Here’s the all-tournament team from Saturday’s Irvine Southern California girls water polo championships in Irvine:
Most outstanding field player: Nikki Stansfield, Foothill, Sr. (USC)
Most outstanding goalie: Maddie Trabucco, Santa Barbara, Sr. (Cal)
All-tournament:
Kelsey Roland, Foothill, Sr., GK, (Cal)
Brenna Thomas, Foothill, Sr. (UC Santa Barbara), pictured left in black
Sophie Trabucco, Santa Barbara, Sr. (UC Santa Barbara)
Kelsey O’Brien, Santa Barbara, Sr. (UCLA)
Maddie Trabucco made 15 saves to help lead Santa Barbara’s girls water polo team past Orange County No. 1 Foothill, 5-4, in the finals of the Irvine SoCal championships Saturday in Irvine.
The victory positions the Dons to earn the top seed for the upcoming CIF-SS Division 1 playoffs.
Coach Mark Walsh’s team has now captured 15 consecutive games and adds the SoCal title to its crown at the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions last month.
Santa Barbara also is the only Division 1 contender to final in all three of the major regular-season tournaments. The Dons were the runner-ups at the Holiday Cup in December to Foothill, the last team to beat Santa Barbara.
More to come, including all-tournament honors.
Photo by Dan Albano, OCVarsity.com
Here’s the semifinals schedule for the Irvine SoCal girls water polo tournament on Saturday at Woollett:
10 a.m. – No. 1 seed Foothill vs. No. 4 CdM and Ally McCormick, left
11 a.m. – No. 2 Santa Barbara vs. No. 3 Newport Harbor
Yes, it’s a loaded doubleheader. Follow me on twitter at @ocvarsityguy for updates. Finals set for 3:15 p.m.
Photo by Dennis Bress
Here are the groups for this week’s Irvine Southern California girls water polo championships, the final major tournament of the regular season (runs Thursday through Saturday):
At Foothill
Foothill
El Toro
Montebello
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Newport Harbor’s girls water polo team turned in a strong defensive effort Saturday to capture the Irvine SoCal Championships with a 6-5 victory against Corona del Mar in the final.
The Lady Sailors held Corona del Mar scoreless for the final 5:17 of the third period and the first 5:22 of the fourth en route to their first victory against the Sea Queens in four tries this season.
Newport Harbor also captured the prestigious, 32-team tournament for the first time since 2008Â and the second time in school history.
Here’s the all-tournament team:
Outstanding Field Player: Rachel Fattal, Los Alamitos, Sr.
Back Bay rivals Corona del Mar and Newport Harbor are set to clash in the finals of the Irvine SoCal girls water polo championships at 3:15 p.m. at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine.
The Sea Queens and Lady Sailors also are ranked first-second in Orange County and CIF Division 1. Corona del Mar is 3-0 against Newport Harbor this season, including a triumph in the finals of the Santa Barbara TOC.
In the semifinals today, Newport Harbor held Laguna Beach to a 1 for 6 effort on the power-play en route to a 7-4 victory. Presley Pender and Avery Peterson each scored twice.
Earlier, Corona del Mar defeated Foothill, 11-8, behind 14 saves by Alex Musselman and four second-half by Diana Murphy.
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Here is the lineup for Saturday’s semifinals at the Irvine Southern California girls water polo championships at Woollett:
10 a.m. — Corona del Mar vs. Foothill, 10 a.m. – Teams’ first meeting of the season could be the best match of the regular season
11 a.m. — Newport Harbor vs. Laguna Beach, 11 a.m. – Newport beat Laguna and Yoshi Andersen, left, in double sudden-death overtime last week. Will this one be epic once again?
The championship match is set for 3:15 p.m.
Here are the quarterfinal matches for Friday at the Irvine Southern California girls water polo championships: (all matches start at 6 p.m.)
At CdM: CdM vs. Edison – third time this season
At Irvine: Newport vs. surging Dos Pueblos – first time this season
At Irvine: Los Al vs. Laguna Beach – first time this season
At Foothill: Santa Barbara vs. Foothill (Holiday Cup finalists)
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Here are the groupings for the Irvine Southern California girls water polo championships, the final, major tournament of the regular season (the event runs, Feb. 2-4):
At Corona del Mar
Corona del Mar
Edison
Murrieta Valley
Warren (new to tournament)
Yes, for the first time this season, there is a new No. 1-ranked team in Orange County girls water polo.
The team certainly earned the promotion, defeating the previous No. 1-ranked team en route to posting the county’s best finish our the weekend at the blockbuster Irvine Southern California championships.
More girls water polo news from the OCVarsity blog:
Here’s the all-tournament team from the Irvine Southern California girls water polo championships:
Most outstanding field player: Kiley Neushul, Dos Pueblos, Sr. (Stanford, pictured far left)
Most outstanding goalie: Sarah Wilkey, Newport Harbor, Sr. (UCLA)
All-tournament Team
Kodi Hill, Dos Pueblos, Jr.
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