Coach Mark Walsh said that his young Santa Barbara High girls water polo team had the best half it’s played all year, but eventually lost to traditional-powerhouse Coronado 8-6 in the Santa Margarita Extravaganza.
Coronado has already beaten Newport Beach, one of the state’s best teams, this season, making the fact that the Dons were only down 3-1 at the break impressive.
The Islanders, however, scored three goals in less than three minutes at the end of the third and start of the fourth, and a late three-goal rally by the Dons wasn’t enough.
The Dons will have an alumni game on December 27th which will feature Olympians Kami Craig and Thalia Munroe.
CORONADO 8, SANTA BARBARA 6
Santa Barbara…..0 1 1 4 — 6
Coronado………….1 2 4 1 — 8
Goals—SB: Cusimano 2, King 2, Hendrix 1, Ingalls 1. C: Murphy 2, Ronimus 2, Estrada 2, Bailey 1, Young 1.
Saves—Brooks 8, Edninson 8.
