Long Beach State University Athletics
Saturday, November 6
Long Beach Calif.
7:00 P.M.
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Photo by: John Fajardo
Long Beach State Clinches GCC Regular Season Title
11/6/2021 10:04:00 PM | Men's Water Polo
The Beach dsfeats Pepperdine 12-11 Saturday night.
Long Beach, Calif. — Rafael Real Vergara scored six goals and Long Beach State defeated No. 10 Pepperdfine 12-11 Saturday night at Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center.
With the victory, the Beach clinched the Golden Coast Conference regular season title and claimed the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament that will take place at UC Irvine later this month.
Long Beach State found itself in a battle with the Waves early as there were five lead changes and five ties in the first half.
After the first quarter of play, Pepperdine had a 4-3 lead thanks to a pair of goals from Balazs Kosa.
The Beach (18-5, 4-0) answered right back as they went on a 3-2 run as the teams were knotted 6-6 at halftime.
Alika Naone, Matt Morris and Garrett Zaan each found the back of the cage to tie the game at the break.
The close play continued into the third period as there were two ties and two lead changes.
Naone's second goal gave the beach for good as the Beach took an 11-10 lead with 6:51 remaining in the game.
In the cage, Andrej Bosanac had seven saves.
The Beach will wrap up the regular season with contests against Loyola Marymount and UC Irvine next week.
With the victory, the Beach clinched the Golden Coast Conference regular season title and claimed the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament that will take place at UC Irvine later this month.
Long Beach State found itself in a battle with the Waves early as there were five lead changes and five ties in the first half.
After the first quarter of play, Pepperdine had a 4-3 lead thanks to a pair of goals from Balazs Kosa.
The Beach (18-5, 4-0) answered right back as they went on a 3-2 run as the teams were knotted 6-6 at halftime.
Alika Naone, Matt Morris and Garrett Zaan each found the back of the cage to tie the game at the break.
The close play continued into the third period as there were two ties and two lead changes.
Naone's second goal gave the beach for good as the Beach took an 11-10 lead with 6:51 remaining in the game.
In the cage, Andrej Bosanac had seven saves.
The Beach will wrap up the regular season with contests against Loyola Marymount and UC Irvine next week.
Team Stats
PEP
LBSU
Shots
24
32
Goals
11
12
Assists
0
1
Points
11
13
Exclusions
6
12
Steals
0
8
Sprints
1
3
1
Max Sprute
7:44
Rafael Real Vergara
5:21
Aaron Arias
4:24
Sean Ferrari
3:47
Balazs Kosa
1:44
Rafael Real Vergara
0:32
Balazs Kosa
0:13
2
Matt Morris
7:35
Alika Naone
6:12
Garrett Zaan
5:53
Nico Tierney
5:16
Nicholas Fichman
2:39
3
Balazs Kosa
6:41
Rafael Real Vergara
5:12
Kaden Kaneko
4:05
Rafael Real Vergara
3:01
Matt Morris
1:30
Rafael Real Vergara
0:42
Nico Tierney
0:10
4
Nicholas Fichman
7:13
Alika Naone
6:51
Rafael Real Vergara
3:22
Christian Hosea
0:58
Game Leaders
Shots
12
Goals
6
Assists
0
Points
6
Shots
7
Goals
2
Assists
0
Points
2
Shots
6
Goals
2
Assists
0
Points
2
Shots
2
Goals
1
Assists
0
Points
1
Players Mentioned
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