GIRLS WATER POLO
Newport Harbor Holiday Cup (Fri/Sat)
at Newport Harbor HS/Corona del Mar HS
16 Teams (Incdg 7 of the Orange County Top 10)
Co-Hosts - Newport Harbor & Corona del Mar. The hosts haven't won recently [Sailors 2005,Sea Kings 2008], but CdM (3-0) is the prohibitive favorite. The Sea Queens are ranked #1 in CIF-SS Div 1 and are the #1 Seed in Group B. They also have some very talented transfers from Greece, who will not be eligible until after January 1st. The defending CIF-SS Division 1 Champion Newport Harbor Sailors are currently ranked #3 in CIF-SS Division 1.
Newport Harbor JV - features U.S. youth team goalie Carlee Kapana (So), who didn't beat out Cleo Harrington (Jr) for the varsity spot. They won the varsity Lil’ Pickle Showdown (Costa Mesa) defeating Beckman 14-6 in the finals.
Foothill (5-1) - 2011 Tournament Winner
Santa Barbara - 2011 Tournament Runner-up, #5 CIF-SS Division 1.
Palos Verdes - Ranked #2, CIF-SS Division 3.
Wilson (LB) - Ranked #9, CIF-SS Division 2.
Dos Pueblos - Ranked #7, CIF-SS Division 1.
OC Varsity Top 10 also - #6 Laguna Beach, #7 Santa Margarita, Edison, Huntington Beach
Friday, 28 December 2012
8:30 a.m. [CdM]: Corona del Mar 12, Palos Verdes 0
Sea Queens : Ally McCormick 4 goals, 4assts, 3steals; Cassidy Papa 3 goals; Morgan Stewart 3 goals.
Dos Pueblos 12, Rosary 9
Chargers : Jamie Neushul 8 goals. GK Britten Vilander 5 saves, 3 assts.
11:45 a.m. : Laguna Beach 12, Edison 2
Santa Barbara 9, Newport Harbor JV 3
Dons [4-3]: Kelsey O’Brien 4 goals; Anna Brummett 2goals, 3 assts, 3 stls.
Sea Kings JV [13-1]: No Additional Information Provided.
[QF] : Santa Barbara 11, Wilson (LB) 2
Dons [5-3]: Kelsey O’Brien 4 goals; Anna Brummett goal, Drew Penalty; Rocio Fesembeck 2 goals; Jesse Ranson 2 goals.
4:00 p.m. [QF]: Foothill 9, Laguna Beach 5
[QF] (NH): Newport Harbor 11 Santa Margarita 6
A slow start by the Eagles, a great NH counter-attack, and a tremendous effort by Rachel Whitelegge (So.) at both ends blew the Sailors into the Semis. Whitelegge helped hold Eagles star senior, Cal signee, and US Junior Team center, Emily Loughlin in check.
Sailors [5-2]: Carly Christian 3 goals; Elissia Schilling 3 goals (2 4Q); Rachel Whitelegge 5 stls (all at 2M- 2 1Q), 3assts; Avery Peterson 3 stls (2 at center).
Eagles [7-1]: Haley Wan; Emily Loughlin 1 goal, 5 exclusions drawn. Power-play 2-6.
[QF] : Corona del Mar 13, Dos Pueblos 6
[CdM: 4,4,3,2 - 13 DP: 0,4,1,1 - 6]
Twice already this season these two squads had faced off, with CdM taking both, but both times the Chargers had staged big comebacks to make it close, including a 1 (11-10) point margin in the season opener at DP.
The Sea Queens again got off to a fast start, leading 4-0 at the end of the 1st quarter on strikes by Cassidy Papa (Sr.) 2, Maddie Musselman (So.) off Papa's assist, and Ally McCormick (Sr.). They Chargers kept things even in the 2nd, however, and trailed at halftime by the same 4 goal (8-4) margin.
Part of the difficulty had been the need to send multiple players the way of DP's, and soon to be Stanford's, Jamie Neushul. The senior had 6 goals to lead the charge in the DP comeback in November, but in the 2nd half on Saturday, Genevieve Weed (Sr.) was able to keep her under control with reduced help.
In the 3rd period, CdM struck first, but Dos Pueblos answered at 4:43 with a Shannon Cleary power-play goal to re-establish the 4 goal lead. The Sea Queens responded with their own man-up goals by Papa and McCormick to lead 11-5 after 3 quarters.
Corona again used the counterattack to score their final goal of the game. After a DP man advantage was stopped, GK Weed hit Papa with the outlet pass, and Papa stuck it in the net for the 13-6 final.
Sea Queens [5-0]: Cassidy Papa 6 goals; Ally McCormick 3 goals, 4 stls; Genevieve Weed 2 goals, 4 stls, 3 assts; Maddie Musselman 2 goals, 2 stls (While in foul trouble). Erica Weed 1 save.
Chargers [2-3]: Shannon Cleary 3 goals, 5 exclusions drawn; Jordan Williams 2 goals; Ari St. Oegger 1 goal; Jamie Neushul was shut out.
Saturday, 29 December 2012
Palos Verdes 7, Edison 5 [2OT]
PV Sea Kings [6-6]: Ellie D'Ambra 3 goals, Kate Roan 2 goals, Carly Radov 21 saves.
09:30 a.m. : Laguna Beach 9, Dos Pueblos 6
[LB: 4,2,2,1 - 9 DP: 1,1,2,2 - 6]
A big 4-1 1st quarter for the Beach did in DP.
Chargers [3-3]: Jamie Neushul 4 goals, Britten Vilander 8 saves.
10:40 a.m. [NH] (Semi #1): Santa Barbara 7, Newport Harbor 6
UCLA signee Kelsey O’Brien hit the game-winner at 4:03 of 4th period, just 28 seconds after Heidi Fults power-play goal tied it for Newport Harbor. O'Brien hit three goals in the Dons 4-0 run to take a 6-4 lead with a smidgen under three minutes remaining in the third.
Dons [6-3]: Kelsey O’Brien 4 goals; Maddie Trabucco 12. Team: 6 field blocks.
11:45 a.m.[NH] (Semi #2): Foothill 9, Corona del Mar 7
The Sea Kings did not score in the final 5:58, in no small part due to Snyder's theatrics in goal. Coming out of a timeout, at 3:58 of the 4th period, Snyder stopped a perimeter power-play ploy by Weed to pretct an 8-7 advantage. Foothill's Cana Manzella then drew an exclusion that set up Katy Schneider's third power-play goal of the 2nd half. Up 9-7, Snyder made another power-play save at 2:25 of the 4th.
Knights [8-1]: Kenzi Snyder (Fr.) 9 saves (3 4Q)
Sea Queens [5-2]: Genevieve Weed 4 goals.
[Conso Final - 9th] (CdM): Newport Harbor JV 7, Palos Verdes 6 [4OT]
PV Sea Kings [6-7]: Caroline D'Ambra 2 goals; Ellie D'Ambra 2 goals. Carly Radov 22 saves.
[7th Place]: Dos Pueblos 6, Wilson (Long Beach) 5
Down 3-1 at halftime, DP staged one of their now familiar 2nd half comebacks to take a 6-4 lead in the middle of the 4th.
Chargers [4-3]: Jamie Neushul 4goals; Shannon Cleary 2 goals, 3 steals, 2 exclusions drawn. Britten Vilander 8 saves.
2:00 p.m. [5th Place]: Santa Margarita 13, Laguna Beach 8
SM hit the 1st 4 goals of the game and never looked back.
Eagles : Emily Loughlin 7 goals.
[3rd Place]: Newport Harbor 7, Corona del Mar 4
The co-hosts met one game before they wanted to, in a rematch of last weeks CdM's win. This time the Sea Queens were shut out for the final 7:56.
Sailors [6-3]: Christina O'Beck three goals; Elissia Schilling three goals. Cleo Harrington 7saves.
The co-hosts met one game before they wanted to, in a rematch of last weeks CdM's win. This time the Sea Queens were shut out for the final 7:56.
Sailors [6-3]: Christina O'Beck three goals; Elissia Schilling three goals. Cleo Harrington 7saves.
4:05 p.m. [Final]: Foothill 8, Santa Barbara 4
Santa Barbara couldn't beat the press, scoring just 1 goal at even strenth. Except for a penalty with 23 ticks left on the clock the Dons were held scoreless for the last 16:04 of the game. One factor to the Foothill press was that they played 15 girls, including a 5 for 5 substitution midway through the 4th. Power play - SB 2-6, F 4-6.
Dons [6-4]: Rocio Fesembeck 2 goals, 1asst, 3 exclusions drawn; Kelsey O’Brien 1 goal. Maddie Trabucco 8 saves.
Knights [9-1]: Nikki Stansfield 4 goals; Kelsey Roland (Sr.) 13 saves.
Team Finishes (Top 12): 1. Foothill 2. Santa Barbara 3. Newport Harbor 4. Corona del Mar 5. Santa Margarita 6. Laguna Beach 7. Dos Pueblos 8. Long Beach Wilson 9. Newport Harbor JV 10. Palos Verdes 11. Edison 12. Huntington Beach 13-16 Information Not Provided.
Duals Matches:
Thursday, 27 December 2012
at Mater DeiSanta Barbara 14, Mater Dei 8
SB fell behind (0-2) early, but used a 12-2 stretch to put this one away, despite being outscored 4-2 in the 4th period..
Dons [3-3]: Kelsey O’Brien 6 goals, 6 steals, 4 assts; Rocio Fesembeck 3 goals, 3 exclusions drawn; Jessica Gafney 2 goals; Sophie Trabucco 2 goals. Maddie Trabucco 16 saves.
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