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Beach splits at
Stanford
By Ben Dimapindan
On-line Forty-Niner
The first day of
action at the NorCal Tournament, held Saturday at Stanford
University, mirrored the success ? and lack thereof ? that
has followed the Long Beach State men's water polo team this
season.
The sixth-ranked 49ers (3-3) defeated Pacific, 13-6, but fell
short against second-ranked UCLA, 10-8, on the first day of
the tournament, repeating their Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
results against the two teams earlier this season.
In its first game Saturday, LBSU relied on a full-scale offensive
attack to overwhelm the defense of No. 11 Pacific.
Seven different 49ers fired the ball into the net, including
three apiece from senior defenseman Aaron Holloway and senior
driver Scott Miller. Miller led all LBSU scorers on the day
with a total of five goals.
Also, with four-goal outbursts for LBSU in the second and
third quarters plus six saves from senior goalie Brett Adolph,
The Beach forged an easy road to the 13-6 rout of the Tigers
(2-7).
In Saturday's second game, the 49ers were neck-and-neck with
two-time defending NCAA champion UCLA throughout most of the
match, until the Bruins (7-1) staved off an upset with clutch
goals late in the game.
The Beach matched the Bruins goal for goal throughout the
first three quarters behind Miller's two scores and two more
coming from senior two-meter man Chris Segesman.
However, UCLA outscored LBSU 3-2 late in the game to seal
the10-8 victory.
"We beat Pacific and lost to UCLA, [so] we're looking
to finish in fifth place [Sunday]," LBSU Head Coach Rick
Azevedo said.
In addition, Segesman, who scored a total of four goals Saturday,
inched closer to becoming the seventh all-time leading scorer
at LBSU. Segesman was at 136 goals as of Saturday, while former
49er Scott Weir, who is seventh on the all-time list, had
142 in his career.
The results of Sunday's games from the NorCal Tournament will
be in Tuesday's On-line Forty-Niner
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