Richards, Roth earn top honors from WSC
SBCC received top honors from the Western State Conference as goalie Mackenzie Richards was named Player of the Year in women’s water polo for the 2015 fall season and Chuckie Roth was the Coach of the Year.
SBCC received top honors from the Western State Conference as goalie Mackenzie Richards was named Player of the Year in women's water polo for the 2015 fall season and Chuckie Roth was the Coach of the Year.
The Vaqueros went 6-1 in WSC regular-season play, the won two straight games to capture the WSC Tournament for the second straight year. They topped Palomar 10-5 in a Southern California Regional playoff game, then fell to No. 2 San Diego Mesa 8-5 to finish fifth in Southern Cal for the second straight year.
Richards, a freshman from Royal High in Simi Valley, was also named first-team All-American and All-Regional. She allowed just 5.4 goals in conference for the Vaqueros, who finished 8-1 in WSC play and 20-13 overall. SBCC, which started its women's water polo team two years ago, has won the conference title the last two years and is 16-2 in WSC play.
First-team All-WSC honorees were Kendra Carr, the top goal scorer with 69, along with Addison Seale, Nicole Cosares and Mackenzie Perez. Seale made second-team All-American.
Rebekah Carey and Maddie Brooks were second-team All-WSC selections and Lili Talkin was honorable mention.