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sports
Beach goes 3-0
at Invite
Staff reports
Long Beach State
won three matches Saturday and advanced to the championship
bracket of the Long Beach Invitational women's water polo
tournament played at the Campus Pool.
LBSU, which had a 15-9 record following the three victories,
opened with a 14-4 win over UC Santa Cruz before beating Arizona
State, 15-3. The Beach closed its day with a 14-6 defeat of
Cal State Bakersfield.
Angelica Garcia led The Beach with eight goals on the day,
and Roberta Stewart added five. Nine different LBSU players
scored in the first two games, and seven in the final contest.
The 49ers used four different goalies during the matches,
with Bri Hawkins leading the pack with 10 saves.
LBSU advanced to play San Diego State in a semifinal match
Sunday with the winner playing for the title against the winner
of USC/UC San Diego. The losers of the semifinals played for
third-place. Results of all matches Sunday will be in Tuesday's
edition of the Forty-Niner.
In a nonconference match Thursday, Stewart scored with nine
seconds left in the second overtime as The Beach beat visiting
Loyola Marymount, 7-6. Garcia had four goals, including one
with 1:26 left in regulation that sent the game to overtime.
Hawkins had 16 saves and held LMU scoreless for 10:23 at one
point.
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