The Long Beach State men’s water polo team suffered a 13-7 loss at home against Southern California on Saturday at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center. “We just didn’t execute,” senior attacker Milos Vrzic said. “We had our chances. [USC] executed, and they deserved this one.” Vrzic said that the amount[Read More…]
Men’s Water Polo
49ers begin its final home stretch against USC
The Long Beach State men’s water polo team will conclude its three-game road trip at UC San Diego on Thursday before it returns home to play Southern California on Saturday at Campus Pool. LBSU (16-4, 5-1 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) is coming off one of its biggest wins since 2012;[Read More…]
Senior attacker reflects on four rebuilding years
Four years ago, Milos Vrzic arrived at Long Beach State and found the team in such disarray that he never would have believed that a four-game winning streak against the toughest water polo conference in the country would be possible. “When I got here, it was a really bad situation,”[Read More…]
One big weekend in store for The Beach
The Long Beach State men’s water polo team will take its five-game winning streak into matchups with two of the top teams in the country. They face No. 2 Stanford on Saturday and No. 4 California on the road on Sunday. It will be the only visit to Palo Alto[Read More…]
One big weekend in store for The Beach
The Long Beach State men’s water polo team will take its five-game winning streak into matchups with two of the top teams in the country. They face No. 2 Stanford on Saturday and No. 4 California on the road on Sunday. It will be the only visit to Palo Alto[Read More…]
Brazil native embraces American style
Growing up in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, senior center Ricardo Guimaraes lived and breathed the sport of water polo. For his entire life, he was used to one brand of water polo: the Brazilian style. Guimaraes competed year-round for the Brazilian Junior National team and trained with his[Read More…]
49ers remain undefeated in conference
The Long Beach State men’s water polo team dominated Pacific 10-4, and defeated UC Irvine in a close 8-6 game over the weekend at Campus Pool. The Beach won its sixth consecutive match and is now second in the conference right behind UCLA, a team with just one more win[Read More…]
Finding family at The Beach
In the three years Dimitrios Lappas spent on the Long Beach State men’s water polo team, the relationship between him and his teammates went from shyness, to jokes and teasing, to becoming family. Lappas said that during the first two months after he arrived in Long Beach from his home[Read More…]
The Beach breeze by Pepperdine, Golden West College
The Long Beach State men’s water polo team trounced a short-handed Pepperdine team at the Campus Pool on Saturday afternoon, ending the game at 14-3. LBSU (10-3, 2-0 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation) also dominated Golden West College (16-2, 3-0 Orange Empire Conference) in an 18-9 victory. “It’s important for the[Read More…]
49ers defeat three NCAA top-10 teams
The Long Beach State men’s water polo team finished a battle-tested weekend in Westwood at the SoCal Tournament, winning the games against Pacific, UC Davis and UC San Diego In LBSU’s first day of action at the invitational hosted by UCLA, it defeated UCD 9-6. “Part of me is happy[Read More…]