2014 LBCC Women's Water Polo News

Lack of depth finally caught up to the Long Beach City College women’s water polo team as the Vikings suffered a 9-5 loss to Santa Barbara City College in an opening-round game of the 2014 Southern California Regional Playoffs at Citrus College.

The Long Beach City College women's water polo team, who recently finished third at the South Coast Conference Championships, will continue its postseason run as the Vikings are seeded seventh for the upcoming Southern California Regional Championships at Citrus College.

The Long Beach City College women's water polo team came back from a semifinal loss to defeat Cerritos College 13-6 in Saturday's third-place game at the South Coast Conference Championship tournament at Mt. San Antonio College on Saturday.

Freshman Burdette Forsch scored a game-high eight goals to help lead the Long Beach City College women’s water polo team to a 21-4 win over visiting Los Angeles Trade-Tech College on Wednesday’s in the Vikings’ final South Coast Conference game of the regular season.

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.

Long Beach City College is set to host the 17th annual truWest Battle at the Beach women's water polo tournament this Friday and Saturday, October 24-25. This year's field features 21 teams, making it one of the largest community college water polo tournaments in the state. Games will be played at LBCC and nearby Cypress College.

The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team picked up a pair of South Coast Conference wins at home on Wednesday, beating El Camino College 16-5 and East Los Angeles College 10-2. With the victories, Long Beach improved to 13-5 overall and 5-1 in conference play.

The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team had its five-game winning streak come to an end following its 7-2 South Coast Conference loss to the visiting Chaffey College Panthers on Wednesday.

The Long Beach City College women's water polo team continued its perfect start to the 2014 season as the squad moved to 5-0 on Wednesday. Freshman Burdette Forsch scored a game-high five goals to help lead the Vikings to a 16-6 win at Rio Hondo College in their South Coast Conference opener.

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.