Girls Water Polo: Pas Poly's bid for win falls short
PASADENA -- Suddenly, it didn't matter that it was cloudy or that the weather obscured the panoramic view of the San Gabriel mountains.
The chilly weather also wasn't to blame for the goose bumps. This time, it was the resurgent effort and excitement in the pool that found its way into the stands.
Almost as electrifying as the ending was the near comeback from the Pasadena Poly girls water polo team. But Ali Don's goal with 46.9 seconds left in sudden death propelled La Salle to an 8-7 victory Wednesday afternoon in the Prep League finale.
The Lancers (17-12, 9-3) victory forced a two-way tie for second with the Panthers (13-6, 9-3), but La Salle will be the league's No. 2 representative after winning the coin toss that took place immediately after the match. Poly will place third.
Despite the loss, Pasadena Poly fans were treated to a match with high emotions and plenty of scoring.
The drama unfolded in the fourth quarter, with the Panthers trailing by four goals. Kelsey Williams started the comeback with a floater from 15 meters out to close the gap to 6-3 with 4:32 left. Liza Starr then made it 6-4 with 2:28 left, but it was Megan Latta's girl-on-a-mission attitude that really heated things up.
Latta scored from point-blank range with 35 seconds left to pull the Panthers within one, 6-5. Then, after the Lancers were called for a foul, Latta raced to the other side of the pool and timed a well-placed shot over La Salle keeper Lydia Kerns to knot the score, 6-6, with 17 seconds remaining.
The match went into overtime and the Panthers took a 7-6 lead, courtesy of Olivia Russak. Don countered from 9 meters out to tie the score, 7-7.
Each team had a chance to break the tie in overtime, with numerous shots hitting the crossbar or going inches wide.
Don finished with four goals to lead all scorers. Russak and Latta finished with two goals apiece for the Panthers.
Poly won the first meeting -- also in sudden death -- 10-9.
But not this time.
"It's always tough to lose a hard-fought game," Panthers coach Ryan Katsuyama said. "We were down four goals and for my girls to come back and fight back, I'm proud of them for doing that. It was a great game, not just for the players, the coaches, but also the fans."
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Local Div. 4 Water Polo Playoffs
Winning South Pasadena by three in thier last meeting was not enough to help Temple City overcome losses to Pasadena and South Pasadena late in the season. Drawing the short straw TC will be in the only wildcard game in Div.4 playing St. Josephs of Santa Maria. They play Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 6:30pm using Burbank HS as their home pool. After that the winner faces the D4 #2 ranked team Rio Mesa of Oxnard just to reach the quarterfinals.
South Pasadena luckily gets a home game against Pasadena on Thursday. I'll pick SP for that one but it could be close. The winner will likely see Cabrillo of Lompoc (#1 Los Padres) in the quarters. If SP plays thier best game they have a chance to reach the semi's.
La Canada also gets a home game Thursday, this one against PAC 7 #3 Righetti. Rio Hondo's #1 has an envious path, likely through Burbank next to the semifinals (even TC beat Burbank) where they will probably see Arroyo Grande the divisions top ranked team.
Local Div. 4 Water Polo Playoffs
Winning South Pasadena by three in thier last meeting was not enough to help Temple City overcome losses to Pasadena and South Pasadena late in the season. Drawing the short straw TC will be in the only wildcard game in Div.4 playing St. Josephs of Santa Maria. They play Tuesday, Feb. 17 at 6:30pm using Burbank HS as their home pool. After that the winner faces the D4 #2 ranked team Rio Mesa of Oxnard just to reach the quarterfinals.
South Pasadena luckily gets a home game against Pasadena on Thursday. I'll pick SP for that one but it could be close. The winner will likely see Cabrillo of Lompoc (#1 Los Padres) in the quarters. If SP plays thier best game they have a chance to reach the semi's.
La Canada also gets a home game Thursday, this one against PAC 7 #3 Righetti. Rio Hondo's #1 has an envious path, likely through Burbank next to the semifinals (even TC beat Burbank) where they will probably see Arroyo Grande the divisions top ranked team.
TC WINS 6 - 3 over South Pas.
In the last home game for TC's 6 Seniors the whole team came together again. It was a battle for 2nd place or revenge for knocking TC out of contention for the league title (10-9 in OT). I think all TC's field players scored and Goalie Hana bounced a pool length shot off the top bar. South Pas #9 scored two nice backhand shots from 2 meters but TC had much better defense than their first meeting. I don't know how Rio Hondo league decides ties, both teams are ranked in the Division top 10 and move on to CIF.
Great water polo game between SP and TC today at 3:15 in Temple City!