Girls water polo: Mesa finishes 28th

CORONA DEL MAR - Costa Mesa High’s girls water polo team dropped

its final two games in the Irvine Southern California Championships

Saturday at Corona del Mar to finish 28th out of 32 teams.

In the 25th-place semifinal game, the Mustangs (7-17) lost 5-2 to Long

Beach Poly, an opponent Mesa played for the third time. Shayna Kline got

both of Mesa’s goal. In the 27th-place game, Laguna Hills beat the

Mustangs, 9-4. Katy Petersen, Erin Bayes, Jody Martinovich and Dana

Steenhard got the Mesa goals. Goalie Casey Petersen made 11 saves for the Mustangs.

IRVINE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAMPIONSHIPS

27th place game

Laguna Hills 9, Costa Mesa 4

Score by quarters

Costa Mesa 2 1 0 1 - 4

Laguna Hills 4 2 1 2 - 9

Costa Mesa scoring - K. Petersen 1, Bayes 1, Martinovich 1, Steenhard 1.

Saves- C. Petersen 11.