Sports shorts: Lodi water polo maintains 2nd in TCAL
Oct. 13—The Lodi High boys water polo team took down Lincon 14-7 on Tuesday to move into sole possession of second place in the Tri-City Athletic League standings.
The win left Lodi with 10-9 overall record and a 5-2 mark in the TCAL, ahead of Lincoln (7-7, 4-4) and behind St. Mary's (10-9, 7-0).
Anthony Celli led the way for the Flames with 5 goals, along with 4 from Nathan Larson, and 1 each from Guy Hein, Koen Amador, Jackson Stilwell, Blake Ehlers and Eli Plath.
Goalkeeper Evan Peterson tallied 11 blocks and a pair of steals.
Lodi next game is today, a home game against West.
Varsity girls — Lodi 7, Lincoln 4
Lodi's girls squad maintained its tight grip on second place in the TCAL with Tuesday's victory, with 6 goals from Emily Engle, and 1 from Morgan Vice.
In the cage, Abigail Rusch had 5 blocks, and Kylie Richardson had 4.
Lodi (11-9, 5-2 TCAL) will host West today.
JV boys — Lincoln 14, Lodi 9
The Flames suffered their first loss of TCAL play with Tuesday's loss, but still hold first place in the league standings at 15-2 (6-1 TCAL).
Ethan Elrod led Lodi with 4 goals in the loss, along with 2 from Mateo Kovach, and 1 each from Kaden Fachner, Caden Zicari and Temple Marcee. Sean Selling had 3 blocks in the cage.
GIRLS TENNIS
Lodi 5, Tracy 4
The Flames maintained second place in the TCAL with Tuesday's close victory against Tracy, with a 4-2 singles record making the difference — and one of those wins game in a tiebreaker.
At No. 1 singles, Lodi's Sydney Friesen and Tracy's Meliosa Paul-Vasquez battled, with Friesen winning the first set 6-2, and Paul-Vasquez winning the second 6-0. The third set was tied 6-6 and went to a tiebreaker, which Frisent won 8-6.
The rest of the singles matches were won by Lodi's Louise Jopis (6-0, 6-0), Lodi's Emma Stilwell (7-6, 6-1), Tracy's Sarah Syed (2-6, 6-4, 6-4), Lodi's Hannah Larson (6-1, 6-3) and Tracy's Riya Bhatia (7-6 (10-8), 6-4), leaving the Flames with a 4-2 lead.
In doubles, Tracy's Alina Kim and Akshara Vaghela won the No. 1 match 6-4, 6-4, Lodi's Hailey Davis and Elle Karagounis won at No. 2, 6-4, 6-2, and Tracy's Yasmeen Razi and Amily Fox won at No. 3, 6-6 (10-8), 7-5.
The Flames will host West for the final TCAL match next Tuesday, with the TCAL Tournament later in the week.
GIRLS GOLF
Lodi 216, Tracy 304
The Flames stayed undefeated with Tuesday's victory at par-37 Woodbridge Golf & Country Club.
Amelia Garibaldi led the Flames with a 37, followed by ClaraGrace Plath with a 41, Alison Ky with a 43, Viviana Rojas with a 47, Meagan Ky with a 48, and Jayda Van Steenberge with a 58 as Lodi improved to 11-0 overall, and 9-0 in the TCAL.
