Throughout a long season, every team has to make adjustments due to injuries. For the Cerritos College men's water polo team, those adjustments happened to have been thrown upon them just as the post-season was about to begin. First, the team's best 2-meter defender, sophomore Peter Roldan was injured, and right before the start of the playoffs, sophomore Marlon Moreno, a 100-goal scorer, was injured in practice. Finally, freshman Jacob Graham suffered an injury, which hurt the team's depth dramatically.

In spite of the setbacks, the Falcons played a solid game in the Southern California Regional Playoff semifinal game against Long Beach City College on Saturday morning at Mt. San Antonio College. With the game close after the third quarter (13-10), Cerritos ran out of gas, and was defeated, 18-12, which eliminated them from a berth in the CCCAA State Tournament. Then, in the third place game, the Falcons were defeated by Los Angeles Valley College, 16-10, which ended their season with a 23-11 record.

"The guys played real hard today," said head coach Joe Abing. "In the middle of the third quarter against Long Beach, it was still a three-goal game, but we couldn't hang on. Then, with only two hours of a break, we had to play the third place game. Not having Peter, Marlon and Jacob was really a tough break. I'm very proud of our competitive spirit. This was a great team."

It was also a record-breaking year for the Falcons, as well. Freshman Angel Rojas obliterated three single-season records, as he set new standards in goals (155), steals (105) and assists (99). He was one assist away from being the college's first player to record over 100 in each of the categories. Add in Moreno's 105 goals and Cerritos had their first two-player 100-goal scorers.