The San Diego Mesa women's water polo team had a fantastic season, capturing the Pacific Coast Athletic Conference championship and making it to the second round of the CCCAA Southern California Regional Playoffs. The Olympians had seven players named to the all-conference team, led by conference MVP Imperia Espinoza.
Espinoza was a catalyst for Mesa all season, leading them in a number of categories while playing in all 28 games. She finished with team-highs in goals (103) and steals (81) while finishing second on the team with 31 assists. Espinoza had a season-high of eight goals on two occasions and scored at least one goal in every game. Espinoza finished third in the state in both goals and assists.
Espinoza wasn't alone on the All-Pacific Coast Athletic Conference Team as she was joined by six other Olympians. Sydney Fortune, Carly Lupien, Shyla Toledo and Ashley Greeven made the first team while Mia Lauer and Katrin Gaines were named to the second team.
Grossmont was next with six players making the all-conference list, followed by Palomar (5), Southwestern (4) and San Diego Miramar (3).
San Diego Mesa's Emma Sasson was rewarded as the PCAC coach-of-the-year as the Olympians finished 18-10 overall and 11-0 in conference play.
First Team | Year | School | Second Team | Year | School | Honorable Mention | Year | School | ||
Imperia Espinoza* | So | San Diego Mesa | Mia Lauer | Fr | San Diego Mesa | Bea Schaeffer | So | Grossmont | ||
Sydney Fortune | Fr | San Diego Mesa | Katrin Gaines | Fr | San Diego Mesa | Reny Carr | So | Grossmont | ||
Carly Lupien | So | San Diego Mesa | Katelyn Humphrey | Fr | Palomar | |||||
Shyla Toledo | So | San Diego Mesa | Rena Richardson | So | Palomar | |||||
Ashley Greeven | Fr | San Diego Mesa | Maria Jimenez | Fr | Grossmont | |||||
Taylor Bacerra | Fr | Palomar | Cassandra Greene | Fr | Grossmont | |||||
Emma Thomas | So | Palomar | Aleigha Binda | So | Southwestern | |||||
Kelly Rowan | So | Palomar | Josia Fialko | Fr | Southwestern | |||||
Grace Martin | So | Grossmont | Sierra Benedict | Fr | San Diego Miramar | |||||
Cami Raley | So | Grossmont | Hope Brignoni | Fr | San Diego Miramar | |||||
Caitlin Torres | Fr | Southwestern | ||||||||
Ebony Santoya | Fr | Southwestern | ||||||||
Cathine Bresniker | Fr | San Diego Miramar | ||||||||
* = Conference MVP |