Tournament Schedule
Long Beach City College hosts the 2011 truWest Battle at the Beach women's water polo tournament this weekend (Oct. 21-22). This year's field features 21 teams, the largest in the history of the tournament. Games will be played at LBCC and nearby Cypress College.
This year's tournament should be the most competitive in the state as ranked teams competing include No. 1 Riverside, No. 2 Golden West, No. 3 LBCC, No. 4 Fullerton, and No. 7 Merced.
Host Long Beach enters the tourney with a 13-6 overall record. The Vikings are coming off an 8-5 South Coast Conference win at Chaffey College on Wednesday.
On Friday at LBCC, the Vikings will open the tournament with a 7 a.m. contest against Cuesta. Long Beach returns to the pool to take on Fullerton at 3:40 p.m.
Directions to: LBCC - The LBCC aquatic center is located on the south side of campus (south of Carson St.) directly accross from the tennis courts. A daily parking permit is required.
Directions to: Cypress
Day 1 Results:
At Cypress
Merced 17, Rio Hondo 5
Pasadena 9, Saddleback 6
Mt. San Antonio 5, Santa Ana 0 (Forfeit)
Rio Hondo 11, Southwestern 6
Pasadena 6, Sierra 5
San Diego Mesa 5, Santa Ana 0 (Forfeit)
Merced 13, Southwestern 1
Saddleback 10, Sierra 8
San Diego Mesa 5, Mt. San Antonio 3
At LBCC
Long Beach 14, Cuesta 5
Golden West 13, Palomar 4
Orange Coast 10, Grossmont 9 (SD OT)
Riverside 9, Cypress 4
Fullerton 11, Cuesta 7
Cerritos 12, Palomar 5
Ventura 5, Grossmont 4
Chaffey 15, Cypress 5
Long Beach 11, Fullerton 9
Golden West 14, Cerritos 8
Orange Coast 16, Ventura 5
Riverside 10, Chaffey 7
Day 2 Results:
At Cypress
Cypress 9, Grossmont 6
Palomar 7, Cuesta 4
Chaffey 10, Ventura 4
Cerritos 6, Fullerton 4
Riverside 11, Orange Coast 8
Golden West 11, Long Beach 5
Cuesta 8, Grossmont 6
Palomar 6, Cypress 5
Fullerton 8, Ventura 5
Cerritos 8, Chaffey 7
Orange Coast 6, Long Beach 3 - 3rd Place Game
Riverside 6, Golden West 5 - Championship Final
At LBCC
Sierra 23, Southwestern 2
Saddleback 15, Rio Hondo 11
Merced 9, Pasadena 5
Sierra 5, Santa An 0 (Forfeit)
Mt. San Antonio 11, Saddleback 8
San Diego Mesa 10, Pasadena 1
Southwestern 5, Santa Ana 0 (Forfeit)
Mt. San Antonio 16, Rio Hondo 6
Merced 11, San Diego Mesa 9