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Long Beach State Men’s Water Polo Wins Conference Tournament

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The Long Beach State men’s water polo team defended its home pool this weekend and won three matches to take the Golden Coast Conference tournament championship. LBSU beat top-seeded Pacific 10-6 on Sunday in the championship match.

Junior Austin Stewart scored a game-high four goals for the Beach. Senior Troy Kaltenbach added two goals, and sophomore goalkeeper Marwan Darwish finished with nine saves.

The tournament title automatically qualifies LBSU for the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1991. The Beach will host the opening round on Saturday at 7 p.m. at the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center against No. 20 Pomona-Pitzer (24-8).

PHOTOS: Long Beach State Men’s Water Polo GCC Championship

Below are photos from the semifinals win over Pepperdine on Saturday:

PHOTOS: Long Beach State Men’s Water Polo vs. Pepperdine

JJ Fiddler
JJ Fiddler is an award-winning sportswriter and videographer who has been covering Southern California sports for multiple newspapers and websites since 2004. After attending Long Beach State and creating the first full sports page at the Union Weekly Newspaper, he has been exclusively covering Long Beach prep sports since 2007.
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