Long Beach State Women's Water Polo Team

Sunday, October 7, 2007

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A WATER POLO PLAYER WHEN...

It seems the more homework we have, more time we have to do not the homework! We need breaks, and the breaks bring stuff like this...

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Mandatory Advising Counselor List

Marina can you post the attached list on the blog? It is the advisor with whom the girls should make their advising appointments, for those with Freshman Workshop next to them can you put TBA (to be announced)...... Thanks Cat

Antonopoulos, Patricia Kirsten
Bishop, Morgan Michelle
Canetti, Cecilia Michelle
Delfin, Briana Michelle
Denaro, Rachelle Robin
Di Tommaso, Geraldine Robin
Emerick, Kelsie Jimmy
Figge, Brooke Michelle
Gentner, Rebecca Robin
Grade, Erin Michelle
Hayslett, Courtney Freshman Workshop TBA
Holderman, Jennifer Freshman Workshop TBA
Houck, Kalina Kirsten
Lee, Branwyn Michelle
Leonard, Meaghan Freshman Workshop TBA
Libutti, Teressa Freshman Workshop TBA
MacKenzie, Megan Freshman Workshop TBA
O’Sullivan, Kealaonapua Kirsten
Perryman, Kelly Kirsten
Sarlo, Sophia Freshman Workshop TBA
Steadman, Sarah Michelle
Stragier, Kristen Freshman Workshop TBA
Strong, Kristin Freshman Workshop TBA
Swart, Kristin Kirsten
Thornback, Brittany Rebecca
Trujillo, Katherine Michelle
Wawrzynski, Dayna Robin
Winther, Cory Michelle

Monday, October 1, 2007

Water Polo Women's Stars

The web site el cuervo is making videos of some of the best women's water polo players in the world. This time is Brenda Villa. Very nice.

ps: the #4 just looks so cool hehe

Sunday, September 23, 2007

CASANOVA VIDEO

I think I mentioned this player to some of you once, Elisa Casanova, 2 meter player from Italia. I think it is funny how small Brenda Villa is when we see next to Casanova!

Thursday, September 13, 2007

HOLAND X RUSSIA VIDEO

This is the game that qualified Holand to the Olympic Games 2008. So exciting!! Enjoy

Sunday, September 9, 2007

START OF PRACTICES

Tomorrow morning! Welcome back to Long Beach State water polo team for the returners! And welcome newbies! I hope you all have a great time this year and a lot of HARD work!

7:45 tomorrow morning be ready to work!

Have a great night!

Friday, September 7, 2007

15 AMAZING GOALS

They should make one video with 15 amazing goals made by women. But this is cool!
Which goal did you like the most?
Video made by elcuervo, they have a lot of cool water polo videos.

TEAM DINNER!

First team dinner!

This sunday, September 9 we are going to meet at Lakewood Souplantation
Between Clark & Lakewood Blvd.
4720 Candlewood St.
Lakewood, CA 90712-1831

Catharine von Schwarz

Catharine von Schwarz
HEAD COACH
Career Bio (from longbeachstate.com)

Catharine von Schwarz, hired on September 7, 2006, became the fourth coach in 49er history. This is her first head coaching opportunity. For the past two years von Schwarz was the head coach of the 18 and under, 20 and under and senior women’s teams for the Los Angeles Water Polo Club.
“Her commitment to the sport of women’s water polo is second to none and her years of competition on the U.S. Senior National Team and her four years at UCLA as a collegiate player have prepared her well for this position. She has played and coached under some of the greatest names in water polo and I believe she will bring those qualities, as well as her own style of coaching to Long Beach State,” said Athletics Director Vic Cegles.
von Schwarz was a member of the U.S. Senior National Team from 1995-2003. She competed in over 100 international matches during her professional career, and was the second alternate for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia. The USA team earned numerous honors during her time on the squad including a second place finish at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada and a fourth place finish at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan.
From 1991-97 she was a member of the U.S. Junior National Team, serving as team co-captain in 1996 and captain in 1997. In 1994 the junior team won the Junior Pan American Games in Havana, Cuba and in 1996 they once again won the Junior Pan American Games title. She gained further international experience as a player competing for two Italian A-1 Professional League teams. In 2001-02 she competed with I.G.M. Ortigia of Siracusa, Sicily, Italy and from 2004-05 she played for Rari-Nantes Florentia of Florence, Italy.
She began her coaching career as an undergraduate assistant coach at UCLA in 2000-01 where the Bruins won the 2001 NCAA Championship. She then spent one year as an assistant coach at Golden West College before heading over to play professionally in Italy. In 2003-04 she was a full-time assistant coach at UCLA.
von Schwarz played her collegiate water polo at UCLA (1995-2000). She was a four-year letterwinner with the Bruins and was a part of four NCAA Championships (1996, 1997, 1998, 2000). von Schwarz was selected as the UCLA Player of the Year in 2000 as a senior and was the co-Player of the Year in 1997. She earned four All-America and four All-Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) honors as well.
von Schwarz hails from Annapolis, MD and competed on the Naval Academy Aquatic Club for five years (1986-1991), where she played primarily with the boys team. A 2001 graduate of UCLA with a degree in history, she is currently enrolled in the Graduate Program at Loyola Marymount working towards a teaching credential and Masters in elementary education.