The U.S. men's national water polo team got a shellacking by the Italian team, losing, 10-2, Thursday in the opening round of the Rome international water polo tournament.
John Vargas of Newport Beach, who coaches UC Irvine, is the U.S. coach. "This trip was intended to be a learning experience for our young players and tonight we got taken to school," he said.
For the Record
Los Angeles Times Saturday July 26, 1997 Orange County Edition Sports Part C Page 15 Sports Desk 1 inches; 28 words Type of Material: Correction
Water polo--The school affiliation of John Vargas, coach of the U.S. national team, was incorrectly stated in an article in Friday's Times Orange County. Vargas also coaches at Corona del Mar High.
Steve Gill of UC Irvine scored both goals for the United States, which hopes to do better today with the recent addition of Olympians Jeremy Laster of Capistrano Beach and Stanford and Chris Oeding of Newport Beach and UC Berkeley.
