California State University - Long Beach Men's Water Polo

Arroyo's leadership. Arroyo guided the 49ers to a program-best 25-7 record and a third-place finish in the Big West Tournament. The Beach began the season unranked but climbed up the polls to No .8 - the highest ranking in school history - when the season ended. Melissa Matheson, Chelsea Parks and Christina Kotsia all garnered All-America Honorable Mention following the historic season under Arroyo's guidance. In 2012, the 49ers finished with their second-highest win total under Arroyo, and claimed three All-Big West selections as Melissa Matheson, Coriann Snyder, and Chelsea Parks were all honored by the conference. In his first season as head coach in 2009, Long Beach State posted a 9-12 overall record against a difficult schedule and finished fifth in the first year of play in the Big West Conference for women's water polo. Arroyo brings a combination of playing and coaching experience to The Beach. He is a two-time member of the U.S. Men's Olympic Water Polo team (1996, 2000) and spent two years as an assistant coach at California. In 2005, he served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men's Senior National Team planning training schedules, aiding in game preparation, organizing fundraising events, and being responsible for fundamentals, tactic implementation and conditioning. Arroyo started the Long Beach Water Polo Club catering to youth water polo players, both boys and girls, on May 1, 2010. He has also served as the head coach for the Olympic Club of San Francisco men's team (2004-05) for two years. A 1994 graduate of UC Berkeley with a degree in political science, Arroyo was a first-team All-American at Cal in 1993. He was a part of three NCAA Championship squads at Berkeley (1990, 1991, 1992). Arroyo competed on the U.S. National Team for eight years (1993-2000) helping lead the U.S. squad to numerous championships. The U.S. men's team won the World Championships in 1994 and 1998, the 1997 FINA Cup and the 1995 and 1999 Pan American Games. He also competed on the U.S. men's team at the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games. Arroyo competed for seven years overseas playing professional water polo in Greece and Spain with five different clubs (Vouliagmeni, Glyfada, CN Barcelona, Olympiakos and CN Barceloneta). He was a member of the 1998 Greek League championship team and was runner-up in 1997 and 1998 at the European Cup. Arroyo is a native of Southern California, growing up in Orange and earning 1990 Swimmer of the Year and High School Player of the Year honors from the Orange County Register at Villa Park High School. Arroyo and his wife, Erene, have a daughter, Angeliki, who was born on April 11, 2007. The couple resides in Long Beach. Women's Water Polo Home   Email this article   Printer-friendly format

Petrovic played four seasons for the 49ers from 2008 to 2011, scoring 140 goals in those four seasons, 13th most in school history. Over his career, Petrovic earned two honorable mention All-MPSF selections, one in 2009 and one as a senior in 2011. The Serbian native came to the United States as a freshman and scored 22 goas in his first season. As a sophomore, Petrovic led the team in scoring, putting away 35 goals in his second season with the 49ers. After scoring 30 goals as a junior, Petrovic once more led the 49ers in goals, scoring 53 goals, one of the Top 20 goal scoring seasons in school history. Following his collegiate playing career, Petrovic has moved into coaching with various clubs, and will work as the lead assistant with the Mens program under Arroyo at Long Beach State.