Men's Water Polo Earns No. 7 Seed in SoCal Playoffs
For the first time since 2013, the Pirates' men's water polo team (21-12) will be playing in the Southern California Regional Playoffs. The newly minted Western State Conference champions have earned the region's No. 7-seed and will take on No. 10 Saddleback on Thursday Nov. 13 at 11:15 am at Southwestern College in Chula Vista. The Pirates (21-12) and Bobcats (21-15) have faced off three times already this season with VC coming out on top in each.
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For the first time since 2013, the Pirates' men's water polo team will be playing in the Southern California Regional Playoffs. The newly minted Western State Conference champions have earned the region's No. 7-seed and will take on No. 10 Saddleback on Thursday Nov. 13 at 11:15 am at Southwestern College in Chula Vista. The Pirates (21-12) and Bobcats (21-15) have faced off three times already this season with VC coming out on top in each.
On Sept. 12 at the Golden West Tournament in Huntington Beach, the teams were tied at 9-9 midway through the fourth quarter before Evan Augusta, Patrik Bötkös and Milos Djanic scored late goals for a 12-9 Ventura win.
The teams clashed again on Oct. 24 at the Orange Coast Tournament in Costa Mesa. Ventura opened up a 12-4 lead after three quarters of play before posting a 15-10 triumph over the Bobcats. Owen Patterson, Nico Rosado and Bötkös all found the inside of the cage three times to lead VC.
Finally, just two weeks ago, at the Día de los Muertos Tournament at Southwestern, the regional playoff site, the Pirates came away with a thrilling 10-9 victory. Daniel Vadas scored three goals and totaled five steals in the game while Wyatt Dingman found the inside of the cage twice, including the game-winner with 1:37 remaining.
The winner of Thursday's first round match-up will take on No. 2 Long Beach (22-6) on Friday afternoon.