It’s been a busy and successful week for the Warriors girls water polo squad, which picked up six wins out of eight games between Dec. 3 and Dec. 10. After picking up back-to-back wins on consecutive days against Santa Paula (15-3) on Dec. 3 and Foothill Tech (16-3) on Dec. 4, the Warriors prepared for […]
It’s been a busy and successful week for the Warriors girls water polo squad, which picked up six wins out of eight games between Dec. 3 and Dec. 10.
After picking up back-to-back wins on consecutive days against Santa Paula (15-3) on Dec. 3 and Foothill Tech (16-3) on Dec. 4, the Warriors prepared for the Mistletoe Classic tournament hosted by Newbury Park over the weekend of Dec. 6-7.
Carpinteria drew a tough matchup against top-ranked Palos Verdes in the first game of the tournament, which proved to be an uphill battle that went in favor of Palos Verdes, 19-4.
On the second game of the day, Carpinteria was able to rebound with a decisive 13-3 victory over Oxnard.
On day two of the tournament, Carpinteria carried the momentum into the third game of the tournament against Malibu. The Warriors offense put up a dozen goals and claimed the win, 12-5. In the fourth and final game of the weekend, Carpinteria fell against a physical Westlake squad, 14-9.
Throughout the weekend, freshman Holliday Smith made her presence known in the pool with 13 goals and seven steals over four games. Freshman Madison Lee pitched in seven goals in the tournament, while senior Giulia Piccoletti and sophomore Hazel Dugré each finished with six goals.
Goaltender Gwen Postma turned in a strong performance in the four games with 24 blocked shots, six steals and eight assists.
Just two days later on Dec. 9, Carpinteria was back in the pool against Rio Mesa, where the Warriors turned up the defensive pressure and held the Spartans to just one goal on the way to a 10-1 victory.
Once again, it was Smith leading the scoring with five goals, while Dugré scored a pair of goals to go with four steals and two assists. Postma held strong in goal with four blocked shots.
The next day, Carpinteria was right back in action at home against Channel Islands. In this match, Carpinteria broke an early first quarter tie and took the league win, 14-5.
This time, sophomore Penny Ornelas led the way for the Warriors with six goals, seven steals and two assists. “She had a great game today,” said Carpinteria coach Jon Otsuki. “She has the knack to be in the right place at the right time but at the same time takes pride in her defensive prowess.”
Several more Warriors scored in the game, including senior Kimberli Ocampo, sophomore Mila Micheli and freshman Gioia Martins — each with two goals — and Klari Blackman and Caden Lemere with one goal each.
Carpinteria is now 8-5 overall and 2-0 in the Citrus Coast League heading into a Thursday evening match against Nordhoff.
