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SEASIDE, Calif.- The Cal State Monterey Bay women's water polo team will hit the road after a week away from competition. The Otters head to Rohnert Park to take on Cal Lutheran in their season opening weekend followed by a match up against Sonoma State (0-2 WWPA). Game times are set for 1:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
COACHES CORNER WITH GARY FIGUEROA: “We are looking forward to getting back in action this weekend. The extra week of training has been mostly good. The one exception being 'get skinny week' became 'Valentines Day'. The team has worked extremely hard and will be ready to play. We are fine tuning our team defense and striving to see more movement on offense.”
LOOKING AHEAD: The Otters will be on the road for another pair of games in Santa Clara on Feb. 25 before returning to the Otter Tank to host Cal State Bakersfield for the first time since the 2008 season. CSUMB will then take their first road trip to southern California the opening weekend of March, visiting the Coyotes of Cal State San Bernardino.
WHEN WE LAST MET CAL LUTHERAN: CSUMB outscored the Regals in all four quarters to earn a 11-5 victory over Cal Lutheran in the final match of the Posada Royale Invitational in Thousand Oaks, Calif. (March 6, 2011)
WHEN WE LAST MET SONOMA STATE: After posting a 7-5 lead at half, the Otters fell to the Seawolves after three quarters of overtime (11-12) on March 15, 2011. Somona posted a four point fourth quarter to put the game into extra quarters. CSUMB has a 2-4 overall record when playing in Dr. G. Edward Rudloff Pool.
WWPA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Senior
Katie Sowul received Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Athlete of the Week accolades after her performance the weekend of Feb. 4th leading the Otters to their first regular season win over conference opponent Santa Clara University (10-4). This marks only the second time a member of the Otter water polo team has received these honors.
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