“[Rafael Real Vergara] just knows the game so well, he bucks the trend of what an alpha male’s personality is.”
Men’s Water Polo
IN PHOTOS: Long Beach State men’s water polo versus UCSD Oct. 30.
No. 6 Long Beach State men’s water polo beat No. 9 UCSD 12-10 after a back-and-forth game Wednesday, Oct. 30 at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.
No. 6 Long Beach beats rival No. 9 UCSD in a neck-and-neck battle Wednesday
The Beach was able to down at the Tritons in a nail-biter, snapping their 11-game winning streak.
Long Beach State men’s water polo suffers close loss to UCSB Saturday
No. 4 UCSB defeats No. 7 Long Beach in a tight game Saturday night at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center. The tense match left fans biting their nails until the final second.
CSULB men’s water polo wins back-to-back games Saturday
After five straight losses, the Beach rallied to win back-to-back games against SJSU and Golden West College at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center Saturday.
Long Beach’s NCAA quarterfinal loss shows team is on the right track
The Long Beach State men’s water polo team suffered a 14-9 loss to UC San Diego Nov. 29 that booted it out of the team’s first NCAA tournament appearance since 1991. The 49ers battled hard in the first half, but couldn’t complete the upset down the stretch, ending their seven-game[Read More…]
Long Beach enters second round NCAA tournament matchup on seven-game win streak
After an opening round victory against Pomona-Pitzer Saturday, the Long Beach State men’s water polo team will play in the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time since 1991. LBSU will play 1 p.m. Thursday against UC San Diego at Stanford University. Both teams enter on a seven-game winning streak and[Read More…]
Long Beach State advances to NCAA quarterfinals
Freshman utility Garrett Zaan waited patiently in the center as the 49ers worked the ball around the perimeter on the powerplay. After three one-touch passes he rose from the water, received the ball at the top of his drive, and flung it into the net for his fourth goal of[Read More…]
Long Beach strikes conference gold
As Long Beach junior attacker Austin Stewart finished his follow through on a spin-shot goal midway through the fourth quarter of the conference final against Pacific he and the student section fist-pumped in unison, celebrating the 8-6 lead. Long Beach went on to win the conference title 10-6. “I drove[Read More…]
No. 3 Long Beach upsets No. 2 Pepperdine in semifinals
Sports often serves as a unifying distraction from tragedy, a characteristic that was exemplified Saturday in a highly engaging Golden Coast Conference semifinal match between No. 3 seeded Long Beach State and No. 2 seeded Pepperdine, a campus still shrouded in smoke from the Woolsey Fire. Long Beach won the[Read More…]