| | 49ers Close Out Regular Season Schedule |
November 5, 2001
The Records: The Long Beach State men’s water polo team will close out its 2001 regular season with three games this week. The 49ers, 9-6 overall and 2-4 in the MPSF, play at UC Irvine on Tuesday, at LMU on Thursday and host UCSB on Saturday afternoon at 12 pm.
The Coach: Rick Azevedo is in his third season as the head man for the 49er men's water polo squad. Azevedo is 37-33 (.529) in his third year at Long Beach State.
Beach Downs Banana Slugs: Chris Segesman scored 5 goals while Nathan Allard, Andrew Ruga and Kellyn Carlson all tallied two goals in leading the 49ers to a 15-4 win. Eight different players scored and goalie Brett Adolph tallied 7 saves.
Beach Bounces Bears: Justin Jewell and Nathan Allard each scored two goals to lead the 49ers to a 7-5 win at Cal on Saturday morning. The win was just the sixth-ever by LBSU over Cal and the first-ever regular season conference win by a 49er squad at Cal. Brett Adolph had 11 goalies saves in the game. Chris Segesman, Scott Miller and Brett Adams scored the other 49er goals over the #5-ranked Golden Bears.
Adolph Moves Up Chart: Goalie Brett Adolph (La Mesa) has recorded 97 goalie saves this season, which is tied for the 20th-best single season mark in LBSU history. With an 8.43 save average this season, Adolph has recorded 281 career saves to rank #8 all-time. Next in line for Adolph to pass is Robert Smith (1999-00) who tallied 359 career goalie saves.
Segesman Scores 6 Times: Senior Chris Segesman (Goleta) scored 6 goals in the two victories this past weekend, giving him a team-leading 30 goals. Segesman scored 5 times in the 15-4 win at UC Santa Cruz and tallied one goal in the win at Cal. The 5 goals ties his season-high which he tallied in the 49ers 12-11 sudden-death victory at UC San Diego. Segesman has scored 22 goals in the past 7 games and has accumulated 158 career goals, placing him 6th on the 49er career goals scored chart.
Offense Churning Up Big Numbers: The 49er offense has been in high gear the past three weeks, having tallied double-digits in goals in 5 of their last 7 outings. In the first 8 games of the season the 49ers were averaging 9.125 goals per game. In the last 7 games, that number has jumped to 11.57. On October 15, the 49ers routed Chaminade 19-5. The 19 goals tied for the ninth-best single game mark in history.
Defense Keys Win Streak: The 49ers have won three consecutive games and the defense has been outstanding. During the 3-game winning streak the 49ers are outscoring their opponents 32-14, allowing just 4.67 goals per game. Goalie Brett Adolph has been in the cage all three games and has lowered his GAA to 8.17.
Home Finale: Saturday the 49ers will host UC Santa Barbara in the final home game of the season. Saturday’s game will be the final home contest for seven 49ers (Brett Adams, Brett Adolph, Justin Jewell,
Scott Miller, Andrew Ruga, Chris Segesman, Tyler Wawrzynski).
| GOALS SCORED IN A CAREER | | 1. 231, Kyle Kopp (1987-89) | | 2. 205, Mike Burke (1988-91) | | 3. 174, Jeff Colyer (1995-98) | | 4. 162, Grant Jeffries (1979-83) | | 5. 160, Bob Dolan (1978-81) | | 6. 158, Chris Segesman (1998-01) | | 7. 154, Kip Parsons (1992-95) | | 8. 142, Scott Weir (1976-78) | | 9. 128, Chi Kredell (1989-91/93) | | 10. 122, Darin Blizzard (1986-89) |
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