LBSU polo on break

By Jeff Dusing
Daily Forty Niner

Long Beach State's men's water polo team is on a two-week break from league play while Head Coach Rick Azevedo is in Sydney to watch his son play at the Olympics.

Even though no games are scheduled until UC Santa Barbara visits campus Oct. 7, the 49ers will continue to train under the tutelage of Azevedo's assistants.

"We're going to continue to work on our transition game, and we'll also be spending a lot of time lifting weights to try to build up our strength," Team Captain Chris Segesman said.   "We're only at 20 percent of where we should be."

After placing seventh last weekend at the Southern California Tournament, the team will work on skills and strategies during the break.

"We didn't necessarily expose ourselves to any weaknesses this weekend, but we noticed a few areas that we can improve," said junior Rick Bejune. "The only major concern is our counter defense. That we hope to work on a lot over the next two weeks.