Girls water polo: Belden, Hewko, Carlson first-team All-CIF

Newport Harbor High junior Katherine Belden and Corona del Mar High

sophomores Christina Hewko and Danielle Carlson top a list of eight Back

Bay girls water polo standouts named All-CIF Southern Section.

Belden, the Sea View League Player of the Year, is a first-team

selection in Division I, while Hewko ad Carlson, who led CdM to the CIF

Division IV semifinals, are first-team choices in that division.

CdM’s Daniela DiGiacomo and Lindsay Daley are second-team picks in

Division IV, while Newport senior Jenna Booth made the Division I second

team.

Newport’s Heather Deyden and CdM’s Malia Tarayao are third-team

honorees in their respective divisions.

Belden, who led the Sailors in goals (53) and assists (34), was a

second-team All-CIF choice as a sophomore and a third-team choice as a

junior.

Carlson and Hewko, the top two scorers for the Sea Kings with 73 and

58 goals, respectively, are repeat first-team honorees in Division IV.

Both were first-team All-Pacific Coast League performers this season, in

which CdM shared the league crown with University and Laguna Beach.

Hewko (97 steals) and Carlson (78) were also defensive stalwarts.

Coach John Vargas’ squad entered the playoffs as the top seed, but

lost to eventual champion Laguna Beach, 7-6, in the semifinals.

DiGiacomo, a sophomore, and Daley, a senior, were second-team All-PCL

choices. DiGiacomo was an all-around standout (34 steals and 22 goals),

while Daley was the team’s third-leading scorer with 34 goals.

Booth’s 49 goals and 26 assists trailed only Belden for the Sea View

League champions, who fell to El Toro, 7-6, in five overtimes, in the

Division I quarterfinals.

Deyden, a senior, was a two-time all-league goalie for Harbor

Co-Coaches Bill Barnett and Brian Kruetzkamp. She made 232 saves this

season.

Tarayao, a senior, was a key defensive performer for CdM, collecting

28 steals.