2015 LBCC Women's Water Polo News
The South Coast Conference champion Long Beach City College women’s water polo team had plenty to celebrate after a successful season but can add even more to a growing list of accolades. Sophomore Makenna Oberst (Los Alamitos HS) was named the SCC Player of the Year on her way to All-American and All-Southern California honors while interim head coach Dave Kasa was named the conference’s Coach of the Year to head a list of 12 postseason honors for the Vikings.
A run for a state championship came to an end for the Long Beach City College women’s water polo team following its 10-9 loss to Golden West College in a second-round game of the 2015 Southern California Regional Championships.
The South Coast Conference champion Long Beach City College women’s water polo team has received the No. 5 seed for this weekend Southern California Regional Championship tournament. The three-day event runs November 12-14 at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut.
Sophomore Makenna Oberst (Los Alamitos HS/Concordia University-Irvine) scored a team-high three goals while freshman goalie Felicia DePalma (St. Joseph HS) totaled nine saves to help the Long Beach City College women's water polo team defeat top-seeded Mt. San Antonio College 8-6 in the championship final of the South Coast Conference tournament on Saturday at Cerritos College.
The Long Beach City College women's water polo team earned its first shutout in the history of the program as the Vikings closed out the regular season on Wednesday with a 20-0 South Coast Conference win over visiting El Camino College.
The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team picked up two wins out of four games over the weekend (Oct. 23-24) at the 18th annual TruWest Battle at Beach tournament.
Long Beach City College hosts the 18th annual truWest Battle at the Beach women's water polo tournament starting on Friday. The two-day tourney runs October 23-24 and will be played at three sites this year – LBCC, Cypress College, and Cerritos College
After leading for most of the game, it took four overtime periods for the Long Beach City College women's water polo team to pull off an amazing 11-10 win at top-ranked Golden West College as part of a LBCC men's and women's sweep in Huntington Beach on Saturday.
Long Beach City College sophomore Caroline Nash scored a game-high four goals while freshman goalie Felicia DePalma (pictured) nearly had a shutout in the Vikings’ 12-2 South Coast Conference win over visiting Chaffey College on Wednesday.
It has been a common theme for the Long Beach City College women’s water polo team recently. The Vikings will fall behind early, only to have a late rally come up short. It was more of the same on Wednesday as LBCC suffered its first South Coast Conference loss, a narrow 7-6 defeat at Mt. San Antonio College.
The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team had a tough weekend in San Luis Obispo as the Vikings went 1-3 at the 17th annual Rabobank Invitational at Cuesta College. LBCC picked up its lone win against Foothill College of Northern California but suffered losses to Golden West College, Santa Barbara City College, and host Cuesta.
After having its seven game winning streak snapped on Saturday against defending state champion Fullerton College, the Long Beach City College women’s water polo team bounced back with a big 16-3 South Coast Conference win at Pasadena City College on Monday.
The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team picked up three wins out of four games at the Mt. San Antonio College Classic and nearly knocked off defending state champion Fullerton College in the process. With their effort, Long Beach improved to 8-2 overall this season.
Long Beach City College sophomore Caroline Nash scored six goals and added two assists to help lead the Vikings to a 23-4 South Coast Conference win at Rio Hondo College on Wednesday.
The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team opened up its home and South Coast Conference schedule in impressive fashion, as the Vikings cruised to a 20-1 win over visiting East Los Angeles College on Wednesday. The victory improved Long Beach to 4-1 overall this season and 1-0 in conference play.
The Long Beach City College women’s water polo team kicked off the 2015 season with an impressive start, picking up three wins in four chances at the Cypress Charger Invitational. Sophomore Makenna Oberst had a big weekend for the Vikings. The Concordia University-Irvine bounce back totaled 15 goals, 12 assists, and seven steals over four contests.