2019 SBCC Women's Water Polo News
SBCC's Taylor Brooks has been selected as the Women's Water Polo Player of the Year by the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table.
Here are the Top 8 SBCC athletic highlights for the 2019-20 season. The 10 spring sports teams had their seasons cut short on March 12, when the CCCAA postponed all sports due to the Coronavirus Pandemic and later cancelled all spring sports and state championships.
SBCC utility player Taylor Brooks has been selected as the Most Valuable Player in the Western State Conference.
Riverside grabbed an early 4-1 lead and then wore SBCC down in a 12-7 So Cal Regional semifinal win. The third-ranked Vaqueros returned to the Riverside pool on Saturday evening and beat No. 5 Citrus 10-5 to take third in the Regional.
Taylor Brooks tossed in five goals to break the SBCC single-season scoring record on Friday night and the third-seeded Vaqueros knocked off No. 6 Golden West 10-4 in a Southern Cal Regional quarterfinal at Riverside City College.
Annie Ackert and Taylor Brooks combined for 11 goals on Saturday as No. 2 SBCC downed No. 5 Citrus 16-11 to capture its sixth straight Western State Conference women’s water polo championship.
Allison Kay had two goals and two assists on Friday as No. 2 SBCC pulled away from Ventura for an 11-8 women’s water polo victory in the WSC Tournament semifinals at L.A. Valley.
It was all treats for SBCC on Saturday as the No. 2-ranked Vaqueros won three games to complete a 4-0 run in their Halloween Invitational at Santa Barbara High.
Taylor Brooks tossed in six goals on eight shots and Jayde Manascalco had a season-high 10 saves as SBCC routed L.A. Pierce 17-4 on the first day of the Vaqueros’ Halloween Invitational at Santa Barbara High.
Hana Wigzell score the tying goal with 1:40 remaining against Long Beach City College and Annie Ackert converted a penalty shot one minute later to send SBCC to a 12-11 win over LBCC in the third-place game of the LBCC Battle at the Beach. Earlier in the day, the second-ranked Vaqueros dropped an exciting 7-6 overtime contest to No. 3 Riverside.
SBCC had seven different goal scorers in game one and Taylor Brooks found the back of the net six times in game two as No. 2 SBCC topped Orange Coast College (12-5) and No. 9 Sierra College on day one of the Long Beach City College Battle at the Beach at Cerritos College as the Vaqueros moved to 21-3 on the season.
Annie Ackert tied her season high with five goals and Taylor Brooks added four on Wednesday as No. 2 SBCC doubled up L.A. Valley, 12-5, to remain undefeated in WSC North action.
Annie Ackert and Taylor Brooks tossed in four goals each on Friday as No. 2 SBCC rallied for a 10-8 overtime win over No. 7 Golden West in the Ventura Tournament.
Taylor Brooks poured in six goals and made four steals on Saturday, leading No. 3 SBCC to a 12-8 upset of top-ranked Riverside in the 21st MidState Invitational at Cuesta College.
SBCC opened October with a pair of wins on Friday in the 21st MidState Invitational at Cuesta in San Luis Obispo.
Top-ranked Fullerton outscored No. 3 SBCC 4-1 in the last 13 minutes on Saturday en route to a 12-8 women’s water polo win at Fullerton.
