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Women’s Water Polo: Long Beach comeback falls short in 7-6 loss at Mt. SAC

Sophomore Makenna Oberst led LBCC with three goals to go with three steals in the loss at Mt. SAC. (File photo by Chris Ruiz)
Sophomore Makenna Oberst led LBCC with three goals to go with three steals in the loss at Mt. SAC. (File photo by Chris Ruiz)
Posted: Oct 07, 2015

It has been a common theme for the Long Beach City College women's water polo team recently. The Vikings will fall behind early, only to have a late rally come up short. It was more of the same on Wednesday as LBCC suffered its first South Coast Conference loss, a narrow 7-6 defeat at Mt. San Antonio College.

Long Beach was down 4-2 after the first quarter and faced a 5-2 deficit at halftime. The Vikings came alive with three goals in the third quarter on their way to outscoring Mt. SAC 4-2 over the second half but couldn't get the equalizer.

Sophomore Makenna Oberst (Los Alamitos HS/Concordia University-Irvine) led LBCC with three goals to go with three steals while sophomore Ashley Diaz (Esperanza HS) chipped in with a goal, three assists, and three steals.

Freshman Felicia DePalma (St. Joseph HS) posted four saves in goal for the Vikings.

Long Beach, now 10-6 overall and 3-1 in SCC play, returns to action on Monday (Oct. 12) at 3 p.m. when the Vikings host rival Cerritos College in a conference game.