Women's Water Polo

women’s water polo QUICK FACTS 2010 SCHEDULE University....................................Long.Beach.State Jan. 30 vs. Arizona State 1 p.m. Mailing Address.....................1250.Bellflower.Blvd. Jan. 30 vs. CS Bakersfield 4:30 p.m. .............................................Long.Beach,.CA.90840 Feb. 4 USC 6 p.m. Founded...........................................................1949 Feb. 6 Triton Invitational All Day Enrollment.....................................................37,891 Feb. 7 Triton Invitational All Day Nickname....................................................... 49ers Feb. 12 UC San Diego 7 p.m. Team Colors........................................Black.&.Gold Feb. 13 San Diego State 1 p.m. Facility................................................Campus.Pool Feb. 27 UC Irvine Tournament All Day President......................................F..King.Alexander Feb. 28 UC Irvine Tournament All Day Athletics Director.................................. Vic.Cegles Mar. 13 Colorado State Noon Conference................................................ Big.West Mar. 14 Arizona State Noon Water Polo Contact................................Roger.Kirk Mar. 19 vs. Maryland 11 a.m. E-mail..............................................rkirk@csulb.edu Mar. 19 vs. Concordia 3:30 p.m. Phone...............................................(562).985-7565 Mar. 20 vs. Cal Baptist Noon Fax...................................................(562).985-1549 Mar. 20 vs. Occidental 3 p.m. Head Coach.........................................Gavin.Arroyo Mar. 25 at USC 5 p.m. Career Record.....................................9-19.(1.year) Mar. 27 at CS Northridge Noon LBSU Record......................................9-19.(1.year) Mar. 28 Stanford Noon Assistant Coach.............................Heather.Moody Apr. 2 at UC Santa Barara Noon Assistant Coach.................................Kyle.Gorham Apr. 10 UC Davis Noon Office Phone...................................(562).985-8279 Apr. 11 Pacific Noon 2009 Record..................................................... 9-19 Apr. 15 at UC Irvine 7 p.m. Conference Record........................................... 1-4 Apr. 23-25 Big West Tournament All Day Final National Rank.............................................16 TABLE OF CONTENTS 49ers On Senior National Teams Schedule..................................................................1 Quick.Facts..............................................................1 Roster.......................................................................2 Beach.Water.Polo.....................................................3 Gavin.Arroyo.............................................................4 Assistant.Coaches....................................................5 Player.Profiles.....................................................6-13 2009.Review...........................................................15 Records.............................................................16-21. Alison Braden Drue Wawrzynski Tara Campbell Where.Champions.Play.....................................22-23 CANADA UNITED STATES CANADA Championship.Facilities....................................24-25 This.Is.CSULB...................................................26-27 Media.Relations......................................................28 Elise Rossato Angelica Garcia Roberta Stewart AUSTRALIA PUERTO RICO NEW ZEALAND Credits: The 2010 Long Beach State Women’s Water Polo Guide was written, edited and designed by Roger Kirk, Associate Media Relations Director. Photos taken by Steve Carr, Matt Brown, and Robert Freligh. Special thanks to the coaches for their help. Ceclia Canetti Marina Canetti Lauren Siepath BRAZIL BRAZIL NEW ZEALAND 1 2010 roster NO NAME HT POS YEAR HOMETOWN LAST SCHOOL 1 Kristen Stragier 5-10 Goalie JR Murrieta, Calif. Murrieta Valley HS 1A Lauren Randazzo 5-8 Goalie SO Orange, Calif. El Modena HS 2 Heather McKeon 5-8 Utility SO Long Beach, Calif. Wilson HS 3 Melissa Matheson 6-0 2-Meter FR Long Beach, Calif. Millikan HS 4 Megan Morales 5-7 Attacker SO Walnut, Calif. Walnut HS 5 Miranda Furuto 6-0 2-Meter FR Alta Loma, Calif. Los Osos HS 6 Krizia Cerda 5-10 Defender SO Miami, Fla. Coral Reef HS 7 Nicole Plihal 5-7 Attacker FR Pleasanton, Calif. Amador Valley HS 8 Meaghan Leonard 5-9 2-Meter JR Montreal, Canada Cegep John Abbott 9 Lauren Sieprath 5-7 Driver JR Auckland, NZ Diocesan School 10 Branwyn Lee 5-8 2-Meter SR Oxnard, Calif. Oxnard HS 11 Katie Rogers 5-5 Attacker SO Long Beach, Calif. Milikan HS 12 Julie Lantz 6-2 2-Meter FR Fullerton, Calif. Fullerton HS 14 Lindsay Holbrook 5-10 Attacker FR Lake Forest, Calif. El Toro HS 15 Sarah Greenwood 5-8 Utility FR Whittier, Calif. La Serna HS 16 Chelsea Grabowski 5-7 Attacker FR Clovis, Calif. Clovis East HS 17 Kirsten Thorn 5-8 Attacker FR Garden Grove, Calif. Pacifica HS 18 Shelby Gleason 5-7 Attacker FR Hacienda Heights, Calif. Los Altos HS 19 Claire Martin 5-11 Attacker FR Fresno, Calif. Clovis West HS 20 Courtney Elward 5-11 Attacker FR Santa Cruz, Calif. St. Francis HS 21 Michelle Schrader 5-6 Utility FR La Habra Heights, Calif. La Habra HS -- Libby Falat 6-1 Goalie FR Visalia, Calif. El Diamante HS -- Corinne Ingalla 5-4 Attacker FR Glendale, Calif. Crescenta Valley HS Head Coach: Gavin Arroyo, 2nd Year Assistant Coach: Heather Moody Assistant Coach: Kyle Gorham Volunteer Assistant Coach: Steve MacKenzie Pronunciation Guide Kristen Stragier ..................................................... STRAY - jer Lauren Randazzo ............................................... ran-DAZZ-oh Miranda Furuto ....................................................fuh-ROO-toe Krizia Cerda .......................................... CRI-zee-uh SAIR-duh Nicole Plihal ............................................................. PLEE-hall Branwyn Lee.........................................................BRAN-wynn Lauren Sieprath .......................................................SEE-prath Libby Falat ................................................................ fuh-LATT Corinne Ingalla ......................................................in-GALL-uh 2 beach water polo 3 head coach gavin arroyo Gavin Arroyo enters his second season as the head coach of the women’s program as well as his second season in Gavin Arroyo charge of both the men’s and women’s water polo pro- 2nd Year grams. He previously served two seasons solely as the head coach of the men’s water polo program. Career Record (Women’s) 9-19 In his first season as head coach, Long Beach State posted a 9-19 overall record against a difficult schedule and finished fifth in the first year of play in the Big West Confer- HEAD COACH ence for women’s water polo. Arroyo brings a combination of playing and coaching experience to The Beach. He is a two-time member of the U.S. Men’s Olympic Water Polo team (1996, 2000) and has spent the past two years as an assistant coach at the University of Califor- nia, Berkeley. Arroyo recently served as an assistant coach (2005) for the U.S. Men’s Senior National Team planning training schedules, aiding in game preparation, organizing fundraising events, and being responsible for fundamentals, tactic implementation and conditioning. He has also served as the head coach for the Olympic Club of San Francisco men’s team (2004-05) for two years. A 1994 graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in political science, Arroyo was a first team All-American at Cal in 1993. He was a part of three NCAA Championship squads at Berkeley (1990, 1991, 1992). Arroyo competed on the U.S. National Team for eight years (1993-2000) helping lead the U.S. squad to numerous championships. The U.S. men’s team won the World Championships in 1994 and 1998, the 1997 FINA Cup and the 1995 and 1999 Pan American Games championships. He also competed on the U.S. men’s team at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Arroyo competed for seven years overseas playing profes- sional water polo in Greece and Spain with five different clubs (Vouliagmeni, Glyfada, CN Barcelona, Olympiakos and CN Barceloneta). He was a member of the 1998 Greek League championship team and was runner-up in 1997 and 1998 at the European Cup Winners’ Cup. Arroyo is a native of Southern California, growing up in Orange and earning 1990 Swimmer of the Year and High School Player of the Year honors from the Orange County Register at Villa Park High School. 4 assistant coaches Heather Moody KYLE Gorham 2nd Year 3rd Year ASSt. Coach ASSt. Coach Heather Moody enters her second season as the lead assis- Kyle Gorham is in his third season at LBSU as an assistant tant for the men’s and women’s water polo programs at Long coach after serving as an assistant coach at Corona Del Mar Beach State. High for both the boy’s and girl’s teams for two seasons. In 2006 the girl’s team won the CIF Division-II title. Moody was named the interim Head Coach for the women’s national team in 2005 and a month later led the Americans to He began his coaching career at Brea High in 2002, and a Silver Medal at the FINA World Championships in Montreal. spent three seasons before serving as the head boy’s coach Moody resumed her assistant coaching duties in 2005 after at Sonora High in La Habra in 2005. Sonora High went 10-15 Guy Baker was hired as head coach. Moody has been an as- and placed third in the league. sistant with Team USA ever since. The 2008 team won Gold in Beijing in August. Moody also coached at Golden West Junior Currently working towards his degree in history at The Beach, College for five years. he played

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