Jessica Diaz tossed a perfect lob from seven meters with two seconds left on Saturday morning to lift San Joaquin Delta to an 8-7 win over SBCC in the third-place game of the CCCAA Women’s Water Polo State Championships at West Valley College in Saratoga.
Grace O’Callaghan scored four goals on Friday morning and Sierra was efficient on the power play in a 10-6 semifinal win over SBCC in the CCCAA Women’s Water Polo State Championships at West Valley College.
SBCC was seeded No. 2 for the CCCAA Women’s Water Polo State Championships and the defending state champions will battle Sierra in a rematch of last year’s state final. The Vaqueros beat the Wolverines of Rocklin 8-6 to win their first state crown last year.
No. 2 SBCC knocked off No. 3 Riverside 8-6 in a Saturday morning semifinal, then fell to No. 1 Fullerton 11-9 for the third straight time, giving the Hornets the Southern Cal Regional women’s water polo title at Cerritos College.
No. 2 SBCC stormed out to leads of 5-0 and 9-2 on Friday morning en route to a 13-4 victory over No. 7 Cypress in a Southern Cal Regional women’s water polo quarterfinal at Cerritos College.
Emma Fraser has been selected as Athlete of the Week by the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table and was honored during the weekly press luncheon on Monday at Harry’s Plaza Café.
SBCC jumped ahead of Ventura 5-1 and 11-4 on Saturday on the way to a 16-7 victory that gave the Vaqueros their fifth straight WSC women’s water polo title at Santa Monica College.
The first women’s water polo game in November was a barnburner as No. 1 seed SBCC erased a 7-5 deficit and edged No. 5 L.A. Valley 10-9 on Friday in a WSC semifinal at Santa Monica College.
Sarah Parson scored a career-high seven goals and Meagan Mckillican tied her career best with four goals on Friday, leading No. 2 SBCC to an 18-7 women's water polo win over No. 9 West Valley.
SBCC beat No. 3 Sierra in a state final rematch on Saturday morning, then fell to No. 2 Fullerton 10-8 in the championship game of the Battle at the Beach women’s water polo tournament at Cerritos College.
Twelve was the magic number on Friday as SBCC scored a dozen goals in two games to move into the semifinals of the Battle at the Beach women’s water polo tournament.
Emma Fraser collected six goals and three steals in the first half on Wednesday night as No. 1 SBCC cruised past Citrus 17-4 in a WSC women’s water polo match at San Marcos High.
Emma Fraser tossed in 11 goals on Sunday, leading No. 1 SBCC to a pair of water polo victories on the final day of the Cuesta Rabobank Invitational at Santa Barbara High.
Fullerton went where no women’s water polo team had gone for the last 343 days on Saturday, upsetting No. 1-ranked SBCC 10-8 on the opening day of the Cuesta Rabobank Invitational at Dos Pueblos High.
SBCC closed with a 5-2 run in the final 6½ minutes on Wednesday to knock off Ventura 14-10 in its WSC women’s water polo opener at the Ventura Aquatic Center.
SBCC staged a pair of comeback wins on Saturday on the final day of the Mt. SAC women’s water polo tournament in Walnut. The Vaqueros downed Long Beach for the second time this year, 13-10, and outlasted Saddleback in a wild 19-17 triumph.
SBCC won two more games on Friday to remain undefeated in women’s water polo action. The defending state champion Vaqueros knocked off San Diego Mesa 14-9 in the Mt. SAC Tournament, then held on to beat Fullerton 12-11 in the Hornets’ pool.
SBCC recorded two victories on Friday on the first day of the Riverside College women’s water polo tournament. The Vaqueros (5-0) beat San Joaquin Delta 10-6 and Long Beach 13-8.
SBCC posted three wins on the Opening Day of the 2018 women’s water polo season. The defending state champions knocked off Merced 17-7, West Valley 13-7 and Cerritos 17-4 on Saturday in the Central Coast Invitational at Morro Bay High.