Pirates punish Cypress

The Orange Coast College men’s water polo team earned its first

win in the Orange Empire Conference with a 16-8 victory over host

Cypress Wednesday.

OCC’s Billy Jolly, Nick Wilbar and Greg Worthing scored four goals

each, while Abner Castorena netted three. Pirates Coach Mike

Stachowski said his team’s defense set up several fast breaks. Jolly

recorded five steals and Worthing had four. OCC improved to 4-5, 1-2

in the OEC, while Cypress dropped to 1-8, 1-2.

* The Orange Coast College women’s water polo team scored three

fourth-period goals to break a 2-2 tie and win an Orange Empire

Conference game against Cypress Wednesday.

The Pirates received one goal from five different players

including Courtney Robertson, Amber Braly, Sarah Mitchell, and Sara

Natalizo.

Pirate goalkeeper Heather Deyden made three saves. OCC improves to

9-2, 3-0 in the OEC, while Cypress falls to 6-5-1, 1-2.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE MEN

Score by Quarters

Orange Coast 16, Cypress 8

Orange Coast 5 3 7

1 -- 16

Cypress 1 1 3

3 -- 8

OCC -- Wilbar 4, Worthing 4, Jolly 4, Castorena 2,

Murphy 1, Herman 1. Saves -- Andrews, 4; Nichols 2.

Cypress -- Kaufman 3, Cornwell 2, Craig 1, Goodwin 1,

Harrison 1. Saves -- Craig 6.

ORANGE EMPIRE CONFERENCE WOMEN

Orange Coast 5, Cypress 2

Score by Quarters

Orange Coast 0 2 0

3 -- 5

Cypress 0 2 0

0 -- 2

OCC -- Braly 1, Mitchell 1, Robertson 1, Doll 1,

Natalizo 1. Saves -- Deyden 3.

Cypress -- Craig 1, Wirthgen 1. Saves -- Craig

6.

*

POLO: Eagles romp, 16-3

The first game in the Golden West League for the Estancia High

boys water polo team proved successful as the Eagles belted host

Westminster, 16-3.

The win makes the Eagles 1-2, 1-0 in the Golden West League.

Junior Paul Collier led the Eagles with five goals, followed by

Jess Hellmich and Frank Gamboa, who each had four goals and Matt

Metkovich, Anthony Hermann and Chad Kunnert who all had one goal

apiece.

Goalie Nathan Marsteller made nine saves.

“We had the counterattack working in the second and fourth periods

and that was the difference,” said Estancia Coach John Carpenter.

“Our front court game and our 6-on-5’s were on. We came out a little

tight in the first period but I think our guys were a little psyched

up for our first league game.”

Collier also played well defensively, making several steals,

Carpenter said.

Estancia’s junior varsity team beat Westminster 12-3, as Sean

Goodman scored seven goals.

GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE

Estancia 16, Westminster 3

Score by Quarters

Estancia 2 6 4

4 - 16

Westminster 0 1 1

1 - 3

Est -- Collier 5, Hellmich 4, Gamboa 4, Matt Metkovich

1, Anthony Hermann 1, Chad Kunnert 1. Saves -- Marstellar

9.

West -- Helton 2, Pendergrass 1. Saves -- Scholz 11

saves.

VOLLEYBALL: Mesa, in five

HUNTINGTON BEACH -- The Costa Mesa High girls volleyball team won

its first Golden West League match Wednesday against host Ocean View

in five, 15-12, 4-15, 16-14, 13-15, 15-5.

Sharon Day 20 led the Mustangs with 20 kills and had three aces

while Jackie Havens had 26 assists.

VOLLEYBALL: Pirates rally

The Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team rebounded from

losing the first two games against host Ventura to win the final

three and improve to 4-0 Wednesday.

The Pirates beat Ventura (1-1) 29-31, 22-30, 30-24, 30-19, 15-12.

The Bucs were up 10-6 in the third game before Ventura closed to

within 13-12.

Melissa Zapiain led the Bucs with 20 kills and in blocks (10) as

Kelly Overby and Krystle Davis both had 17 kills. Kasey Petersen also

recorded 10 blocks and Davis led the team with five aces.

Elisha Counts had a game-high 46 assists to go along with Janelle

Jeremiah’s team-leading 16 digs.

GOLF: Minnie’s just too much

FOUNTAIN VALLEY -- Behind a 33 from Minnie Choi, the Fountain

Valley girls golf team beat Corona del Mar by 10 strokes to complete

a nonleague match Wednesday at the par-36 Mile Square Golf Course.

Fountain Valley beat the Sea Kings 238-248 with Choi taking

medalist honors. Her 33 Wednesday matches the score she shot last

week in the first-half of the match to CdM at Newport Beach Country

Club.

Jackie McCoy and Jennifer Woo both fired 46s to lead CdM as

Veronica Friedman shot 48, Katie Albright came in with a 51 and

Maggie Nelson tallied a 57 for Coach Mike Starkweather’s team.

The loss drops CdM to 2-5.