Women’s Water Polo Clinches Semifinal Spot With Dominant Win Over Fullerton

Friday, April 10

Long Beach, Calif.

2:30 p.m.

Long Beach State University

16-10

Cal State Fullerton

17-15

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Cal State Fullerton	0	1	2	2	5
Long Beach State	4	9	1	4	18

Women’s Water Polo Clinches Semifinal Spot With Dominant Win Over Fullerton

4/10/2026 4:21:00 PM | Women's Water Polo

Box Score

Elisa Portillo paced the offense with four goals in a perfect afternoon of shooting.

By: Luiza Moraes - Athletic Communication Assistant

LONG BEACH, Calif. – Leading wire to wire in their first game of the Big West Championships, No. 2 seed Long Beach State put together a strong first half over No. 7 seed Cal State Fullerton, leading 13-1 after the first 16 minutes, then secured the win and a spot in the semifinals, 18-5.

Off to a strong start behind solid defense, Long Beach State (16-10) opened a 4-0 lead behind two goals from Lucy Miszewski and a goal each from Daniela Quinzada and Elisa Portillo.

With Portillo and Gaby Patenaude adding hat tricks in the quarter, the Beach powered a commanding 9-1 quarter over Cal State Fullerton (17-15) to extend the lead at halftime, 13-1.

In a more defensive quarter, the Beach added another goal with Brooklyn Plomp, but saw Fullerton add back-to-back goals at the end of the quarter to shorten the gap after 24 minutes, 14-3.

Amoroso and Hailey Multz opened the scoring in the fourth to extend the lead to 16-3 as both teams kept trading goals at the end, and the Beach secured a dominant 18-5 win and guarantees a spot in tomorrow's semifinal game.

The Beach now waits for the winner of the matchup between No. 3 seed UC Davis and No. 6 seed CSUN. Ball drops at 4 p.m. live on ESPN+ and live stats through TheFOSH.net.