Men’s golf: Pirates second at OEC Tournament

The Orange Coast College men’s golf team defeated Riverside,

Santiago Canyon and Irvine Valley Monday to claim sole possession of

second place, behind victorious Saddleback at the Orange Empire

Conference Championships at Los Serranos Golf Course in Chino Hills.

Lou Carrasco shot 148 over 36 holes, the fourth-best score of the day,

to pace the Pirates, who finished with a team score of 767. Conference

champion Saddleback shot 733.

Additional scorers for the Pirates were Fredrik Svanberg (154), Go

Koyama (154), Kelly Wicks (155), Eric Moore (158) and Brock Noteboom

(158).

Carrasco, Svanberg and Wicks earn all-conference honors, based on

year-long scoring average, while Koyama won the award, presented annually

by the conference coaches, which goes to the player who best displays

character, courage and sportsmanship.

Irvine Valley’s Jeff Montoya, a teammate of Carrasco’s at Costa Mesa

High, was the medalist Monday with a two-round total of 141.

Saddleback’s Matt Schreiber, however, is declared the OEC individual

champion, based on season-long scoring.

OCC advances to the Southern California Regionals, scheduled Monday.