Makena Blanco
5 Makena Blanco
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- Height:
- 5'4"
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- Hometown:
- Lompoc, CA
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- Position:
- UTIL
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- Year:
- So.
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- High School:
- Lompoc
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- gp
- 26
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- p
- 44
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- g
- 23
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- a
- 21
Bio
Blanco finished her freshman season with 25 goals, 40 steals and 15 assists. She scored multiple goals in six games, including a career-high three against both L.A. Pierce and Santa Monica. Blanco recorded a career-best five steals in a contest against West Valley. She posted two top-eight finishes in butterfly events for the Hancock swim team during the 2017 Western State Conference Championships. Blanco was an all-league water polo player at Lompoc High School. She graduated high school with a 4.0 grade point average. She is a viticulture and enology major.
Player statistics
| Overall | Conference | |
|---|---|---|
| Games | 26 | 7 |
| Points | 44 | 9 |
| Goals | 23 | 6 |
| Assists | 21 | 3 |
| Shots | 46 | 14 |
| Shooting percentage | 50.0 | 42.9 |
| Steals | 28 | 7 |
| Turnovers | 33 | 14 |
| Blocks | 1 | 0 |
| Exclusions Drawn | 8 | 2 |
| Exclusions | 8 | 5 |
| Date | Opponent | Score | gp | p | g | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8 | vs. Fresno | L, 11-9 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 8 | vs. Foothill | W, 15-6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Sep 9 | at West Valley | L, 13-6 | - | - | - | - |
| Sep 9 | vs. Diablo Valley | W, 8-2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Sep 15 | at Riverside | L, 16-4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 15 | vs. Golden West | L, 18-3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Cerritos | L, 8-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 16 | vs. Long Beach | L, 15-4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 27 | at LA Valley | L, 9-5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | at San Diego Mesa | L, 13-8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 29 | vs. Cypress | L, 12-6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sep 30 | at San Diego Miramar | W, 14-7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 30 | vs. Southwestern | W, 12-3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 4 | at Ventura | W, 10-7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Fullerton | L, 13-4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 6 | vs. Palomar | W, 9-8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Oct 7 | vs. El Camino | W, 13-3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Oct 7 | vs. Mt. San Antonio | L, 15-6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 11 | Cuesta | L, 10-6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | at Citrus | L, 12-5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 13 | vs. East Los Angeles | L, 17-8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 14 | vs. Pasadena City | W, 9-3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Oct 14 | vs. El Camino | W, 11-6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Oct 25 | Santa Barbara | L, 16-5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Oct 28 | vs. Southwestern | W, 9-4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Oct 28 | vs. L.A. Pierce | W, 14-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Nov 1 | Ventura | L, 9-7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Statistic | gp | gs | g | a | stl | to | ed | blk | ex | sh | sh% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | |||||||||||
| Total | 26 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 28 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 50.0 |
| Conference | 7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 42.9 |
| Exhibition | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Location | |||||||||||
| Home | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 18.2 |
| Away | 6 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 100.0 |
| Neutral | 17 | 17 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 51.7 |
| Result | |||||||||||
| Wins | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 73.7 |
| Losses | 15 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 27 | 33.3 |
| Month | |||||||||||
| September | 12 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 83.3 |
| October | 13 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 29 | 41.4 |
| November | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 |
News mentions
Shay McMann tallied 16 saves, and Shannon Copeland scored six times to help the Bulldogs top Pasadena 9-3 and El Camino 11-6.
9-8 win over Palomar and 13-3 over El Camino