2014 Ventura College Women's Water Polo News
The California Community College Athletic Association has announced its academic awards for the 2013-14 year, and the Ventura College women's water polo team has been awarded the CCCAA State Scholar Team Award for the 2013 season. The 14 members of the team achieved a combined grade point average of 3.25 for the fall 2013 semester with an average of 14.7 units per student.
Sophomores Cecily Loya and Brittany McWaid have been named first team All-Western State Conference. They are joined by five other teammates in post-season honors selected by the conference coaches at a meeting last month.
The Ventura College women's water polo team ended its season at an even .500 after falling to Cuesta College 9-4 in the third-place match at the Western State Conference Tournament at Citrus College Saturday.
After a convincing win in the quarterfinals, the Pirates' women's water polo team lost its quest for a conference championship in the Western State Conference semifinals Thursday afternoon at Citrus College. No. 3 seed Ventura (14-13) defeated No. 6 Pierce College 21-7 before falling 7-5 to No. 2 Santa Barbara.
Sweeping two matches at the Pasadena Mini Tournament Friday, the Pirates' women's water polo team heads into next week's Western State Conference on a three-match winning streak. VC (13-12, 4-2) defeated host Pasadena 15-6 in the opener before besting East Los Angeles 13-4 in the second match of the day.
They haven't been playing poorly, but the wins haven't come. The Ventura College women's water polo team turned that trend around with a commanding 17-5 win at Pierce College Wednesday to end a seven-match losing streak just in time for next week's Western State Conference Tournament.
The Ventura College women's water polo team continued to play strong defensively, but struggled to score in a pair of tough losses to conclude the Battle at the Beach hosted by Long Beach City College Saturday. The Pirates (10-12, 3-2) fell to Palomar in the 8:00 am breakfast special 12-5 before dropping their third match of the year to Chaffey, 8-4 in the finale.
It was anything but smooth sailing for the Pirates' women's water polo team Friday as the dropped a pair of matches at the Battle at the Beach hosted by Long Beach City College. VC (10-10, 3-2) fell to Riverside 20-8 in the opener before losing to Mt. San Antonio 15-9 in the nightcap.
In their first-ever meeting in the pool, the Pirates' women's water polo was unable to take advantage of scoring opportunities in their 8-5 loss to Santa Barbara City College Tuesday at the Ventura Aquatic Center. Christina Tellez had a pair of goals, an assist, and four steals to lead VC (10-8, 3-2).
Playing without their starting and back-up goal keepers, the Ventura College women's water polo team dropped it's first Western State Conference match Wednesday, 13-8 at Cuesta College. Reginae Maturino, Christina Tellez and Danielle Pfeifer led the Pirates (10-7, 3-1) with two goals each.
With a split in their final two matches, the Pirates' women's water polo team finished the Ventura Tournament with a 3-1 record on Saturday at the Ventura Aquatic Center. VC easily defeated Santa Monica 19-3 before falling in the finale to Cypress, 10-8.
Using a little home cooking, the Ventura College women's water polo team posted two victories Friday to open the Ventrua Tournament at the Ventura Aquatic Center. VC (9-5, 3-0) had a strong first half in their 8-5 win over El Camino in the morning before defeating a strong Ventura All-Star team in the evening, 13-12.
Trailing 3-1 after the first eight minutes of play, the Pirates' women's water polo team came back for an 8-6 victory over the Los Angeles Valley College Wednesday afternoon at the Ventura Aquatic Center. Cecily Loya had three goals, three steals and an assist to lead VC (7-5, 3-0).
Exploding for eight goals in the first quarter, the Ventura College women's water polo team never looked back in their 15-1 rout at Santa Monica College in Western State Conference play Wednesday. Reginae Maturino led the effort with four goals and five steals for the Pirates (6-5, 2-0).
The Ventura College women's water polo team got a fight from the Pirate Alumnae, but were able to outlast the more experienced team 13-8 Saturday at the Ventura Aquatic Center. Brittany McWaid led Ventura (5-5) with four goals in the match.
The Ventura College women's water polo team outscored Citrus 3-0 in the second quarter, pulling away for an 8-2 victory Wednesday in the teams home opener at the Ventura Aquatic Center. Cecily Loya continued her strong play with three goals, three assists and five steals for the Pirates (3-4, 1-0).
