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# SMC’s water polo team wins championship
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/smcs-water-polo-team-wins-championship/
- Published: 2002-11-05T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T00:51:18.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Education, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

Santa Monica College’s men’s water polo team won the 2002 Western Conference Championship over the weekend at Ventura College.

Second year coach Gary O’Brien’s team crushed Cuesta College 13-8 in the championship game. The men’s water polo WSC championship is the first since 1987 and the first WSC championship in any sport at SMC since the 1998-99 men’s basketball south division title.

The Corsairs are headed into this week’s Southern California Regionals of the state tournament.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on November 5, 2002.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/110502.pdf?ref=smdp.com)