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Orange Lutheran girls water polo team finds another gear against Long Beach Wilson in Open Division pool-play victory; Mater Dei also wins

Aquatics Blog Features News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks Water Polo February 13, 2025 0

ORANGE – Four first-quarter goals by Allison Cohen, including a pair of 5-meter penalty shots, weren’t enough for Orange Lutheran to deliver an early knockout punch Wednesday night against Long Beach Wilson in their CIF-Southern Section Open Division girls water polo showdown. So, the Lancers decided to unleash their... Read more

Newport Harbor girls water polo team uses five-goal run in CIF-Southern Section Open Division pool-play match to defeat Foothill for fifth time this season

Aquatics Blog Features News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks Water Polo February 13, 2025 0

NEWPORT BEACH – Santa Ana Foothill had explored multiple strategies, experimented with different lineups and exhausted every defensive resource in four regular-season matchups against Newport Harbor, only to come up empty against the Sailors in every showdown. But the CIF-Southern Section Open Division girls water polo playoffs provided the... Read more

Newport Harbor girls water polo team steps up on defense in second half to secure CIF-Southern Section Open Division victory against Long Beach Wilson

Aquatics Blog Features News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks Water Polo February 7, 2025 0

NEWPORT BEACH – Even with the new pool-play format this season in the CIF-Southern Section Open Division girls water polo playoffs, Newport Harbor is still treating every match as if it is a single-elimination contest, requiring the third-seeded Sailors to string together four consecutive victories in order to capture... Read more

Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran girls water polo teams earn top two seeds in Southern Section Open Division playoffs

Aquatics Blog Features News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks Water Polo January 31, 2025 0

Mater Dei and Orange Lutheran received the top two seeds in the CIF-Southern Section Open Division girls water polo playoffs, which will be contested for the first time this season using a pool-play format for the eight-team competition, following a single-elimination bracket the past three years. Pool-play matches are... Read more

Long Beach Wilson girls water polo team edges Corona del Mar to win So Cal Championships crown for first time since 1998

Aquatics Blog Features News NewsTicker Southern Section StaffPicks Water Polo January 26, 2025 0

Long Beach Wilson has endured seven losses this season, all coming against the top five girls water polo teams in Southern California, especially in the elite tournament fields. But with none of those programs competing in the So Cal Championships, the Bruins took advantage of the opportunity and captured... Read more

Strong second half from Kirra Pantaleon lifts Mater Dei girls water polo team to first Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions title

Aquatics Blog Features News NewsTicker San Diego Section Southern Section StaffPicks Water Polo January 11, 2025 0

SANTA BARBARA – The lineups might have been slightly different, but the outcome was the same for the Mater Dei High girls water polo team Saturday against Orange Lutheran in the championship match of the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions. For the second time in an eight-day span, the... Read more