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<\/span><\/p>\n Men’s Water Polo<\/b><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n The No. 3 state-ranked Long Beach City College men’s water polo team picked up an impressive 8-3 South Coast Conference win over visiting No. 5 Cerritos College on Wednesday. <\/span>The win improved LBCC to 13-4 overall and 3-0 in the SCC while Cerritos dropped to 19-4 and 3-1 in conference play.<\/span><\/p>\n Long Beach led 2-0 early in the second quarter before Cerritos finally got on the board at the 3:17 mark to cut the Vikings’ lead to 2-1. <\/span>But LBCC scored six unanswered goals to jump ahead 8-1 in the third quarter before emptying the bench in the fourth.<\/span><\/p>\n Sophomore Brandon Loveless, and freshmen Shawn Nolan and Marko Miljanovic all scored two goals each to pace the Vikings. Sophomore Adam Rosenberger and freshman freshman Dusan Ivanovski added single goals. <\/span>Freshman Matt Schamp posted 12 saves in goal for the Vikings.<\/span><\/p>\n The LBCC men return to action this weekend (Oct. 17-18) when they compete at the Golden West College tournament.<\/span><\/p>\n Women’s Water Polo<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n The No. 3 state-ranked Long Beach City College women’s water polo team suffered a 13-7 South Coast Conference loss to visiting No. 2 Cerritos College on Wednesday. <\/span>The loss dropped Long Beach to 16-4 overall and 3-1 in the SCC while Cerritos moved to 22-2 and 4-0 in conference play. <\/span>Cerritos jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the second before the Vikings slowly began to chip away at the lead.<\/span><\/p>\n Goals by sophomores Ally Edge and Raylynn Castillo in the second had the Vikings trailing 3-2. Cerritos led 4-3 after two quarters before breaking the game open in the third. The Falcons outscored Long Beach 4-1 in the third to put the game out of reach. Freshman Adrienne Taylor led LBCC with two goals. 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