The El Camino College Warriors (0-1) men”s water polo team were defeated (5-15) last week, on Sep. 14, in a fierce battle against Fullerton Community College. As a team, the Warriors played well, but Fullerton was a tough team to defeat.

Head Coach Corey Stanbury felt that his team had some errors that needed to be corrected for their next games coming up. “Fullerton was better than they were last year,” said Stanbury. “As a team, we must work on our defense as well as our offense.”

Fullerton was much quicker in the transition, giving them the upper-hand against the Warriors. “We must be faster on our counter-attacks, and as we got tired our wind caught up with us,” said Stanbury. “Going into our next games, we”d like to increase our speed, casino online improve our passing and our reactions on changing of possessions.” Goalie Tanner Castro played his role well on defense for his Warriors, though he felt there were also more room his team could improve on. “We must work on our counter-attacks, score the ball more and play better in transition,” said Castro.

Tanner recorded two saves for his team, which helped his team get pumped up to play. “Our break-a-ways got us going as a team, and kept us in the game,” said Tanner. Field player Adam Rudow recorded the most points on the team with three, following the other two scores by Max Lanich and Jonathan Diaz. “Our first goal we scored got us going,” said Diaz.”We did our best on defense, and going into our next games we look to work on our starts, sprints, and scoring.”

Goalie Filip Kostic recorded three saves as well as one steal. Devin Sanchez stepped up for the Warriors on defense, recording six steals and two assists.

The Warriors next game will be on Sep.20, in a tournament they will be hosting on their home turf, to make up for their loss against Fullerton College.