O.C. girls water polo preseason poll

1. Newport Harbor: Kaleigh (Gilchrist), Kate (Klippert) and Katie (Jackson) give Sailors plenty of offense.

2. Los Alamitos: Kaley Dodson and GK Savanna Smith give Griffins two defensive stars.

3. Laguna Beach: Lexie Ross is lone senior but Breakers have plenty of experience.

4. Corona del Mar: Lots of new faces but returner Pippa Saunders is one to watch.

5. Edison: Danielle Warde and GK Clair Babinski make Edison’s defense tough.

6-10: 6. Foothill; 7. San Clemente; 8. Mater Dei; 9. Villa Park; 10. Rosary

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Yoshi Andersen (Laguna Beach, So.); Clair Babisnki (Edison, Sr., GK); Mackenzie Barr (Mater Dei, Fr.); Mackenzie Beck (Santa Margarita, Jr.); Bernadette Bevins (Rosary, Jr.); Kristen Burger (Newport Harbor, Sr., GK); Hannah Croghan (Rosary, Sr.); Olivia Cummins (Foothill, Sr.); Alexis D’Asaro (Huntington Beach, Sr.); Cory Dodson (Los Alamitos, Jr.); Kaley Dodson (Los Alamitos, Sr.); Danica Fascella (Fountain Valley, Sr.); Rachel Fattal (Los Alamitos, So.); Kaleigh Gilchrist (Newport Harbor, Sr.); Caitlin Gilmartin (Buena Park, Sr.); Kellie Guerin (Los Alamitos, Jr.); Alex Hoetker (Sunny Hills, Jr.); Jessie Holecheck (Laguna Beach, Jr.); Katie Jackson (Newport Harbor, Sr.); Morgan Klingfus (La Habra, Jr., GK); Kate Klippert (Newport Harbor, Sr.); Tala Majaj (Mission Viejo, Sr., GK); Etianne Manetta (Laguna Beach, Jr., GK); Mary Martin (Santa Margarita, Sr.); Colleen McCall (Newport Harbor, Sr.); Claire McKinnon (Mater Dei, So.); Colleen McNaught (Dana Hills, Jr.); Megan Minekime (Laguna Hills, Sr.); McKenna Mitchell (Foothill, So.); Margot Money (Corona del Mar, Sr.); Justine Morgan (El Toro, Jr.); Taylor Morton (Villa Park, Sr., GK); Jessie Porter (Foothill, So.); Lauren Rapacz (Villa Park, Sr.); Madison Reardon (San Clemente, Sr., GK); Katie Rigler (Rosary, Sr.); Lexie Ross (Laguna Beach, Sr.); Pippa Saunders (Corona del Mar, So.); Candyce Schroeder (San Clemente, So.); Lindsay Smith (Irvine, Sr., GK); Savanna Smith (Los Alamitos, Jr., GK); Nicole Stansfield (Foothill, Fr.); Jenny Stiefel (San Clemente, Sr.); Kelsey Suggs (Tesoro, Sr.); Claire Thatcher (Villa Park, Sr.); Danielle Warde (Edison, Sr.); Katie Weirath (Capo Valley, Sr.); Alexsee Wilcox (Mater Dei, So., GK); Alys Williams (Edison, So.); Marisa Young (Fountain Valley, Jr.)

IMPORTANT DATES

Dos Pueblos at Corona del Mar (Dec. 4); Corona del Mar at Newport Harbor (Dec. 18); Newport Harbor-Corona del Mar Holiday Cup (Dec. 30-31); Los Alamitos at Newport Harbor (Jan. 6); Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions (Jan. 15-16); Irvine Southern California Championships (Feb. 4-6); CIF playoff pairings released (Feb. 14); CIF-SS finals (Feb. 27)