Boys volleyball: Tars take fifth at Santa Barbara

SANTA BARBARA - The Newport Harbor High boys volleyball team

finished fifth at the Santa Barbara Tournament after winning two matches

Saturday.

Coach Dan Glenn’s Sailors (22-6), ranked No. 1 in Orange County,

defeated Bullard from Fresno in the fifth-place final match, 15-4, 12-15,

15-7, 15-5.

Newport senior setter Loyd Wright, who earned all-tournament team

honors, amassed 83 assists, four digs and three kills. Greg Perrine,

Newport’s 6-foot-1 senior outside hitter, posted 21 kills, while 6-3

senior Brian Gaeta added 20, senior Erik Peterson 11 and freshman Brett

Perrine had 10. The Sailors’ 6-8 middle blocker Jamie Diefenbach

collected eight kills.

Wright amassed 51 assists and five digs to help lead the Tars to a

15-13, 15-11, 15-10 fifth-place semifinal victory over San Marcos,

earlier on Saturday.

Greg Perrine led with 17 kills, while Diefenbach chipped in 12,

Peterson 10 and Gaeta had eight.