Newport Harbor humbles Marina, 8-0

The visiting Vikings from Marina High ran into a wall Tuesday and

that wall was the Newport Harbor field hockey team, which jumped out

to a 4-0 lead at the end of the first period and cruised to an 8-0

Sunset League win.

Newport improved to 2-0-2 as Marina dropped to 0-3-0. Newport beat

Marina for the first time since losing to them in last November’s

Tournament of Champions final. The Vikings have beaten the Sailors

1-0 in the last two TOC finals, but Marina lost 14 seniors to

graduation.

Kaley Nix led Newport with three goals, Caitlin Farrell netted two

goals and Christina Barbatti, Carrie Gates and Meagan McHone added

goals.

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VOLLEYBALL: CdM wins in five at HB

Corona del Mar High’s girls volleyball team took its act on the

road Tuesday night and pulled out a 15-3, 11-15, 15-7, 12-15, 15-5

nonleague victory at Huntington Beach.

The Sea Kings, now 3-4, were led by the play of Claire Allen (23

kills), Jordan Smith (23 digs) and Lindsey Ensign (10 kills).

Corona del Mar returns to action Friday in the first round of the

Capistrano Valley Tournament.

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TENNIS: CdM tops Edison, 14-4

Corona del Mar High’s girls tennis team was a 14-4 nonleague

winner over visiting Edison Tuesday, and returns today to host

Capistrano Valley.

NONLEAGUE

CdM 14, Edison 4

Singles -- Snyder (CdM) def. Rice, 6-1; def. Takamori,

6-0; def. Bonev, 6-0; Holland (CdM) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1; Mutzke (CdM)

won, 6-4, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles -- Rubenstein-Steel (CdM) def. J. Boyer-Iwanabe,

6-2; def. Truong-Rea, 7-6; Way-Souzzi (CdM) lost to L.

Boyer-Pitchford, 1-6; Yelsey-Miller (CdM) lost, 5-7, lost to

Boyer-Pitchford, 3-6; def. Truong-Rea, 6-1; Carnahan-Manning (CdM)

lost, 3-6, won, 7-5, 6-4.

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TENNIS: Costa Mesa girls roll, 11-7

The senior doubles tandem of Chi Doan and Minh-Thy Pham continued

its dominant run through Golden West League competition as the Costa

Mesa High girls team defeated visiting Orange, 11-7, Tuesday.

GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE

Costa Mesa 11, Orange 7

Singles -- K. Nguyen (CM) lost to Shelley, 3-6, def.

Nguyen, 6-3, def. Lam, 6-0; H. Nguyen (CM) lost, 0-6, won, 6-2, 6-4;

Wallace (CM) lost, 1-6, 1-6, 2-6.

Doubles -- Doan-Pham (CM) def. Calderon-Farrell, 6-0,

def. Cruz-Ignacio, 6-2, def. Lee-Huyhn, 6-0; Fais-Tran (CM) won, 6-3,

6-1, 6-3; Gomez-Rodriguez (CM) lost, 3-6, 4-6, won, 6-0.

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TENNIS: Sage Hill falls, 12-4

St. Margaret’s was a 12-4 Academy League winner over host Sage

Hill in girls tennis Tuesday, dropping Sage Hill to 3-1, 2-1 in

league. St. Margaret’s improved to 2-0, 2-0.

ACADEMY LEAGUE

St. Margaret’s 12, Sage Hill 4

Singles -- Ammerman (SH) lost to Imre, 0-6; lost to

Huang, 2-6; McKitterick (SH) lost to Huang, 6-7; def. Pasqualli, 7-6;

Fullmer (SH) def. Reisenweser, 7-6; lost to Imre, 0-6, lost to Huang,

0-6.

Doubles -- Tsoong-Chen (SH) lost to S. Huang-Valenti,

2-6; def. Chastine-Ichinose, 6-4; lost to Birthmer-Lindstrom, 1-6;

Berman-Haltman (SH) won, 6-3, lost, 1-6, 5-7; Levin-Graham (SH) lost,

0-6, 2-6, 2-6.

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VOLLEYBALL: Sage Hills wins

Sage Hill High’s strong serving helped the Lightning girls

volleyball team earn a 15-6, 15-8, 15-12 over nonleague visitor

Estancia Monday.

Debbie Woder-Lee had eight aces and Sophia Hillgren added five for

the hosts.

Shelley Smith chipped in five kills and three aces and Cat Dailey

had four aces for the winners.

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SOCCER: OCC women belt Santa Ana

An attack that produced 21 shots and four goals netted the Orange

Coast College women’s soccer team its seventh win Tuesday at OCC.

Led by sophomore Jaycee Mahler’s two goals and goals by freshmen

Sarah Ronquillo and Vanessa Rocha, the Bucs limited the Dons to just

two shots as they improved to 7-1, 3-1 in the Orange Empire

Conference.

Freshman forward Nikki Saenz assisted on Ronquillo’s goal, the

Pirates first in the 30th minute and lobbed a pass to a fleeting

Mahler, who headed the ball to her feet in-stride on a breakaway and

then booted the ball in. Sophomore Fernanda Velasco assisted on

Mahler’s first goal. Bianka Gratzer assisted on Rocha’s goal.

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VOLLEYBALL: Point Loma sweeps VU

The Vanguard University Lions played well, but were unable to take

a game from visiting Point Loma Nazarene Tuesday night, losing in

three.

Vanguard created some problems for the No. 4-ranked Crusaders,

pushing Point Loma before falling, 30-28, in each of the first two

games.

In the finale the Lions fell, 30-16.

Jennifer Geisbauer paced the Lions with 14 kills and committed

only one attacking error. Setter Jennifer Johnson had 20 assists for

Vanguard, which dropped to 3-9, 0-6 in the GSAC.

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GOLF: Anteaters men sharp

Led by senior Jeff Coburn’s 6-under-par 210, good for 11th

overall, the UC Irvine men’s golf team took fourth place out of 14

teams in the Anteaters’ first tournament of the 2002-03 season.

Coburn shot rounds of 68, 71, 71 to lead UC Irvine to its

fourth-place finish in the 54-hole Pacific Invitational at the

Reserve at Spanos Park.

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SOCCER: VU women toppled, 2-1

Biola University was a 2-1 winner in women’s soccer Tuesday as

visiting Vanguard University came up short in Golden State Athletic

Conference play.

Jenae Welch scored Vanguard’s lone goal in the second half.

Vanguard fell to 2-3-1.

Biola improved to 5-2-1.

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WATER POLO: Mesa wins, 12-11

The Costa Mesa High boys water polo team won its Golden West

League opener, 12-11, over visiting Ocean View at Costa Mesa High

Tuesday.

The Mustangs had diverse scoring as Evan Spencer, Brian Tipton,

Adam Douglas and Chris Darnas all scored goals, said Costa Mesa coach

Bob Shupp.

Mesa goalie Matt Jaroslawski made eight saves for the Mustangs who

improved to 3-2, 1-0 in league.

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TENNIS: Estancia upset, 13-5

Estancia High’s Karleen Curran, Kelly Trettin and Heather Morton

each scored a set win over Santa Ana’s No. 1 girls tennis player, but

it was the host Saints who won the Golden West League match, 13-5.

Estancia (3-3, 3-1 in league) returns to action today, hosting El

Modena in nonleague action. Santa Ana improved to 4-1, 2-1.

GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE

Santa Ana 13, Estancia 5

Singles -- Curran (E) def. Ramirez, 6-3, lost to Vela,

5-7, lost to Sanchez, 6-7; Trettin (E) won, 6-1, lost, 2-6, 0-6; H.

Morton (E) won, 6-2, lost, 2-6, 3-6.

Doubles -- Sudhikam-M. Morton (E) lost to

Habdad-Rodriguez, 3-6, lost to Mendoza-Alvero, 1-6, def.

Aboytes-Manzanares, 6-3; Ingram-Moran (E) lost, 5-7, 1-6, won, 6-2;

Zaidler-Ibarra (E) lost, 3-6, 3-6, 6-7.