OCC men rout Santa Ana, 15-8

COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College was a 15-8 winner in men’s water

polo Wednesday as the Pirates routed the visiting Dons with six

first-quarter goals in the Orange Empire Conference encounter. Jeffrey

Pratt led the way with five goals. Oralndo Vazquez scored three goals and

Doug Jacobe and Jeffrey Sample each scored two goals.

After letting the Dons (3-6, 1-4 in the OEC) close the gap to 8-5

midway through the third quarter, Coast produced five straight scores to

put the game out of reach.

“We did a good job out there today,” said OCC Coach Jason Gall.

“Overall we played pretty well.”

The Pirates improved to 6-5, 2-1.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Orange Coast 15, Santa Ana 8

Santa Ana 2 2 1 3 - 8

Orange Coast 6 2 3 4 - 15

OCC - Pratt 5, Vazquez 3, Jacobe 2, Sample 2, Dugger 1, Lancellotti 1,

Vaillancourt 1. Saves - Harvey 9.

COSTA MESA - Orange Coast College women’s water polo coach Mike Giles

watched his Pirates swamp the visiting Santa Ana Dons, 19-2, in Orange

Empire Conference play Wednesday.

Deanna Espinosa, Kathy Klarich and Heather Lemke each scored four

goals, and Megan Bowers and Katie Sacket each scored twice.

The Pirates, ranked No. 2 in the state, improved to 9-2-1, 2-1 in the

OEC.

The Pirates scored three goals in the first 90 seconds and cruised the

rest of the way. It was 13-1 at halftime.

“Everybody played well,” said Giles. “This team that was out there

today could win a lot of games.”

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE

Orange Coast 19, Santa Ana 2

Santa Ana 1 0 0 1 - 2

Orange Coast 5 8 2 4 - 19

OCC - Espinosa 4, Klarich 4, Lemke 4, Bowers 2, Sackett 2, Hallman 1,

Miloslavic 1, Pappas 1. Saves - Anderson 3.