Long Beach State University Athletics
49ers Head to MPSFs
4/26/2006 12:00:00 AM | Women's Water Polo
49ers Head to MPSFs This Week LBSU STATISTICS LONG BEACH, CA-- No. 10-ranked Long Beach State (15-12) will close out its season this weekend in Irvine when they travel to the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships as the 10th-seed in the 13-seed tournament. The 49ers, winners of six of their last nine, will open up play against seventh-seeded Arizona State (13-11) on Thursday at 1:45 p.m. If they win, they will play second-seeded UCLA (24-3) on Friday at 1:45 p.m., if they lose, they will play at 11:15 a.m. on Friday. The tournament continues through Sunday. In MPSF Championship play since 2001, LBSU has gone 8-9, finishing no lower than sixth in each of the last four seasons, including three-straight fourth place finishes from 2002-04. LBSU is on its current winning streak after dropping six of eight from February 26 to March 25. Ken Lindgren is in his first season on deck for the women's program, after serving 24 years as the head coach for the 49er men from 1975 to 1998. His 335 wins is seventh all-time in NCAA history. Lindgren is one of two members of the coaching staff in the Water Polo Hall of Fame, as assistant coach Stan Sprague is also an honoree. Two-time All-American Cassie Azevedo is on the verge of toppling the school's scoring record, tallying 204 in her career. She is just two away from the all-time record of 206, set by Angelica Garcia in 2004. Azevedo is already the school's career leader in assists (134) and steals (174), as she looks to become just the second three-time All-American in school-history. Azevedo continues to lead the MPSF in scoring as well with 54 goals this season. She leads the team with 32 steals and 29 assists. Christina Wensman (Mercer Island) is the team's second-best scoring option, tallying a career-best 39 goals this season, while Marina Canetti (Rio de Janeiro) has a school-record 97 earned ejections and 30 goals on the season. Wensman has scored 11 of her goals over the last eight games. Senior Tara Campbell (Montreal), has 16 goals and sophomore Rachelle Denaro (San Diego) has 12 goals for a team that has developed a balanced scoring attack over the last three weeks of the regular season. Kim Hayes is the team's only goalie this season, tallying 191 saves, fourth-best all-time and sixth-best during a single season. Hayes has double digit saves seven times this season, including a career-best 13 against Indiana in the team's first tournament of the year. A LOOK AT THE TEAM'S PROBABLE STARTING UNIT #1 Kim Hayes, Junior, Goalie • 191 saves, allowing 7.0 goals per game, which ranks fourth all-time at LBSU... has grabbed at least nine saves in six of the last nine games... has been the team's only goalie all season... went 61-2 in her career at Long Beach City College. #2 Megan Winchell, Junior, Driver • Eight goals in 28 attempts for a .286 shooting percentage... has 10 steals and two assists... has started 26 of 26 games, scoring a season-best two goals against CS Bakersfield on February 11... scored the game-winner at UC San Diego on March 12. #4 Marina Canetti, Junior, Attacker/2-Meter • Member of the Brazilian National Team... converted 2-meter player from attacker, has set the school-record for earned ejections (97).... third on the team in steals with 24... has started all 27 games this season, scoring 30 goals and shooting .390... appeared in 20 games off the bench with 16 goals in 2005. #5 Cassie Azevedo, Senior, Attacker • Two-time All-American and a three-time All-MPSF selection... team leader in scoring (54), steals (32), assists (29) and shooting (.439).. MPSF's leading scorer... has scored in all but one game this season... started 23 games, missing four games earlier this year with a medical condition.... single-game record tying six goals against UC San Diego on February 11. #8 Christina Wensman, Junior, Driver • Career-year for junior from Mercer Island, WA... 39 goals ranks second on the squad in 27 starts... shooting .328 on the season with 19 steals and 25 assists... the assists rank second on the club... has led the team in scoring 11 times this season... career-high four goals against UC Irvine on February 26. #11 Tara Campbell, Senior, 2-Meter (D) • Member of the Canadian National Team... team's top defender in the pool has started 24 of 24 games this season, missing the first three games of the season when she was with Team Canada... has scored 16 goals and is shooting .296 on the season... three-year starter is second all-time in steals with 138. #14 Rachelle Denaro, Sophomore, 2-Meter (D) • Sophomore is in first season at The Beach... has scored 12 goals and is shooting .364 with 10 steals... has started all 27 games. |
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