Community college women’s water polo: OCC women run win streak to

27

COSTA MESA - Neisha Hoagland and Devon Wright scored three goals

each to lead the Orange Coast College women’s water polo team, the

state’s top-ranked squad, to an 11-2 Orange Empire Conference win over

visiting Fullerton Wednesday.

Wright, who had a team-high four steals, scored a pair of goals in the

first quarter to give Coast an early lead. The Pirates led just 3-1 after

yielding a goal with 5:56 left in the first half, but then held the

Hornets (12-9, 3-3 in the OEC), ranked No. 10 in the state, scoreless for

more than 19 minutes to run away with the game.

Erica Nicholson scored twice for the Pirates, while Katie Logan, Tia

Montalvo and Shari Meyer had one goal each. OCC goalie Heather Deyden, a

Newport Harbor High product, recorded six saves, while Casey Finnegan

stopped two shots.

The Pirates have now won all 27 of their games this season and with

win over the Hornets, they finished the OEC regular season with a 6-0

record. OCC will have the No. 1 seed at the OEC Championships, which will

be played Nov. 2-3 at Cypress.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Orange Coast 11, Fullerton 2

Fullerton 0 1 0 1 - 2

Orange Coast 2 3 5 1 - 11

F - Gigante 1, Mecheam 1. Saves - Matthews 4.

OCC - Hoagland 3, Wright 3, Nicholson 2, Logan 1, Montalvo 1, Meyer 1,

Gigante 1, Mecham 1. Saves - Deyden 6, Finnegan 2.