Prep water polo: Mesa tops Titans

COSTA MESA - Senior Jeff Collett scored five goals to pace the

Costa Mesa High boys water polo team to an 8-5 nonleague victory over

visiting Tesoro Tuesday.

It was the first win achieved in the pool for Coach Bob Shupp’s

Mustangs (2-3), who received their other victory via forfeit.

Mike Gardiner, Jared Clever and Dave Barnett added single tallies for

the winners, who received seven saves from Brian Tipton and five more

from Adam Donavon.

The Mustangs jumped to a 4-1 lead in the first period and held on.

Shupp said his players showed signs of grasping concepts of team defense,

as they continue to learn and add experience.

Though Tesoro opened this fall with freshmen and sophomores, Shupp

said the Titans are playing a varsity schedule.

NONLEAGUE

Costa Mesa 8, Tesoro 5

Tesoro 1 1 0 3 - 5

Costa Mesa 4 0 3 1 - 8

Tesoro - Knapp 3, Hunt 1, Rice 1. Saves - Welsbecker 9.

Costa Mesa - Collett 5, Gardiner 1, Clever 1, Barnett 1. Saves -

Tipton 7, Donavon 5.