Although Fallbrook High School’s girls water polo team lost three of five matches in the San Diego Open tournament January 26-31, two of those matches were after the Warriors’ earlier performance had placed them in the bracket with the top eight teams of the 40-school tournament and one of the wins avenged an earlier non-league loss.

The tournament sandwiched two Avocado League games, both of which produced Warrior triumphs, so the team played seven matches in six days.

“They did fine,” said Fallbrook coach Bob Lamont. “We’re about where we want to be.”

The Warriors began t...