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

Day 3, 11/18/06 at Central East Aquatics Complex, Fresno, CA

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

Women’s Championship Game
S1 Long Beach 6, S2 Riverside 5 (overtime)

Men’s Championship Game
S2 Long Beach 7, N3 West Valley 4

Women’s Third Place Game
N1 Diablo Valley, 11 N2 Fresno 7

Men’s Third Place Game
S3 Cuesta 9, S1 Golden West 8 (overtime)

2006 Women’s All State Tourney Team
MVP- Ashling Taylor, Long Beach
Kristin Swart, Long Beach
Samantha Sears, Long Beach
Brittany Honny, Riverside
Melissa deJonckheere, Riverside
Jenna Casady, Diablo Valley
Nathalie Olveda, Fresno City
Anne Scott, American River
Kassie Mann, Golden West

2006 Men’s All State Tournament Team
MVP- Milos Skaljac, Long Beach
Pavle Fillipovic, Long Beach
George Alberson, Long Beach
Jerome Keif, West Valley
Chance Vermilyea, West Valley
Brett Richesin, Cuesta
Kyle Kruip, Golden West
Joey Gullikson, Santa Rosa
TBA, Diablo Valley

Women's Water Polo- Prelims (11/16)
S1 Long Beach 16, N3 American River 6
N1 Diablo Valley 7, S3 Golden West 6
N2 Fresno 11, American River 9
S2 Riverside 11, S3 Golden West 3
S1 Long Beach 11, N2 Fresno 1
S2 Riverside 10, N1 Diablo Valley 4

Men's Water Polo- Prelims (11/17)
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

Men’s Championship Game:
Long Beach 7, West Valley 4
1 2 3 4 T
WVC 2 0 2 0 4
LBCC 4 1 1 1 7
Scoring
WVC: Jason Kochel 2, Jacob Young, Jerome Keif
LBCC: Brian Mattingly 3, Milos Skaljac 2, Sam O’Hare, Damjan Dudic
Saves
WVC: Shea Colman 3, Casey Regher 6
LBCC: George Alberson 13
Game Notes- Long Beach successfully defended its 2005 State Title by beating West Valley 7-4. The defending Champions jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the first quarter and were able to maintain that advantage nearly the entire game. West Valley, the improbable third seed from the North, pulled within two goals twice, but could not close the gap. Long Beach Goalie George Alberson kept West Valley from getting back in the game with a tournament-high 13 saves in the goal.

Women's Championship Game
Long Beach 6, Riverside 5 (overtime)
1 2 3 4 1 2 T
RCC 1 2 1 1 0 0 5
LBCC 1 2 2 0 0 1 6
Scoring
RCC: Tiffany Strickland, Melissa deJonckheere, Rylee Scheid, Brittany Koralewski, Teresa Fleming
LBCC: Ashling Taylor 2, Samantha Sears 2, Kristin Swart, Amber Rodriguez
Saves
RCC: Jessica McLaughlin 8
LBCC: Lauren Taggart 6
Game Notes- In a rematch of the 2005 State Title game Riverside and Long Beach squared up again for another overtime game, however this year the title went to Long Beach. The Vikings and Tigers met five times this year and all of them were in tournament finals. Riverside won the first three meetings with solid wins, but Long Beach snapped the Tigers 32-game winning streak with a one-point win at the Southern California Regional Finals and again in today’s State Finals. The win gave Long Beach its third State Title of the last three seasons and this season marked the Vikings fifth straight trip to the State Title game. 2006 Southern California Player of the Year Ashling Taylor scored the winning goal on a fast break with two minutes left in the second overtime.

Women's Third Place Game
Diablo Valley 11, Fresno 7
1 2 3 4 T
FCC 1 1 1 4 7
DVC 3 2 2 4 11
Scoring
FCC: Nathalie Olveda 4, Jennie Brough 2, Katie Bayliss
DVC: Julia Moruza 4, Jenna Casady 3, Mary Kennedy 3, AnneMarie Scott,
Saves
FCC: Katy Santos 5
DVC: Veronica Campbell 7, Kelly Caldwallader 2
Game Notes- Diablo Valley took control of the game right away and never let the hometown Fresno Rams back into the game. The Vikings increased their lead every quarter before both teams lit up the scoreboard for four goals in the final period. Sophomore Jenna Casady scored three goals for the Vikings today and also scored a pair in their win over Golden West that vaulted them into the third place game. Casady was named to the 2006 All State Tournament team.

Men's Third Place Game
Cuesta 9, Golden West 8 (overtime)
1 2 3 4 1 2 T
Cue 1 2 1 3 1 1 9
GWC 2 1 2 2 0 1 8
Scoring
Cue: Brett Richesin 3, Mark Stephen 2, Craig Erickson 2, Bryan Bughagiar, Mitch Brewer
GWC: Marc Janssen 3, Uros Dzelebdzic 2, Kevin Guerin, Jared Luth, Derrek Danna
Saves
Cue: Dylan Cox 8
GWC: Randell Smothers 8
Game Notes- The Cuesta Cougars beat Golden West for the first time since 1992 to claim third place in the 2006 COA State Championships. A Cuesta goal off a direct throw by Craig Erickson with :43 left in regulation sent the game to overtime where the Cougars outscored the Rustlers 2-1. Brett Richesin’s third goal of the game clinched the win for the Cougars with :58 seconds left. The Rustlers entered the tournament as the top team from the North, but losses to West Valley on the first day coupled with today’s loss and a close win over Diablo Valley left the Rustlers in fourth place and kept them from adding to their State leading 19 State Championships.