The Corona del Mar High girls' water polo A team won the bronze medal at the 2006 Panasonic Pan Pacific youth tournament in Auckland, New Zealand.
Over the course of the five-day event, completed July 10, the CdM A team posted a 7-2 record. The girls lost an early-round game to eventual champion Marist Red, 5-1.
Corona del Mar lost a 5-4 heartbreaker in the semifinals when its opponent scored the game-winner with no time left.
Corona del Mar then won the bronze medal game, 8-4.
The team has been training and playing against national and club teams in Australia and New Zealand since June 30.
The Corona del Mar B team was sixth with a 2-5-1 record.
CdM followed the Pan Pacific tournament with two exhibition games against the New Zealand 19-and-under and 17-and-under junior national teams and will continue traveling and playing until it returns Monday.
