2014 LBCC Men's Water Polo News
Sacramento, CA -- The Golden West College Men's Water Polo team won their 23rd California Community College Athletic Association State Championship on Saturday with a 5-2 win over Long Beach City College in the 2014 CCCAA State Title game held at American River College.
Sacramento, CA -- The Long Beach City College Men's Water Polo team, the reigning California Community College Athletic Association State Champions, will get a chance to defend their State Title on Saturday. Long Beach, the #2 team from the South, outlasted North #1 Diablo Valley College 10-8 in the State Semi-Finals on Friday afternoon.
Two wins are all that stands in the way of the Long Beach City College men’s water polo team from capturing the Vikings’ second straight and 10th overall state championship. Despite falling in the Southern California Regional final on Saturday, LBCC has qualified for the 2014 California Community College Athletic Association (CCCAA) Water Polo State Championship at American River College. The two-day championship event is set for November 21-22 in Sacramento.
Fresh off its South Coast Conference championship final win on Saturday, the defending state champion Long Beach City College men’s water polo team has earned the No. 2 seed for the upcoming Southern California Regional Championships.
The Long Beach City College men's water polo team captured its 13th conference title over the past 15 years thanks to an impressive 19-2 win over Mt. San Antonio College in the championship final of the South Coast Conference tournament on Saturday at Mt. SAC.
Freshmen Max Taylor (Las Vegas, NV) and Jack Sherratt (Servite HS) both scored four goals each in a 28-8 Long Beach City College men’s water polo rout of visiting Los Angeles Trade-Tech College on Wednesday at LBCC.
Sophomore Nathan Pinkney’s (Granite Bay HS) goal in sudden death overtime lifted the Long Beach City College men’s water polo team to a 15-14 win over Golden West College in the championship final of the Golden West Tournament on Saturday.
The defending state champion Long Beach City College men’s water polo team is unbeaten in South Coast Conference play at 3-0 and improved its overall record to 11-2 after its 15-10 win over visiting El Camino College on Wednesday.
Behind three goals from sophomore Marino Fatovic, the defending state champion Long Beach City College men's water polo team beat Diablo Valley College 11-5 in the finals of the Riverside City College Men's Water Polo Tournament on Saturday at the Riverside Aquatics Center.
Sophomore Jack Ellinthorpe had a game-high four goals, while 11 other Vikings scored in a 21-8 South Coast Conference win over visiting Chaffey College on Wednesday.
Long Beach City College water polo and swimming head coach Chris Oeding will return from Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia with a gold medal after helping lead the United States Water Polo Women’s Senior National Team to a 10-6 win over Australia in the championship final of the FINA World Cup on Sunday.