Cuesta Men's Water Polo has won 31 conference titles since its founding in 1979, including the past two under Coach Greg Enloe. The five-time defending Western State Conference Champion Cougars open their title defense in Van Nuys against Los Angeles Valley College. The Monarchs, who have won five titles, are the only other team to claim a WSC Crown since 2010. After facing off with LA Valley on Wednesday (3 PM), the poloists will remain in Southern California to play three games at a tournament held at Oceanside High School in Huntington Beach. The Cougars' Thursday lineup includes Mt St Mary's (9:30), McKendree College (1:30) and the Riptide Club (7 PM).
Cuesta's Poloists closed out a disappointing Cuesta I Tournament with a pair of losses on the second day. The Cougars first day schedule was wiped out by a power outage on campus, as two of the four canceled games were set to feature the home team. On Saturday, with the power up and running, the Cougars opened against unranked Orange Coast and lost to the Pirates, 11-8. In the nightcap, Cuesta and American River battled into "Sudden Death" overtime, where the Beavers took the game, 14-13. The Cougars are now 7-6 on the season.
Sophomore All American
Johnny Starr scored seven goals and dished out three assists, while accounting for nearly half of the Cougars' 21 goals on the day. Starr also took a step closer to becoming the 39th member of the Cuesta's 100-Career Goal Century Club. A list, which includes current Cuesta Assistant Coach Karl Blum, who tallied 119 goals in the green and black.
Cuesta Men's Water Polo- CENTURY CLUB (100 Career Points)
1 Kelly Porter 1986-87 221
2 Hank Peterson 1984-85 188
3 John Marsh 1980-81 178
Hunter Hamaker 2008-09 178
5 Lawrence Bardelli 2009-10 173
6 Chris Lund (20) 1996, 98 171
7 Jeffrey Walker (24) 1994-95 166
8 Steve Long 1988-89 157
9 Steve Farrell 1981-82 155
10 Kevin Bradley 2002-03 154
11 Eric Marsh 2010-11 153
Johnny Hartshorne 2015-16 153
13 Dante Ianora 2022-23 149
14 Matt Giancanelli 2011-12 145
15 Alex Asta 1989-90 140
16 Erik Holsinger 1979, 81 138
17 Lucas Lastra 2012-13 137
18 Johnny Northcutt 2020-21-22 128
19 Eric Billington (10) 1995-96 123
Georan Meendering 2012-13 123
Oliver Finely 2023-24 123
22 Dean Moody 2021-22 122
23 Mike Rowley 1980-81 121
24 Toki Prlainovic 1990 120
25 Karl Blum 1985-86 119
Austin Majus 2023-24 119
27 Craig Erickson 2006-07 115
Luka Vukomanovic 2010-11 115
Andonis Petroutsas 2023-24 115
30 Jacob Sill 2019-20-21 114
31 Sam Hyman (16) 1996, 98 113
32 Rob Petterson 1990, 92 112
33 Marcus Wooler 1990-91 111
34 Mark Stephen 2005-06 110
35 Ian Starkie 2006-07 107
Jack Felsted 2018-19 107
37 Bryan Buhagiar 2006-07 106
38 Zachary Tucker 2018-19 101
