Saturday, November 23
Malibu, Calif.
1:00 P.M.
Long Beach State University
13
vs
12
Pacific
Photo by: John Fajardo
Long Beach State Defeats Top Seed Pacific in Semifinals of Golden Coast Conference Tournament
11/23/2019 5:05:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
Senior Austin Stewart scores four goals in upset win over Pacific.
MALIBU, Calif. – For the second year in a row, Long Beach State will advance to the Golden Coast Conference tournament championship, advancing after leading wire-to-wire against No. 4 Pacific wire-to-wire in a 13-12 victory.
Long Beach State (18-12) got off to a strong start with two goals in the first two minutes by Eduardo Wainberg. That helped LBSU hold off Pacific (16-4), and the Beach ended the first half leading the Tigers 8-5.
Long Beach State continued their impressive offensive efforts holding off the Tigers to an 11-8 lead going into the fourth quarter. Pacific came back firing in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Beach 4-2, but could never quite pull even and Long Beach State held off the Tigers and pulled off the upset win. Senior Austin Stewart led the way with four goals.
Following Stewart, the freshman Wainberg had a career-high three goals on the day. Quinten Osborne had two goals and Rafael Real Vergara, Nemanja Bakic, Garrett Zaan and Theodoros Pateros all contributed one goal each.
The Beach will play tomorrow in the Golden Coast Conference Finals for a 1 p.m. matchup against the host, Pepperdine. Be sure to follow along live stats on https://www.thefosh.net/and live streaming on https://livestream.com/watchstadium/Pepperdinewaves.
No. 8 Long Beach State: 5, 3, 3, 2- 12
No. 4 Pacific: 2, 3, 3, 4- 12
Goals:
Long Beach State: Stewart 4, Wainberg 3, Osborne 2, Vergara, Bakic, Zaan, Pateros
Pacific: Stanic 4, Colak 2, Araya 2, Djerkovic, Pavillard, Cote, Hosmer
Saves:
Long Beach State: Darwish 10
Pacific: Barry 5
Long Beach State (18-12) got off to a strong start with two goals in the first two minutes by Eduardo Wainberg. That helped LBSU hold off Pacific (16-4), and the Beach ended the first half leading the Tigers 8-5.
Long Beach State continued their impressive offensive efforts holding off the Tigers to an 11-8 lead going into the fourth quarter. Pacific came back firing in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Beach 4-2, but could never quite pull even and Long Beach State held off the Tigers and pulled off the upset win. Senior Austin Stewart led the way with four goals.
Following Stewart, the freshman Wainberg had a career-high three goals on the day. Quinten Osborne had two goals and Rafael Real Vergara, Nemanja Bakic, Garrett Zaan and Theodoros Pateros all contributed one goal each.
The Beach will play tomorrow in the Golden Coast Conference Finals for a 1 p.m. matchup against the host, Pepperdine. Be sure to follow along live stats on https://www.thefosh.net/and live streaming on https://livestream.com/watchstadium/Pepperdinewaves.
No. 8 Long Beach State: 5, 3, 3, 2- 12
No. 4 Pacific: 2, 3, 3, 4- 12
Goals:
Long Beach State: Stewart 4, Wainberg 3, Osborne 2, Vergara, Bakic, Zaan, Pateros
Pacific: Stanic 4, Colak 2, Araya 2, Djerkovic, Pavillard, Cote, Hosmer
Saves:
Long Beach State: Darwish 10
Pacific: Barry 5
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