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MISSION VIEJO - Orange Coast College’s men’s and women’s water polo

teams shelled the opposition in the semifinals of the Orange Empire

Conference Water Polo Championships Friday at Saddleback College, the men

belting Cypress, 10-4, and the women handing Cypress the same sort of

treatment, 10-2.

Coast’s men (22-6-2) will duel Riverside (20-10), an 11-7 winner over Saddleback, for thew title today at 1:30.

The Pirates’ women’s team (21-5) has a similar arrangement, meeting

Riverside (27-4-1) at 2:45 for the title after the latter nicked

Saddleback, 3-1.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS

Men

Orange Coast 10, Cypress 4

Orange Coast 4 2 3 1 - 10

Cypress 1 0 0 3 - 4

OCC - Becker 5, Butler 2, Kim 1, Jacobe 1, Smalley 1. Saves: Oliver 7.

Women

Orange Coast 10, Cypress 2

Cypress 0 0 0 2 - 2

Orange Coast 2 2 3 3 - 10

OCC - Hylton 2, Stipp 2, Reidenbaugh 2, Blair 1, Logan 1, Larson 1,

Hallman 1. Saves: Kennedy 4.

COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College’s soccer teams closed out their 1999

campaigns Friday, the men giving Golden West a challenge before Cooper

Briscoe netted a goal in the 65th minute to provide the Rustlers with a

1-0 verdict in Orange Empire Conference play, and the women falling in

convincing fashion, 7-0, on the OCC campus.

Golden West goalkeeper Jose Medina recorded six saves, including two

key saves in the final minutes. Carlos Loza of Orange Coast had 10 saves

for the men’s team, which closes out with a 3-14-4 record overall, 2-7-3

in the OEC. Golden West is 6-11-2, 5-6.

The women’s team bowed out with a 7-11-4 overall record, 5-5-2 in the

OEC.