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For this weekend’s home coming celebration in Thousand Oaks, Cal Lutheran will honor Justin Meek<\/strong>, a former player for the Kingsmen who was heroically killed in the Borderline Shootings last year. Head Coach Craig Rond<\/strong> announced that in Meek’s honor, the school will dedicate a new 35\u2019 flag pole this Saturday on the deck of the Samuelson Aquatics Center prior to a 2 p.m. match against Washington & Jefferson.<\/p>\n

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Justin Meek. Photo Courtesy: Cal Lutheran<\/p><\/div>\n

Meek was at the Borderline Bar and Grill on the evening of November 7, 2018, when a gunman burst in and opened fire, murdering 12 people. Another dozen were injured. In the melee, Meeks died protecting his sister Victoria Rose, also a member of the Cal Lutheran polo program, and other patrons.<\/p>\n

[On The Record with Craig Rond, Head Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Water Polo Coach for Cal Lutheran<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

The following spring, Victoria Rose was a member of the Regals team that captured the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) title and advanced to the 2019 NCAA Women’s Water Polo Tournament.<\/p>\n

[Victoria Rose Meek, Cal Lutheran Water Polo Rise Like a Phoenix from Ashes of Thousand Oaks Shooting<\/em><\/a>]<\/p>\n

This fall, the Kingsmen (7-7; 1-3 SCIAC) are middle of the pack for their conference but there’s a particular prize at stake: inclusion in the first-ever Division III National Championship<\/a>. The top two finishers in the SCIAC will play against the top two teams from the East in a championship tournament this December; with a strong finish to their season, Cal Lutheran is in play for this tournament opportunity.<\/p>\n

Prior to the dedication of the flag pole in Justin Meeks honor, the Kingsmen will face SCIAC rival Chapman (5-9; 3-1 SCIAC). This coming Wednesday they will host Occidental, another SCIAC rival, as they look to rally for yet another SCIAC title in honor of their fallen teammate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For this weekend’s home coming celebration in Thousand Oaks, Cal Lutheran will honor Justin Meek, a former player for the Kingsmen who was heroically killed in the Borderline Shootings last<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4875,"featured_media":397881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[79176,81555,73701,66126,81496,60192,111525,64765,44523,81554,73652,54416],"class_list":["post-397871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-water-polo","tag-2019-ncaa-womens-water-polo-tournament","tag-borderline-bar-and-grill","tag-cal-lutheran","tag-craig-rond","tag-justin-meek","tag-michael-randazzo","tag-samuelson-aquatics-center","tag-sciac","tag-southern-california-intercollegiate-athletic-conference","tag-thousand-oaks-shooting","tag-victoria-rose-meek","tag-water-polo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\nCal Lutheran Water Polo to Honor Justin Meek, Kingsmen Class of 2018 - 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