Girls water polo: Mesa beats Mira Costa

CORONA DEL MAR - Costa Mesa high’s girls water polo team advanced

to the 25th place semifinals with a resounding 6-2 win over Mira Costa

Friday in the Irvine Southern California Championships at Corona del Mar.

Mesa (7-15) got 22 steals, 11 in the two-meter area, to render Mira

Costa’s offense completely ineffective. The Mustangs scored three times

in the fourth quarter and once in the third for a 4-2 lead. Jody

Martinovich, Jan Grubisich, Katy Petersen and Dana Steenhard got Mesa’s

goals.

Shayna Kline then scored twice to give Mesa a 6-2 lead. Goalie Casey

Petersen made eight saves for the Mustangs, who play today, 11 a.m., at

CdM against the Millikan-LB Poly winner.

In a second round game, Mesa had a 1-0 lead in the first quarter, but it

was all Edison after that as the Chargers won, 7-2.

Mesa’s Erin Bayes scored with 1:20 left in the first quarter. Petersen,

who made eight saves, and the Mustang defense stifled Edison’s offense.

But the Chargers (11-10) woke up in the second quarter, getting a

six-on-five goal for their first score. Edison scored seventimes in a

row, taking a 7-1 lead in the fourth.

Kline got a six-on-five goal for Mesa in the final seconds. The Mustangs

had their share of shots on goal, but Edison goalie Caitlin Wilkes made

nine saves to stop Mesa.

IRVINE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS

Third round

Costa Mesa 6, Mira Costa 2

Score by quarters

Mira Costa 1 1 0 0 - 2

Costa Mesa 3 0 1 2 - 6

Mira Costa - Koccis 1, Brechtelsbauer 1 Saves - na.

Costa Mesa - Kline 2, Martinovich 1, K. Petersen 1, Steenhard 1,

Grubisich 1. Saves - C. Petersen 8.

Second round

Edison 7, Costa Mesa 2

Score by quarters

Edison 0 3 2 2 - 7

Costa Mesa 1 0 0 1 - 2

Edison - Anderson 2, Belcher 2, Malczynski 1, M. Murphy 1, Elch 1. Saves - Wilkes 9.

Costa Mesa - Bayes 1, Kline 1. Saves - C. Petersen 8.