In front of a boisterous home crowd, the No. 8 UCSB men's water polo team defeated No. 9 UC Irvine, 13-12, in sudden-victory overtime on Saturday afternoon at Campus Pool. Senior driver Daniel Natalizio scored the game-winner two minutes and 33 seconds into the third overtime period giving the Gauchos their third consecutive win over the Anteaters this season.With the victory, UCSB improves to 11-7 overall on the season while UC Irvine falls to 6-8. The Gauchos have posted a 3-1 record … [Read more...]
Dons water polo flushes Royals
Thursday, October 16, 2008 By Leave a Comment
San Marcos goalie Travis Johnson contained them, but the Royals couldn't stop them as the Santa Barbara Dons boys water polo team defended its home pool in a 12-3 Channel League victory.The Dons had a quartet of two-goal scorers in Nick Sklar, Mark Davis, Ken Myers and Brandon Cowan that helped improve No. 4 Santa Barbara to 14-4 overall and 3-0 in Channel League. Johnson made 16 saves, many of them in one-on-one situations, and helped the Royals' (8-14, 0-3) defense keep the match … [Read more...]
Chargers overpower Royal poloists, 19-4
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
There's a murderer's row in Channel League boys water polo this season, and San Marcos played the first of three daunting matches on Tuesday, suffering a 19-4 beating from Dos Pueblos.After Tuesday's match with Division I's ninth-tanked team in Dos Pueblos, the Royals march on to a Thursday matchup with No. 4 Santa Barbara. On Tuesday, San Marcos wraps up the first round of league play with No. 10 Ventura."It's tough man, we got three (teams) ranked in the top 10 in Division I," said San … [Read more...]
Bulldogs no match for Dons, 18-2
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Santa Barbara boys water polo team didn't have much trouble grabbing its second league victory on Tuesday, trouncing Buena 18-2 after shutting out the Bulldogs in the first half.Hunter Ploch had 14 saves for the Dons in goal and made it into the field to score a goal on offense. Ian Gamble led the Dons with four-goals scored, all in the first quarter. Brendan Kerwin-McElroy had his hand in everything, racking up four goals, two assists and three steals. … [Read more...]
McGuire leads Rams over Camarillo
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Behind senior captain Flynn McGuire's five goals, the Cate boys water polo team jumped out to a 14-2 lead before putting on the brakes in a 17-10 victory over Camarillo on Tuesday.Senior goalkeeper Andrew Lin kept Camarillo from scoring for much of the match, recording nine saves. Lin also did a good job of starting the Rams' counterattack with several pinpoint outlet passes. … [Read more...]
Gauchos finish 8th in the water
Monday, October 13, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The No. 7 UC Santa Barbara men's water polo team dropped a pair of closely contested games on Sunday to finish eighth at the 2008 SoCal Tournament being hosted this weekend by Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount. On Sunday morning, UCSB fell 12-10 to No. 4 Pepperdine and later in the afternoon the Gauchos came up short, dropping the tournament's seventh-place game in sudden victory to No. 10 UC San Diego at Pepperdine's Raleigh Runnels Aquatic Center. With the losses, UCSB falls to 10-7 overall on … [Read more...]
Gauchos split at SoCal; fall to No. 1 Trojans again
Saturday, October 11, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The seventh-ranked UC Santa Barbara men's water polo split two contests on the first day of the SoCal Tournament being hosted by Pepperdine and Loyola Marymount this weekend. The Gauchos defeated No. 8 UC Irvine, 11-10, before falling to No. 1 USC, 11-4, on Saturday at Pepperdine's Raleigh Runnels Memorial Pool.With the split, the Gauchos now hold a 10-5 overall record this season.In the first game of the day against UC Irvine, senior Michael Machado got the Gauchos on the board … [Read more...]
Hat tricks for Gostow, Boysel in Royal win
Thursday, October 9, 2008 By Leave a Comment
It took a quarter to get him going, but San Marcos' Mac Gostow scored in each of the last three frames to lead the boys water polo team to a 9-7 non-league victory over visiting Cabrillo.As a team, the Royals had it going in all quarters except for the third, when they gave up four goals in four minutes. … [Read more...]
Charger bench does the trick
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Their starting goalie and two-meter man were out, but the Chargers got it done.Dos Pueblos' boys water polo team used five goals from Kevin Cappon and five more from Derek Shoemaker to beat visiting Channel League-foe Buena 17-7 on Tuesday afternoon at Elings Aquatic Center. … [Read more...]
Gauchos crush Iona at Campus Pool
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
No. 9 ranked UC Santa Barbara easily defeated visiting Iona College (8-13), 16-2, on Tuesday afternoon at Campus Pool. Twelve different Gaucho players tallied goals in the win that helped UCSB improve to 9-4 on the season.Current Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Co-Player of the Week, Milos Golic, was the first to get the Gauchos on the board with a goal just 30 seconds into play. The Gauchos would stretch their lead to 4-0 by the end of the first quarter with goals from Jesse … [Read more...]
Dons poloists take Channel opener
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Brendan Kerwin-McElroy accounted for almost half of Santa Barbara boys water polo's scoring in a 7-4 victory over Ventura on Tuesday, and added 2 assists to lead the Dons in their Channel League opener.Division I's No. 3-ranked team took a 4-1 lead into halftime and held the Cougars to a single score in the final quarter to hold on. … [Read more...]
Rio Mesa burries Cate 17-3
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 By Leave a Comment
The Cate boys water polo team found itself in unfriendly waters on Tuesday at Rio Mesa, falling 17-3 in a league match.Flynn McGuire scored two of Cate's goals and Conrad Kurth had the other.The Rams were crippled by ejections, having eight of them that resulted in more than a few Rio Mesa goals. Cate returns home on Friday for antoher league match against Hueneme at 3:15 p.m. … [Read more...]
