PHOTOS: Northwood defeats Woodbridge for third league victory in a row

Northwood freshman Brandon Bui rises up for a shot against Woodbridge. (Photos courtesy Troy Witt).

Northwood High School’s boys water polo team improved its Pacific Coast League record to 3-0 with a 17-9 win over Woodbridge Thursday at Northwood.

Junior Michael Abshier and senior Iacopo Cagnoni continue to lead the offense. Abshier had five goals and Cagnoni had four.

Junior Ethan Chen had a personal best with three goals. Senior Aden Hong and freshman Brandon Bui each had two goals, while sophomore Dean Witt added another goal.

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Northwood and Woodbridge players line up for introductions.

Northwood senior Adtiya Hari blocks a shot out of 2-meters.

Nortwood sophomore Dean Witt finishes a counter attack goal.

Northwood junior Michael Abshier scores one of his five goals.

Ethan Chen of Northwood scores one of his three goals.

Senior Iacopo Cagnoni scores one of his four goals for Northwood.

Northwood Aden Hong takes a shot against Woodbridge.

Senior Christian Thorpe led the defense with five steals and senior Aditya Hari recorded eight saves for Northwood (12-6 overall).

“I’m happy with the way that we’re playing right now,” said Northwood Coach Kyle Kim-E. “When I think back to the first week of practices and games that we had, I knew that we had a lot of work. But, the guys have trusted the process and I have seen an immense amount of improvement. It isn’t one or two guys doing everything, but instead it’s a team working together to win games.

“We have some of our toughest league games coming up over the next couple of weeks, including D3 top-ranked Irvine and Portola. I like that we have been sort of a quiet, underdog this season; it will be nice to see how we stack up against Irvine and Portola before heading into the league carousel and hopefully the playoffs, if we qualify. 

Northwood will play at University Tuesday and host Irvine, ranked No. 1 in the CIF Division 3, on Thursday.