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ORANGE – Orange Lutheran’s No. 2-ranked girls water polo team took care of its Trinity League business Wednesday night with a dominating final-round victory against Mater Dei but that still didn’t clear the Lancers’ postseason direction.
The same could be said for the Monarchs and Santa Margarita, and a few interested contenders in CIF-SS Division 1.
But Coach Steve Carrera’s Lancers controlled what they needed to Wednesday, defeating No. 6 Mater Dei 12-7 in front of a packed pool deck at Santiago Canyon College to finish in a three-way tie for the league championship.
Orange Lutheran, Mater Dei and Santa Margarita each went 3-1 in the league, which according to two athletic directors, means the order of the league’s playoff seeding will be determined by a card draw Thursday.
“It’s out of our hands,” Carrera said of card draw. “That’s the problem with losing a game in the Trinity League.”
Orange Lutheran slipped in league against Santa Margarita but put away Mater Dei early by opening a 5-0 advantage late in the first half.
The Lancers led by as many as eight goals in the second half.
The trio of Hannah Palmer, Brooke Hourigan and Izzy Gazzaniga led the way.
Palmer scored the first two goals, including one off a power play she drew on a counterattack about two minutes into the first period.
The UCLA-bound senior finished with four goals and three assists.
The Harvard-bound Hourigan scored a game-high five goals, including a cross-cage skip-shot from the perimeter with two seconds left in the first half.
Gazzaniga, an emerging junior center, drew seven exclusions and two penalties. She also scored twice.
Orange Lutheran’s press defense again created plenty of problems. Mater Dei didn’t score until 1:13 left in the first half. The Lancers led 11-4 going into the fourth thanks in large part to their press, which played a prominent role in a runner-up finish at the Irvine SoCal Championships on Saturday.
Cal-bound Goalie Alyssa Barnuevo anchored the Lancers’ defense with nines saves.
Stanford-bound Hannah Constandse had three goals, two assists and three steals for Mater Dei. Junior Janna Tauscher added two goals for the Monarchs, who beat Santa Margarita earlier in league.
But the card draw dominated post-game chatter. Mater Dei athletic director Tia Meza and Orange Lutheran athletic director Paul Jones said the league needs to submit its playoff entries to the CIF-SS in the order of the draw.
“We have to do the draw,” Meza said. “It’s our by-laws.”
Orange Lutheran and Mater Dei are ranked second and eight in the Division 1-2 poll this week while Santa Margarita is 11th.
“We’ll play whoever we need to play (in the playoffs),” Carrera said.
The CIF-SS playoff pairings will be announced Saturday at 9 a.m.
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