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Seniors go out
on top
By Ben Dimapindan
On-line Forty-Niner
For seven seniors
on the Long Beach State men's water polo team, Saturday's
contest against UC Santa Barbara was their final home game.
They electrified the home crowd at the 49er Campus Pool one
last time and went out just how they wanted to -- on top.
No. 5 LBSU outscored No. 10 UCSB, 7-2, in the second and third
quarters en route to a 13-8 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation
victory that ran the team's win streak to six games.
The Beach offense opened sluggishly, but junior defenseman
Aaron Holloway kept the 49ers in the game with a pair of goals
in the first quarter.
LBSU (12-6, 4-4 MPSF) regained their usual form in the second
quarter and pulled ahead, 6-4, scoring three goals as a result
of good ball movement.
"When Holloway [was out with foul trouble], the guys
really stepped up and delivered when they had to," 49er
Head Coach Rick Azevedo said. "We basically switched
systems a little bit. They were expecting one thing and we
were playing something else. That opened up the game real
quick."
LBSU put the Gauchos (7-10, 2-6 MPSF) away in the third quarter
with a four-goal explosion that gave The Beach a 10-5 advantage.
The run was highlighted by senior two-meter man Chris Segesman's
thrilling final goal as a 49er.
Segesman seized the ball in UCSB territory, streaked up the
length of the pool and fired the ball into the net on a one-on-one
situation against Gaucho goalie Trevor Spence.
"I thought 'this is a blessing,'" Segesman said.
"I was surprised the ball was just sitting there. I saw
the opening and knew I was going to just take it to the cage."
In addition to Saturday's victory, the 49ers defeated No.
8 Loyola Marymount, 5-2, in a nonconference road game Thursday.
Segesman led the way for LBSU with three goals.
The Beach returns to action Nov. 23-25 at the MPSF Championships
in Berkeley, where the 49ers should be seeded No. 5 in the
nine-team tournament.
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