2008 Woodie Awards
Women's water polo team looks forward to finish on strong note; Citrus Tournament coming
WOMEN: Team clicks on all cylinders as it plays its best game of the season last week.
By: Robert Sanchez
Issue date: 10/14/04 Section: Sports
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Finally able to play with a full and a healthy team, the women's water polo team played its best game of the year and is ready to finish the season strong.
The Warriors next game will be at the Citrus Tournament, when they will play against Citrus and College of the Canyons tomorrow and Saturday.
"Citrus is a tough team and our game against them should be really interesting," coach Corey Stanbury said. "College of the Canyons has had problems scoring goals this year, so we should be able to beat them."
On Wednesday, the team will host L.A. Trade Tech, a weak team that the players look forward to playing.
"The women at L.A. Trade Tech are really nice and friendly, but we still have to do our jobs and we should be able to beat them," sophomore Laura Lizarzaburu said.
The last home game of the year for the Warriors will be Wednesday Oct. 27, where they will take on state powerhouse Chaffey.
"Chaffey is a really good scoring team, so we need to play good defense to make the game interesting," Stanbury said. "They are ranked fifth in the state, which means that they are a big-time team."
The Warriors are coming off the Ventura Tournament where they lost three of their four games.
However, the last game against Southwestern might have been the best game they played all year.
"Our last game against Southwestern was our best this year because all of usplayed that game and we all played well," Lizarzaburu said.
Before defeating Southwestern 5-4, the team lost to Cuesta 13-1, Palomar 10-1 and to Santa Monica 3-1 in a game the team believed it should have won.
"The two teams (Cuesta and Palomar) we lost to in the beginning are from San Diego and were really good and we knew it was going to be tough to beat them," spohomore Emmaline Delio said. "We thought we had a better chance to defeat Santa Monica instead of Southwestern but it ended up being the other way."
Last Wednesday, the Warriors fell to Cerritos 8-2 in a game some of the women believe was odd because it was the first time all the players were healthy for the first time.
The Warriors next game will be at the Citrus Tournament, when they will play against Citrus and College of the Canyons tomorrow and Saturday.
"Citrus is a tough team and our game against them should be really interesting," coach Corey Stanbury said. "College of the Canyons has had problems scoring goals this year, so we should be able to beat them."
On Wednesday, the team will host L.A. Trade Tech, a weak team that the players look forward to playing.
"The women at L.A. Trade Tech are really nice and friendly, but we still have to do our jobs and we should be able to beat them," sophomore Laura Lizarzaburu said.
The last home game of the year for the Warriors will be Wednesday Oct. 27, where they will take on state powerhouse Chaffey.
"Chaffey is a really good scoring team, so we need to play good defense to make the game interesting," Stanbury said. "They are ranked fifth in the state, which means that they are a big-time team."
The Warriors are coming off the Ventura Tournament where they lost three of their four games.
However, the last game against Southwestern might have been the best game they played all year.
"Our last game against Southwestern was our best this year because all of usplayed that game and we all played well," Lizarzaburu said.
Before defeating Southwestern 5-4, the team lost to Cuesta 13-1, Palomar 10-1 and to Santa Monica 3-1 in a game the team believed it should have won.
"The two teams (Cuesta and Palomar) we lost to in the beginning are from San Diego and were really good and we knew it was going to be tough to beat them," spohomore Emmaline Delio said. "We thought we had a better chance to defeat Santa Monica instead of Southwestern but it ended up being the other way."
Last Wednesday, the Warriors fell to Cerritos 8-2 in a game some of the women believe was odd because it was the first time all the players were healthy for the first time.