{"id":247068,"date":"2026-04-26T06:39:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247068\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:39:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:39:18","slug":"seminole-girls-top-west-orange-to-win-state-water-polo-crown-finish-31-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247068\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminole girls top West Orange to win state water polo crown, finish 31-0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the second time in three years, Seminole High\u2019s girls water polo players hoisted a state championship trophy and completed a perfect season with a 31-0 record.<\/p>\n<p>The Seminoles held off West Orange 8-4 in Saturday\u2019s final at the Belen school\u2019s aquatic center in Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Seminole handed West Orange (24-3) its losses this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt gets tougher each time you face a team again, especially when they\u2019re the second-best team in the state,\u201d Seminole coach Ryan Ackerson said. \u201cThey played a physical game, but we always believe if we play really good defense, we can carry it over to the offense, even in a low-scoring game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vivian Swain led the Seminoles with four goals, including a long-distance lob from about 9 meters late in the third quarter that snuck into the far left corner of the net over the goalie\u2019s outstretched hand. Swain also had an assist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor her to get that to go in was huge for momentum going into the fourth,\u201d Ackerson said.<\/p>\n<p>Goalie Julia Pando also came up big early in the third when Seminole was up 5-2. She stopped a shot from about 6 meters; West Orange got the rebound close in, but Pando also stopped the follow-up attempt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got outplayed in the first half and then matched them in the second half,\u201d West Orange coach Jen Dailer said. \u201cThe girls played great defense, but weren\u2019t converting goals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Halle Zimlich added two goals and an assist for Seminole. Raelynn Bouley had a goal and two assists and Abigail Coleman scored for the Seminoles.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Seminole player Vivian Swain passes during the West Orange High versus Seminole High girls water polo match at the National Training Center in Clermont on Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)\" width=\"2929\" height=\"302\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/TOS-L-GirlsVarsityWaterPolo3608.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"14976184\" \/>Seminole High&#8217;s Vivian Swain scored four goals Saturday to lead the Seminoles over the West Orange Warriors and win the girls state water polo championship. (Stephen M. Dowell\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n<p>Bree Patrolia had an all-around effort for the Warriors with a goal, assist, three steals, four ejections and three field blocks. West Orange\u2019s other goals came from Izzy Figueroa, Kate Beracoechea and Sasha Kasper.<\/p>\n<p>In the boys state water polo final, St. Thomas Aquinas edged Ransom Everglades 14-12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the second time in three years, Seminole High\u2019s girls water polo players hoisted a state championship trophy&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[3745,139,141,140,76046,76642,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-247068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-high-school-sports","9":"tag-orlando","10":"tag-orlando-headlines","11":"tag-orlando-news","12":"tag-social-sports","13":"tag-social-varsity-sports","14":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}