California Community College Water Polo

State Championships - Day 1

Men's Scores

 

Men's Water Polo- Friday Scores
S1 Golden West 18, N3 American River 5
N1 West Valley 15, S3 Riverside 9
N2 Santa Rosa 7, N3 American River 6
S2 Cuesta 14, S3 Riverside 11
S1 Golden West 15, N2 Santa Rosa 4
N1 West Valley 10, S2 Cuesta 2

Saturday Women's Game Schedule:        
8:00am  S1 Riverside vs N3 Fresno
9:20am  N1 American River vs S3 Chaffey
12:00pm         N2 Santa Rosa vs N3 Fresno
1:20pm  S2 Long Beach vs S3 Chaffey
4:00pm  S1 Riverside vs N2 Santa Rosa
5:20pm  N1 Amer. River vs S2 Long Beach

Wrap-up
The top two seeds, Golden West and West Valley advanced to Sunday’s title game to continue the battle for the State.  The Rustlers have won 19 State Title, the most of any program, but West Valley has won five titles in the last decade.  The two teams have already played two great games this year, both won by Golden West, but Sunday will be the final decider.  The third place game is set with the #2-seed from each region squaring off.  Cuesta will represent the South and Santa Rosa the North.  The two teams met on the first day last year with Cuesta winning and eventually taking third place. 
       
Men's Preliminary Round

Golden West 18, American River 5
                1       2       3       4       T
ARC             1       0       3       1       5
GWC             3       7       3       5       18
Scoring
ARC: Sebastian Cordoba, Chris Maldonado, Alex Newcomb, Robert Blakely, Anthony Hieland
GWC: Thomas Kruip 4, Kyle Kruip 3, Kuba Janik 2, Alex Donovan, Michael Tanney, Sam Gonzalez, Tim Abbes, Henrique Moniz, Emilio Vieira, Jakub Bednarek, Scott Coburn, Mike Dick
Saves
ARC:Ryan Laskowski 6
GWC: Brett Giery 2, Randal Smothers 2, Toby Devine 2
Game Notes- Top-seeded Golden West left no doubt of the outcome of this game.  Last year the Rustlers lost the opening game to the #3 seed from the North, West Valley, but with a 10-1 first half lead they were not challenged this year.  The Rustlers were able to rest their bench emptied their bench using three goalies and receiving goals from a dozen players. 

West Valley 15, Riverside 9
                1       2       3       4       T
RCC             3       2       1       3       9
WVC             5       1       3       6       15
Scoring
RCC: Mitchell Dillon 3, Chris Knowles 2, Srdan Millic 2, Thomas Kocher, Jordan McMorris
WVC: Sefa Tuiasau 3, Fabian Wanrooji 3, Patrick Van Der Linde 2, Matt Golden 2, Jason Kochel, Brandon Babot, Michael Rogers, Victor Bautista, Justin Shost
Saves
RCC: Jesse Owens 7, Kevin Hardesty 1
WVC: Casey Regehr 10
Game Notes- Riverside hung close to West Valley for three quarters, but the Vikings were just biding their time.  West Valley took a 4-2 lead early in the first quarter and maintained that lead until the Tigers tied them at 6-6 early in the third quarter.  Once Riverside tied the game the Vikings shifted into another gear and scored eight of the next nine goals over the next ten minutes to put the game out of reach. 


Santa Rosa 7, American River 6
                1       2       3       4       T
ARC             3       1       0       2       6
SRJC            1       1       4       1       7
Scoring
ARC: Marton Toth 4, Sebastian Cordoba, Rory Collinwood
SRJC: Lance Morrison 2, Joey Doyal 2, Todd Hazen, Ted Cotter, Dylan Love
Saves
ARC: Ryan Laskowski 9
SRJC: Aaron Hansen 6
Game Notes- The Bear Cubs turned a two-point half-time deficit into a two-point advantage by outscoring American River 4-0 in the third quarter.  The Beavers’ Marton Toth scored two of his game-high four goals in the fourth quarter to tie the game, but with two and half minutes left to play Santa Rosa’s Lance Morrison scored out of set to decide the game.  The victory was the Bear Cubs third over the American River this year and sent the Beavers home early from their first State Championship appearance.


Cuesta 14, Riverside 11
                1       2       3       4       T
RCC             3       3       4       1       11
Cue             4       4       3       3       14
Scoring
RCC: Zoran Dragomirovic 3, Srdan Milic 3, Mitchell Dillon 2, Brainden Santos 2, Chris Knowles
Cue: Craig Erickson 4, Ian Starkie 3, Ethan Hadley 2, Bryan Buhagiar 2, Mitch Brewer, Chad Dugger, Blake Richesin
Saves
RCC: Jessie Owens 3
Cue: Dylan Cox 6
Game Notes- Cuesta sent Riverside home and advanced to Sunday for the second straight year. 

The Cougars took the lead at 4-3 at the end of the first quarter and built that into an 8-5 lead, but the Tigers rallied and finally tied the game at 11 on Zoran Dragomirovic’s third goal of the game. with 7:28 remaining in the game.  The Cougars Craig Erickson scored to take back the lead a minute later and the Bryan Buhagiar scored with a little over three minutes left to move the Cougars lead back to two.  Buhagiar picked up his third foul next time down the tank, but the Tigers literally threw away the opportunity and the Cougars spent the next two minutes plus running out the clock.  Erickson picked up his game-high fourth goal on a penalty throw, following an overaggressive foul, with one second on the clock to end the game 14-11


Golden West 15, Santa Rosa 4
                1       2       3       4       T
SRJC            2       1       1       0       4
GWC             3       4       7       1       15
Scoring
SRJC: Joel Gullikson 3, Lance Morrison
GWC: Emilio Vieira 4, Kyle Kruip 4, Mike Dick 3, Alex Donovan 2, Derreck Danna, Tim Abbes,
Saves
SRJC: Aaron Hansen 7
GWC: Brett Giery 4, Toby Devine 3
Game Notes: The Bear Cubs took a 2-1 lead in the first five minutes, but from then on its was all Rustlers.  Golden West took the lead at 3-2 before the end of the first period and scored 7 goals in the third quarter to blow the game open.  Bear Cub All American Joey Gullikson did his part to keep his team in the game, however the Rustlers depth and talent dictated the final outcome at 15-4.  Golden West completed the first day with a pair of wins and will play in the Championship Game on Sunday.  Santa Rosa will get a chance to play for third place on Sunday.  


West Valley 10, Cuesta 2
                1       2       3       4       T
Cue             1       1       0       0       2
WVC             2       2       3       3       10
Scoring
Cue: Bryan Buhagiar, Chad Dugger
WVC: Fabian Wanrooji 3, Patrick Van der Lind 2, Matt Golden 2, Michael Rogers, Victor Bautista, Doug Leresche
Saves
Cue: Riley Warner 9
WVC: Casey Regehr 11
Game Notes: West Valley held a two goal lead at the intermission and the outcome was still in doubt.  Both teams were fast breaking with abandon, but goalies Casey Regehr and Riley Warner, West Valley and Cuesta respectively, repeated turned away shots to keep the game close.  In the second half the Vikings finally started making their counter payoff, while Cuesta’s steam and they settled into a half court game.  West Valley was able to contain Cuesta and advanced to the title game for the second straight year by outscoring Cuesta 6-0 in the second half.