Dos Pueblos girls water polo dropped a low-scoring affair to San Clemente High, 7-4, on Thursday in a play-in game for the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions at Elings Aquatic Center.
With the loss, the Chargers will now take on Long Beach Wilson on Friday at 1:15 p.m. at Elings Aquatic Center. At the same time, San Clemente will battle San Marcos at Santa Barbara High.
Dos Pueblos opened up the scoring on Thursday, but San Clemente answered with four unanswered goals to take a 4-1 lead into halftime.
From there, San Clemente’s defense continued to get the job done as the Tritons earned the 7-4 victory.
HanaLora Abel made her season debut for Dos Pueblos and ended the day with a goal and three exclusions drawn. Meanwhile, Megan Garner collected eight saves in the cage.
The Chargers are now 5-4 on the season and will look to bounce back with several games this weekend.
Carpinteria High 14, Hueneme 0
The Warriors cruised to a dominant Citrus Coast League win over the Vikings on Thursday.
Carpinteria got contributions from up and down the roster on both ends of the pool as all field players scored at least one goal and one steal.
In the cage, Gwen Postma tallied six block shots en route to the shutout.
The Warriors are now 10-6 overall and 4-0 in league play. They will host crosstown rival Cate in a non-league game on Monday.