Women’s Water Polo: Vikings finish third at LBCC Battle at the Beach tournament

The LBCC Women's Water Polo is 16-8 overall heading into its final two regular-season games on Wednesday (Photo by Chris Ruiz)
The LBCC Women's Water Polo is 16-8 overall heading into its final two regular-season games on Wednesday (Photo by Chris Ruiz)

The Long Beach City College women's water polo team went 3-1 over the weekend and defeated Orange Coast College 10-8 on Saturday in the third-place game of the 17th Annual truWest Battle at the Beach tournament.

On Saturday morning, LBCC suffered an 18-7 loss to Fullerton College in the semifinals. But on Friday, the Vikings earned narrow wins of 10-9 over Cuesta College and 11-10 against Grossmont College to advance to the semis.

The Long Beach women are 16-8 overall and 5-2 in South Coast Conference play. On Wednesday (Oct. 29), LBCC will host Los Angeles Trade-Tech in a SCC game at 3 p.m. before heading to Golden West College for a 7 p.m. non-conference game to close out the regular-season schedule.

Day 1 Results
At Cypress:
Gm 1: Saddleback 18, Cerritos 8
Gm 2: Sierra 8, Citrus 3
Gm 3: LA Valley 11, Rio Hondo 8
Gm 4: Saddleback 11, Cypress 10 (OT)
Gm 5: Sierra 13, Pasadena 7
Gm 6: Southwestern 17, Rio Hondo 14
Gm 7: Cypress 12, Cerritos 10
Gm 8: Citrus 15, Pasadena 4
Gm 9: LA Valley 16, Southwestern 8

At LBCC: 
Gm 10: Long Beach 10, Cuesta 9 
Gm 11: Fullerton 16, Chaffey 2
Gm 12: Riverside 15, Mt. San Antonio 7
Gm 13: Golden West 10, Palomar 7
Gm 14: Grossmont 15, Cuesta 7
Gm 15: Fullerton 15, San Diego Mesa 5
Gm 16: Riverside 20, Ventura 8
Gm 17: Orange Coast 9, Golden West 8 (SD-OT)
Gm 18: Long Beach 11, Grossmont 10
Gm 19: San Diego Mesa 6, Chaffey 4
Gm 20: Mt. San Antonio 15, Ventura 9
Gm 21: Orange Coast 12, Palomar 11 

Day 2 Results
At Cypress:
Gm 22: Cuesta 6, Chaffey 3
Gm 23: Palomar 12, Ventura 5
Gm 24: Grossmont 13, San Diego Mesa 3
Gm 25: Mt. San Antonio 10, Golden West 8
Gm 26: Fullerton 18, Long Beach 7
Gm 27: Riverside 18, Orange Coast 8
Gm 28: Chaffey 8, Ventura 4 (11th place)
Gm 29: Cuesta 16, Palomar 2 (9th place)
Gm 30: Golden West 8, San Diego Mesa 4 (7th place)
Gm 31: Grossmont 16, Mt. San Antonio 11 (5th place)
Gm 32: Long Beach 10, Orange Coast 8 (3rd place)
Gm 33: Fullerton 10, Riverside 8 (Championship Final)

At LBCC:
Gm 34: Cerritos 14, Rio Hondo 12
Gm 35: Cypress 11, Southwestern 6
Gm 36: LA Valley 11, Saddleback 8
Gm 37: Cerritos 22, Pasadena 13
Gm 38: Cypress 9, Citrus 5
Gm 39: Saddleback 14, Sierra 7
Gm 40: Rio Hondo 14, Pasadena 7
Gm 41: Citrus 8, Southwestern 2
Gm 42: LA Valley 12, Sierra 6