Mesa takes the inside track

Costa Mesa High girls tennis team moved a step closer to winning

the Golden West League title with an 11-7 victory over Estancia High

Tuesday.

The Mustangs, 9-5, 9-1 in the Golden West League, face Westminster

Thursday at Costa Mesa High at 3 p.m. with a chance to win the

league, said Costa Mesa Coach Joe Havens.

Estancia falls to 8-3 in league.

Costa Mesa’s No. 1 singles player, Hilary Havens swept, as did

Mesa’s No. 1 and 2 doubles teams of Brenda Tran and Laura Fais and

Minh Thy Pham and Chi Doan.

Golden West League

Costa Mesa 11, Estancia 7

Singles -- Havens (CM) def. Curran, 7-0; def. Trettin,

6-2; def. Postel, 6-0; K. Nguyen (CM) lost, 5-7, 2-6, won, 6-0; H.

Nguyen (CM) lost, 3-6, 2-6, won, 6-3.

Doubles -- B. Tran-Fais (CM) def. Thai-Sudhikam, 7-6;

def. Morton-Morton, 6-2; def. Ingram-Moran, 6-4; M. Pham-C. Doan (CM)

won, 6-3, 6-1, 6-1; P. Rodriguez-Gomez (CM) lost, 5-7, 3-6,

2-6.

TENNIS: Tars post 10-8 victory

Krista McIntosh and Vanessa Dunlap both swept their sets as did

the doubles tandem of Diana Khoury and A.J. Olson for Newport Harbor

High’s girls tennis team to help defeat host Aliso Niguel Tuesday,

10-8, in a Sea View League match.

McIntosh gave Newport a 9-8 lead and Dunlap finished off the match

with her three-set win for the Sailors, 9-4, 5-1 in the Sea View

League. Aliso falls to 3-3 in league.

Sea View League

Newport Harbor 10, Aliso Niguel 8

Singles -- McIntosh (NH) def. Kelly, 7-5; def. Lu, 6-4;

def. Frank, 6-1; Slater (NH) lost 0-6, 1-6; Haxby (NH) lost, 1-6;

Dunlap (NH) won, 7-5, 6-1, 6-2.

Doubles -- Khoury-Olson (NH) def. Kaby-Nathan, 6-1;

def. Hammer-Lu, 6-3; def. Nguyen-Matthews, 6-0; B. Adams-C. Adams

(NH) lost, 1-6, 4-6, won, 6-2; Sturgess-McKay, (NH) lost, 0-6, 4-6,

3-6.

WATER POLO: Sailors roll, 16-7

Newport Harbor High’s Sailors were 16-7 winners in nonleague boys

water polo Tuesday in the winner’s pool.

Michael Bury led the way with six goals. Ross Sinclair added three

goals and seven others, Nathan Weiner, Bryan Auer, Charlie

Hockenbury, Brent Armstrong, Clay Jorth, Jay Thompson and Brodie

Curtis, each scored once.

Michael Robinson was credited with 10 saves for the Sailors, who

improved to 13-5 overall. The Sailors host Laguna Hills today.

POLO: Orange tops Eagles, 12-6

The Estancia High boys water polo team was overpowered by Orange

hole man Phil Pease as well as Panthers goalie David Viveros as the

Eagles dropped a crucial Golden West League contest, 12-6, Tuesday at Estancia.

Pease scored eight goals, despite extra defensive attention from

Estancia (6-10, 2-3 in league), while Viveros helped foil quality

scoring chances with nine saves to help Orange improve to 4-1 in

league.

Jess Hellmich paced the Eagles with three goals, while Nathan

Marstellar (seven saves) earned praise for his performance from Coach

John Carpenter.

POLO: Costa Mesa rolls, 12-7

Brian Tipton scored eight goals to lead Costa Mesa High boys water

polo team to a 12-7 Golden West League win over visiting Westminster

Tuesday.

Adam Douglas scored three goals and Christian Darnas scored one

goal for the Mustangs, who scored eight second-half goals.

Goalkeeper Matt Jaroslawski made 13 saves for Mesa.

POLO: CdM falls to Servite, 6-4

Four different players scored goals for Corona del Mar High’s boys

water polo team, but it wasn’t enough to beat Servite, ranked No. 2

in CIF Southern Section Division II, at CdM High Tuesday and the

Friars won, 6-4.

Artie Dorr, John Money, John Mann and Kevin Amendt scored goals

for the Sea Kings,12-6, 2-0 in the Pacific Coast League and No. 3 in

CIF Division I, and Beau Stockstill made 12 saves in net.

The Friars scored four second-half goals to CdM’s two. The Friars

had double the ejections CdM had, 8-4, but held on for the win.

David DiRocco made three steals and brother Jason DiRocco and

Griffin Gentry had two steals apiece for the Sea Kings.

VOLLEYBALL: Tars win in four

Newport Harbor High’s girls volleyball team was an 11-15, 15-4,

15-7, 15-6 winner over Sea View League host Foothill Tuesday night,

highlighted by Alyson Jennings’ performance, which included 10 kills

and seven ace serves.

Kristin McClune was the kill leader for Newport, 16-6, 4-1 in the Sea View League.

TENNIS: CdM wins on games

Corona del Mar High’s doubles tandem of Brittany Holland and

Juliette Mutzke won all three sets, losing only two games, to lead

the Sea Kings to a 9-9 tie with visiting Laguna Beach Tuesday, but

CdM pulled out the win on games, 70-68.

“We were down 9-8, but (Rachel) Yelsey and (Jasmine) Steele beat

their No. 1 doubles team, 6-3, that was key,” said CdM Coach Andy

Stewart. “This was a big match.”

CdM improves to 10-2, 5-1 in the Pacific Coast League and No. 7 in

CIF Southern Section Division I, while Laguna, No. 8 in CIF Division

I, falls to 4-2 in league.

Pacific Coast League

Corona del Mar 9, Laguna Beach 9

(CdM wins on games, 70-68)

Singles -- Snyder (CdM) lost to Rietsch, 2-6; def.

Butterwick, 6-3; def. Johnson, 6-0; Rubenstein (CdM) lost, 0-6, 1-6,

won, 6-0; Miller (CdM) lost, 0-6, 2-6, won, 6-4.

Doubles -- Holland-Mutzke (CdM) def. Reed-Murray, 6-1;

def. Ka. Ochwat-Miller, 6-2; def. Ki. Ochwat-Simons, 6-0;

Yelsey-Steele (CdM) won, 6-3, lost, 4-6, won, 6-1; Manning-Carnahan

(CdM) lost, 3-6, 1-6, 3-6.

SOCCER: OCC men win, 5-3

The Orange Coast College men’s soccer team rallied from a 2-0

deficit to claim a 5-3 Orange Empire Conference victory at Santiago

Canyon Tuesday.

Derek Martell converted an assist by Juan Cervantes to pull OCC to

within 2-1, then Joel Sotolongo scored on the first of two assists by

Jarred Zitt to knot the score in the 40th minute. OCC’s comeback was

aided by a red card charged to Santiago Canyon that left the Hawks a

man short for about the final 78 minutes.

Six minutes into the second half, Steve Jennings scored on an

assist from Steve Velanoweth and Stan Duck and Cervantes rounded out

the Pirates’ scoring.

OCC improved to 12-3-2, 5-1-2 in conference, while Santiago Canyon

fell to 3-5-3 in conference.

CROSS COUNTRY: SH boys sparkle

Sage Hill High’s boys cross country team led the Lightning boys

and girls contingent at Tuesday’s tri-meet against Academy League

foes Oxford Academy and Capistrano Valley Christian by beating Capo

Valley, 28-29, at Eldorado Park.

Chris Chiboucas placed fifth overall with a 17:30 to lead the

Lightning, 2-4, 1-3 in the Academy League. Zach Chandy finished

seventh with a 17:32 and 9th Tim Lefler took ninth with 17:54.

Tristan Cordier placed 15th overall with 18:33 and Mike Voge finished

18th in 18:38. The boys lost to Oxford, 21-38.

The girls, 0-6, 0-4 in league, lost to Oxford, 15-50, and Capo

Valley, 25-32, with Kelsey Rose taking 12th overall with a 23:12

followed by Alis Brito’s 23:34, good for 15th place.

Sarah Cowan ran to 21st place in 25:37 and Yao Lopez took 25th

with 27:50, Ashley Negrette finished 27th in 28:31.

GOLF: Sailors’ Draganza sharp

Newport Harbor High freshman Natalie Draganza shot 6-over-par 42

to capture medalist honors and lead the Sailors to a 247-297 Sea View

League girls golf victory over Irvine Tuesday in a nine-hole match at

Big Canyon Country Club.

Amanda Campbell (48), Kayleigh Horn (51), Rachel Kone (51) and

Katie McKay (55) also scored for the Sailors, who improved to 6-3,

5-2 in league.

GOLF: Mesa whips Sage Hill

Costa Mesa High’s Jean You shot 41 on par-35 to help lead the

Mustangs’ girls golf team to a 268-300 Golden West League victory

over Sage Hill at Costa Mesa Golf & Country Club’s Mesa Linda Course

Tuesday.

Jessica Bunnell (52), Christian Casale (56), Rachel Hughes (59)

and Jacklyn Adams (60) also contributed to the win for Costa Mesa,

which improved to 7-6, 5-2 in league.

For Sage Hill, April Kim came in with the low score, 45, while

Chelsea Vayner finished with 60 and Megan McGillian had a 61.

GOLF: Albright paces CdM victory

Corona del Mar High’s Katie Albright was the medalist with a

4-over 40 on the north course (front nine) at Coto de Caza Tuesday,

leading CdM to a 239-260 Pacfic Coast League girls golf victory over

Tesoro High Tuesday.

Rounding out CdM’s scoring leaders were Jackie McCoy (46), Caitlin

MacDonald (48), Jennifer Woo (50) and Veronica Friedman (55).

Corona del Mar is now 8-4, 5-0 in the PCL.

GOLF: UCI men in second place

The UC Irvine men’s golf team is in second place by one shot after

the first 18 holes of The Tillinghast, hosted by St. John’s

University at Quaker Ridge Golf Course in Scarsdale, N.Y.,Tuesday.

San Diego leads at 290, UCI follows at 291, James Madison is at

292 and St. John’s 293 in the 14-team field. The final 18 holes will

be played today.

UCI’s Mike Lavery is tied for the individual lead with Andrew

Svoboda of St. John’s at 1-under par-68. The Anteaters’ Vinnie

Poncino is in fifth at 72, Ryan Armstrong is 21st at 75, and Jeff

Coburn and Jay Choe are tied for 24th after each shot 76 in the

opening round.