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Harbor comes up short in semifinals

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Newport Harbor High’s girls volleyball team, facing three

nationally ranked teams in one day, lost in the championship

semifinals Saturday and captured third place at the Nike Challenge in

Chicago, hosted by Mother McCauley High.

Coach Dan Glenn’s Sailors (11-2) defeated Downers Grove South of

Chicago in the quarterfinals, 9-15, 15-8, 15-13, behind senior middle

blocker Kristin McClune (25 kills) and junior outside hitters Alyson

Jennings (16 kills and two aces) and Lauren Miller (10 kills).

The Sailors lost to Assumption’s Rockets of Louisville, Ky., in

the semifinals. Assumption, the No. 1-ranked team in the country last

year, rallied for a 13-15, 15-3, 15-0 victory. “We ran out of gas,

and (the Rockets) got on a roll,” Glenn said.

McClune, an all-tournament selection, had 14 kills in the

semifinals, while Jennings had seven and Elizabeth Clayton five.

In a battle for third place, Newport Harbor defeated Wahlert, the

top-ranked team in Iowa, 15-10, 8-15, 15-13, as McClune had 14 kills.

Jennings (12 kills), junior Emily Turner (10) and Miller (10) also

reached double figures in kills.

CC: Mesa sparkles

On a course where the Golden West League meet will be held, the

Costa Mesa High boys and girls cross country teams both competed in

the Central Park Invitational Saturday with both finishing in the top

15 in CIF Southern Section Division II.

The girls took 11th out of 16 teams and were led by freshman

Katherine Connell (21:56) and followed by Sarah Bryant (22:39), Anna

Rodriguez (23:15), Hanh Nguyen (23:27), Cara Doone (23:30), Araceli

Mendoza (23:42) and Kendra Bailey (24:42).

Senior Christine Bjelland sat out the meet to rest her sore right

hip.

Mitchell’s boys team finished 12th out of 20 Division II teams, as

Carlos Ibarra led the Mustangs with a 16:57, placing him in the top

30 out of 140 runners.

Mesa’s Mario Herrera ran in 17:31 followed by Marco Huipe (17:33),

Tommy Payne (18:25) Saul Palomar (18:38), Jorge Raya (18:38) and

Stephen Kosnosky (19:27).

POLO: Coast women win

Orange Coast College’s women’s water polo team(17-4) won four

times to claim the Ventura Tournament championship Friday and

Saturday.

Among the victims: LA Valley, 17-3; West Valley, 6-0; Ventura,

9-2; and Cuesta, 7-6.

Ericka Nicholson scored seven goals and Amber Braly and Sheri

Meyer scored three goals each against LA Valley.

Courtney Robertson scored three goals and Heather Deyden had 16

saves in the win over West Valley.

Robertson and Nicholson each scored twice against Ventura.

Deyden had 13 saves against Cuesta and Robertson scored four

goals, two in the fourth quarter.

POLO: Sailors top Uni, 10-6

Two goals apiece from Brent Armstrong, Clay Jorth and Michael Bury

paced the Newport Harbor High boys water polo team to a 10-6

nonleague win over University Saturday at Newport Harbor High.

Scoring single goals for the Sailors included Nathan Weiner,

Trevor Gregory, Ross Sinclair and Jay Thompson.

Newport had 16 steals, four each by Weiner and Armstrong with

three from Jorth, who also added an assist, as Bury collected two

steals with Bryan Auer, Gregory and goalkeeper Michael Robinson each

making one steal. Robinson finished with seven saves.

Nathan McLain had two saves.

NONLEAGUE

Newport Harbor 10, University 6 Score by Quarters

University 0 1 4

1 -- 6

Newport 2 2 5 1

-- 10

NH -- Bury 2, Jorth 2, Armstrong 2, Sinclair 1, Gregory

1, Weiner 1, Thompson 1. Saves -- Robinson 7, McLain 2.

VOLLEYBALL: UCI wins

UC Irvine was a 31-29, 30-22,24-30, 30-27 winner in a Big West

Conference match at UC Riverside Saturday night in women’s volleball.

Kelly Wing led UCI with 26 kills and 15 digs. Ashlie Hain had 55

assists and 14 digs. Chanda McLeod added 18 kills and 13 digs.

UCI is now 9-6, 3-4 in the Big West.

VOLLEYBALL: Lions win

Vanguard University dealt visiting Hope International a 30-21,

30-28, 28-30,30-26 defeat in women’s volleyball Saturday. The Lions

improved to 5-11, 2-7 in the Golden State Athletic Conference.

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