CdM rolls past Laguna Beach

Corona del Mar High’s girls tennis team continued its dominating

ways Thursday with a 14-4 victory at Laguna Beach in the Pacific

Coast League opener for both teams.

Taylynn Snyder and Brittany Holland swept in singles, and Juliette

Mutzke and Amanda Rubenstein and Jackie Manning and Courtney Carnahan

swept in doubles as CdM improved to 6-1, 1-0 in the PCL.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE

Corona del Mar 14, Laguna Beach 4

Singles -- Snyder (CdM) def. Baren Sandman, 6-4; def.

Reitsch, 6-4; def. Ochwat, 6-2; Holland (CdM) won, 6-2, 6-4, 6-2;

Miller (CdM) lost, 2-6, 0-6, 2-6.

Doubles -- Mutzke-Rubenstein (CdM) def. Murray-Johnson,

6-0; def. Simons-Murrell, 6-1; def. Miller-Ochwat, 6-2; Steel-Yelsey

(CdM) won, 6-2, 6-4, lost, 2-6; Manning-Carnahan (CdM) won, s6-4,

6-1, 6-4.

TENNIS: Mesa girls win tiebreaker

Just two days after suffering a Golden West League loss in a

tiebreaker to Westminster, the Costa Mesa High girls tennis team

responded with an 83-75 win in games, after a 9-9 tie with visiting

Santa Ana Thursday.

The Mustangs trailed 9-8, with one doubles set remaining. The Mesa

duo of Linda Tran and Thao Vu won that final set in a tiebreaker, 7-6

(10-8), setting up the team tie.

“Our No. 1 singles (Hillary Havens) and No. 1 doubles team

(Minh-Thy Pham and Chi Doan) swept and won by such a large margin,

that gave us an insurmountable advantage in games,” Mesa Coach Joe

Havens said. “We just came off a tough 9-9 loss to Westminster. They

knew they had to do a little extra and they came through.”

The Mustangs improved to 5-5, 5-1 in league, while Santa Ana

dropped to 9-2, 5-2.

GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE

Costa Mesa 9, Santa Ana 9

(Costa Mesa wins tiebreaker, 83-75)

Singles -- Havens (CM) won, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0; K. Nguyen

(CM) won, 7-5, lost, 3-6, 2-6; H. Nguyen (CM) lost, 4-6, won, 6-1,

lost, 4-6.

Doubles -- Pham-Doan (CM) won, 6-3, 6-0, 6-2; Tran-Vu

(CM) lost, 4-6, 3-6, won, 7-6 (10-8); Gomez-Rodriguez (CM) lost, 1-6,

1-6, 5-7.

TENNIS: McIntosh paces Newport

Newport Harbor High’s No. 2 singles player Thursday, Krista

McIntosh, didn’t lose a game as Newport rebounded from Wednesday’s

loss to Laguna Beach to defeat visiting Aliso Niguel in the Sailors’

first Sea View League match Thursday at Newport Harbor High.

Junior Vanessa Dunlap won all three of her sets at No. 3 singles

and the doubles duo of Diana Khoury and A.J. Olson continued their

impressive run with three wins to improve their doubles record to

17-1 this season.

Gaby Kay won two of her three singles set as Newport’s No. 1

singles player Thursday and Bonnie Adams and Carly Adams won all

three of their sets as Newport improved to 3-3, 1-0 in the Sea View

League.

The Sailors will face host Irvine Tuesday before traveling to

Laguna Hills Thursday in two Sea View League meets next week.

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Newport Harbor 14, Aliso Niguel 4

Singles -- Kay (NH) lost to Wu, 0-6; def. Frohling,

7-5; def. Frank, 6-2; McIntosh (NH) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Dunlap (NH)

won, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles -- Khoury-Olson (NH) def. Minchen-Knopf, 6-2;

def. Hauser-Lu, 6-4; def. Matthews-Nguyen, 6-0; B. Adams-C. Adams

(NH) won, 6-3, 6-0, 7-6 (8-6); Sturgess-McKay (NH) lost, 4-6, 1-6,

2-6.

TENNIS: Sage Hill rolls, 13-5

Sage Hill High’s venture to Cypress was a winning one Thursday as

the Lightning captured a 13-5 victory over Oxford Academy in Academy

League play.

Kellie Ammerman, Katie McKitterick and Paige Fullmer all swept in

singles to pace the victory. Sage Hill is now 6-2, 4-1 in league.

Oxford fell to 6-3, 2-3.

ACADEMY LEAGUE

Sage Hill 13, Oxford Academy 5

Singles -- Ammerman (SH) def. Doi, 7-5; def. Suh, 6-0;

def. Kim, 6-2; McKitterick (SH) won, 6-1, 6-2, 6-2; Fullmer (SH) won,

6-2, 6-1, 6-3.

Doubles -- Tsoong-Chen (SH) def. Chung-Ling, 6-3; def.

Chung-Saethia, 6-3; lost to Perez-Poureshagh, 4-6; Berman-Webb (SH)

won, 7-5, 6-4, lost, 5-7; Levin-Graham (SH) lost, 3-6, 3-6,

3-6.

POLO: Mesa falls, 10-9

Kyle Thorsness scored three goals and three other Costa Mesa High

boys water polo players each scored two goals in the Mustangs’

nonleague 10-9 loss to visiting Tesoro Wednesday.

Christian Darnas, Brian Tipton and Adam Douglas each scored two

goals for the Mustangs, who led Tesoro 6-4 at halftime, but managed

to score three second-half goals to Tesoro’s six goals in the third

and final quarter.

Costa Mesa goalkeeper Matt Jaroslawski made nine saves.

NONLEAGUE

Tesoro 10, Costa Mesa 9 Score by Quarters

Tesoro 2 2 3

3 - 10

Costa Mesa 4 2 1

2 -- 9

Tesoro -- Bryars 3, Knapp 2, Rice 2, Colton 1, Schlundt

1, Hunt 1.

Costa Mesa -- Thorsness 3, Darnas 2, Tipton 2, Douglas

2. Saves -- Jaroslawski 9.

JC POLO: OCC women win again

Sophomore Erica Nicholson scored two goals, recorded two assists

and then posted six saves as goalkeeper in the second half to help

lead the fifth-ranked Orange Coast College women’s water polo team to

a 12-2 victory over the University of Utah club team Thursday, at

Coast.

Sheri Meyer scored the first of her game-high three goals with

2:20 left in the first quarter, giving the Pirates a 2-0 lead. OCC

(13-4, 4-0 in the Orange Empire Conference) built an 8-0 halftime

lead and did not allow a goal until the final quarter.

The Pirates return to action today and will compete in the two-day

Ventura College Tournament.

NONCONFERENCE

Orange Coast 12, Club Utah 2

Score by Quarters

Utah 0 0 0

2 -- 2

OCC 3 5 2 2

-- 12

OCC -- Meyer 3, Nicholson 2, Robertson 2, Natalizio 2,

Braly 1, Lantz 1, Strauss 1. Saves -- Nicholson 6, Robertson

1.

VOLLEYBALL: Sage Hill sweeps

The Sage Hill High girls volleyball team received strong efforts

from Vista Murphy, Sophia Hillgren, Shelley Smith and Cat Dailey and

collected a 15-6, 17-15, 15-10 nonleague win over Saddleback

Christian at the Laguna Beach Volleyball Club Thursday.

Murphy contributed a team-high six kills, while Hillgren chipped

in with four kills and seven aces. Smith and Dailey added five kills

each.

Sage Hill (3-1) opens Academy League play Oct. 11 at St.

Margaret’s.

POLO: Mesa wins, 12-10

The Costa Mesa High boys water polo team staved off a furious

fourth-quarter rally that saw visiting La Quinta High score six goals

as Costa Mesa won 12-10 in nonleague action Thursday at Costa Mesa

High.

Adam Douglas scored three goals as Anthony Adamowicz, Christian

Darnas and Kyle Thorsness each scored two goals with Christian Medina

adding a single goal to lead Mesa’s attack.

Mustangs’ goalie Matt Jaroslawski made eight saves.

Kevin Harrison, Anthony Chau, Steven Billings, Matt Paulson, Jeff

Waldman, Jack Nanz, Anthony Adamowicz, Christian Darnas, Kyle

Thorsness, Adam Douglas, Christian Medina, Matt Jaroslawski all

shared in the victory for the Mustangs.

Costa Mesa plays at Orange in a Golden West League game Tuesday at

Orange High.

NONLEAGUE

Costa Mesa 12, La Quinta 10 La Quinta 2 2 0

6 -- 10

Costa Mesa 1 5 3

3 -- 12

La Quinta -- Chau 3, Nanz 2, Hanson 2, Billings 1,

Paulson 1, Waldman 1.

Costa Mesa -- Douglas 3, Adamowicz 2, Tipton 2, Darnas

2, Thorsness 2, Medina 1, Saves -- Jaroslawski 8.

GOLF: Mesa bests Sage Hill

Costa Mesa High notched their first Golden West League win

Thursday as they beat host Sage Hill, 289-316 at the par-36 Rancho

San Joaquin Golf Course.

Jean You led the Mustangs, 3-5, 1-1 in league, with a 51 followed

by 56’s from both Jacklyn Adams and Jessica Bunnell. Rachel Hughes

shot 61 and Christian Casale fired a 65 for Mesa.

“Any win is a good win,” said Mesa coach Todd Kolber. “The girls

played pretty well and I was pleased with the overall consistency.”

The Mustangs next match is Tuesday against visiting Oxford Academy

at 3 p.m. at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club’s Mesa Linda Course.

GOLF: Newport tops Irvine

Newport Harbor High’s girls golf team was a 230-277 winner over

Irvine at Oak Creek Golf Club Thursday, improving to 2-0 in the Sea

View League.

Newport Harbor’s Natalie Draganza shot a 4-over 40 for the nine

holes for medalist honors.

Other Sailors contributing were Kayleigh Horn (43), Amanda

Campbell (47), Rachel Kone (48) and Ashley Jacobs (52).