, Sam O’Hare, Brendan Larson,
SRJC: Mark Wilson 3, Joey Gullikson 3, Thomas Dawson, Geoff Peters, Carter Neilson, Marko Nikolic
Saves
LBCC: George Alverson 7
SRJC: Jack Curley 5
Game Notes: Defending State Champion Long Beach advanced to the State Title game for the second straight year after knocking the top seed from Northern California Santa Rosa. The game started with the two teams trading the first four goals, but Long Beach went on a 7-2 run at that point to take control of the game. The Bear Cubs countered with three goals in the last two minutes of the first half to close the gap to 9-7, but the Vikings sealed their fate by scoring three quick goals after the intermission. Santa Rosa’s loss eliminated them from the tournament and sent Cuesta to Saturday’s third place game with Golden West. Long Beach will face West Valley in the title game.