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Bulldogs water polo player honored

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Senior center Ryan Floersch of the University of Redlands men’s water polo team earned  First-Team All-Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) accolades for his play during the 2009 season.
 
Floersch has had a knack for frustrating opposing defenders with his knowledge of the advantage rules, accumulating 109 ejections drawn. That total eclipsed the former single-season program record of 63, which Sean McWhorter ’96 set in 1995. As a result of his mind-boggling number of ejections drawn this year, Floersch also cleared McWhorter’s career-record total (188) with 204. In addition, he supplied 48 goals, 35 assists, 30 steals and 10 field blocks on the season.
 
This marks Floersch’s inaugural All-WWPA recognition.
 
Redlands (17-16, 9-1 SCIAC) captured its eighth Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) title in program history with a 9-1 record in conference play, which included a first-place finish at the SCIAC Championship Tournament last weekend.
 
The Bulldogs earned one of the SCIAC’s two automatic bids into the Western Water Polo Association (WWPA) Championships and own the tournament’s No. 6 seed. They take on third-seeded UC San Diego in the event’s first round on Friday at 11:45 a.m. This year’s WWPA Championships will take place at the Zee Allred Aquatics Center on Chapman University’s campus in Orange.

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Cal State gets volleyball regional, but there’s a catch

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The Cal State San Bernardino volleyball team got the No. 1 seed and the right to host the NCAA Division II West Region Tournament which starts on Thursday.

But they won’t be hosting the event at Coussoulis Arena. They will be playing the event in the auxilary gymnasium dubbed “The Den” which is adjacent to Coussoulis.

School administrators booked a B.B. King concert for Thursday at Coussoulis. And they did so knowing that the volleyball tournament was going to start that same date. The logic was that the arena doesn’t get to host many entertainment events other than WWE so it was a chance to showcase the facility to a different crowd and make some money at the same time.

Athletic director Kevin Hatcher assured the NCAA that The Den meets all the criteria for hosting an event of that magnitude. It is obviously taking his word for it.

There was a possibility of moving the event to Friday, Saturday and Sunday to play it in Coussoulis but the teams still wouldn’t be able to have a practice in the tournament venue which is mandatory. So they will be playing the whole thing in the Den, even though Coussoulis would be available Friday and Saturday.

It’s not the ideal situation but its better than the othe option which would be to give the event to the No. 2 seed UC San Diego, which is Cal State’s biggest rival. No doubt there will be some complaining teams and coaches. But Cal State earned the right to host on the court and no other team did so.

The Coyotes will open against the No. 8 seed Seattle Pacific, the runner-up out of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

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SBVC football team finishes with a flurry

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The San Bernardino Valley College football team turned in what may be the biggest upset in Southern California this season when it stunned previously unbeaten L.A. Harbor 29-21 Saturday night.

That makes the Wolverines 5-5. While that typically isn’t a record most coaches get excited about, you have to consider where this team came from.

It took a 15-game losing streak into this season, and lost the first four this season, making it 19. Then came signs of things to come. The Wolverines reeled off four in a row. They were the games that looked like the most winnable even before the season started.Those four teams SBVC beat finished a combined 7-33.

This win was special because it came over a quality foe, one that came in unbeaten and averaging 500 yards a game and 50 points a game on offense. It looked a little suspect on defense but the gaudy statistics it put up offensively more than compensated.

Kevin Emerson did a heck of a job with this team and he wasn’t hired until late July. Imagine what he can do when he has a full year!

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