LONG BEACH -- Orange Coast College’s...

LONG BEACH -- Orange Coast College’s women’s water polo team

improved to 18-6 with an 11-1 rout of the state’s No. 9-rated San

Diego Mesa, but dropped an 8-4 verdict to No. 1-ranked Long Beach

City College Saturday at the inaugural OCC Mini-tournament at Long

Beach State.

Coach Mike Giles’ Pirates trailed at halftime, 2-1, to Long Beach,

but could not keep pace in the second half of the day’s first match.

Long Beach got past San Diego Mesa, 7-6, in the second match of

the tournament, then Coast, ranked No. 5 in the state, won with ease

in the nightcap behind four goals from Erica Nicholson.

OCC MINI-TOURNAMENT

(at Long Beach State)

Long Beach CC 8, OCC 4

OCC 1 0 2 1

- 4

Long Beach 2 0 3

3 - 8

OCC -- Nicholson 1, Myer 1, Klilne 1, Mitchell 1. Saves

-- Deyden 9.

OCC 11, San Diego Mesa 1

SD Mesa 0 0 1

0 - 1

OCC 3 4 1

3 - 11

OCC -- Nicholson 4, Sonnenfeld 3, Lantz 2, Judd 1, Doll

1. Saves -- Deyden 11.