49ers Head to Two-Day UC Irvine Invitational Beach Coming Off Strong Performance at Hawaii
February 22, 2007 FULL STATISTICS NATIONAL STATISTICS LONG BEACH, CA--Long Beach State water polo (3-2), under first year Head Coach Catharine von Schwarz, will head to the inaugural UC Irvine Invitational this Saturday and Sunday at the Anteater Aquatics Complex on campus, and Corona del Mar High School off of Jamboree Blvd. and Eastbluff. The 16-team tournament will feature nearly all of the MPSF, as well as LMU, Michigan, Santa Clara, UC Davis and UC San Diego. Two of the 49ers three wins have been come from behind victories, while their two losses have been by a combined three goals. The 49ers, who are coming off a two-goal loss at No. 4-ranked Hawaii, will open up with No. 3-ranked USC on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Corona del Mar High. The winner plays at 2 p.m. and the loser plays at 3:15 p.m. at CDMHS against either LMU or UC Davis. On Sunday, if LBSU wins the opener over USC, they will play two games at UC Irvine, if they lose the opener, they can play for as high as ninth place at CDMHS. Three players lead the 49ers with nine goals a piece, Cecilia and Marina Canetti and Christina Wensman. Cecilia has hit 50 percent of her shots on the season, while Marina has a team-best 32 earned ejections. Wensman leads the club with five assists and has led the team in scoring three times. Goalie Kim Hayes has 44 saves over the first five games of the season, moving her into third place all-time in career saves. Saturday, February 24th - Anteater Aquatics Complex (possible LBSU games in RED) | | Game 1 | UCLA vs. Santa Clara | 9:00 a.m. | | Game 2 | San Diego State vs. UC Irvine | 10:15 a.m. | | Game 3 | California vs. UC San Diego | 11:30 a.m. | | Game 4 | Hawaii vs. UC Santa Barbara | 12:45 p.m. | | Game 9 | Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2 | 2:00 p.m. | | Game 10 | Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2 | 3:15 p.m. | | Game 11 | Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 | 4:30 p.m. | | Game 12 | Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4 | 5:45 p.m. | | | | | | Saturday, February 24th - Corona del Mar High School | | Game 5 | USC vs. Long Beach State | 9:00 a.m. | | Game 6 | Loyola Marymount vs. UC Davis | 10:15 a.m. | | Game 7 | Stanford vs. Michigan | 11:30 a.m. | | Game 8 | San Jose State vs. Arizona State | 12:45 p.m. | | Game 13 | Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 | 2:00 p.m. | | Game 14 | Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6 | 3:15 p.m. | | Game 15 | Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8 | 4:30 p.m. | | Game 16 | Loser Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8 | 5:45 p.m. | | | | | | Sunday, February 25th - Corona del Mar High School | | Game 17 | Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 12 | 8:00 a.m. | | Game 18 | Winner Game 14 vs. Winner Game 16 | 9:15 a.m. | | Game 19 | Loser Game 10 vs. Loser Game 12 | 10:30 a.m. | | Game 20 | Loser Game 14 vs. Loser Game 16 | 11:45 a.m. | | 9th Place | Winner Game 17 vs. Winner Game 18 | 1:30 p.m. | | 11th Place | Loser Game 17 vs. Loser Game 18 | 2:45 p.m. | | 13th Place | Winner Game 19 vs. Winner Game 20 | 4:00 p.m. | | 15th Place | Loser Game 19 vs. Loser Game 20 | 5:15 p.m. | | | | | | Sunday, February 25th - Anteater Aquatics Complex | | Game 21 | Loser Game 9 vs. Loser Game 11 | 8:00 a.m. | | Game 22 | Loser Game 13 vs. Loser Game 15 | 9:15 a.m. | | Game 23 | Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11 | 10:30 a.m. | | Game 24 | Winner Game 13 vs. Winner Game 15 | 11:45 a.m. | | 7th Place | Loser Game 21 vs. Loser Game 22 | 1:30 p.m. | | 5th Place | Winner Game 21 vs. Winner Game 22 | 2:45 p.m. | | 3rd Place | Loser Game 23 vs. Loser Game 24 | 4:00 p.m. | | 1st Place | Winner Game 23 vs. Winner Game 24 | 5:15 p.m. | | | | | | | | |
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