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HUNTINGTON BEACH - Newport Harbor High’s girls field hockey team

found an old nemesis in the semifinals and after a scoreless seven vs.

seven overtime, dropped a 1-0 decision in penalty strokes to eventual

Orange County Invitational champion Marina Saturday on the latter’s

campus.

Coach Sharon Wolfe’s Sailors, who finally left with a 2-0 victory over

Bonita for third place, are now 9-2-1, 5-1 in the Sunset League.

Harbor opened the day with a 3-0 victory over Huntington Beach as

Kaley Nix scored twice, Kiersten Chamberlain scored and had two assists,

and Jill Whitfield chipped in with an assist.

It was so lopsided, goaltender Amanda Wittman got the shutout without

a save.

Wittman had eight saves in the next game, against Marina, but the

narrow edge in penalty strokes was decisive after the two teams had

battled to a 1-1 tie through regulation.

Nix had the first-half goal, off an assist from Athena Vasquez.

Victory over Bonita for third place came by way of goals from Brianne

Parmeter and Allison McKenzie. Nix and Chamberlain had assists and

Wittman had three saves.

McKenzie and Wittman were accorded all-tournament honors.

Harbor is back in action Monday at Moorpark College’s Astroturf field

against Harvard/Westlake, starting at 4:15 p.m.