Sea Kings tumble, 12-6

The Corona del Mar High girls tennis team lost three tiebreakers

and another set 7-5 as the visiting Dana Hills Dolphins defeated CdM,

12-6, in nonleague action Wednesday.

Dana Hills, ranked No. 1 in Orange County, won three tiebreakers

in the final round, after taking a 7-5 edge in sets after two rounds.

“That’s tough to take,” CdM Coach Andy Stewart said of the lost

tiebreakers, which helped drop his team to 10-3.

“I’m not getting much production out of my three doubles teams,”

added Stewart, whose team, ranked fifth in the county, lost seven of

nine doubles sets.

Taylynn Snyder swept at No. 1 singles for CdM, but the Sea Kings

managed just one other singles set. Dana Hills and CdM are both in

CIF Southern Section Division I and could face each other again in

the playoffs.

The Sea Kings travel to Tesoro today for a Pacific Coast League

match at 3:15 p.m. Senior Anne Yelsey is penciled in to play doubles

(with her sister, freshman Rachel) is her season debut.

NONLEAGUE

Dana Hills 12, Corona del Mar 6

Singles -- Snyder (CdM) def. Beck, 6-1, def. Hirnese, 6-0, def. Villasenor, 6-2; Rubenstein (CdM) lost 0-6, won 6-4, lost

4-6; Miller (CdM) lost 1-6, 6-7 (6-8), 3-6.

Doubles -- Holland-Mutzke (CdM) def. Wilson-C.

Bronwicki, 7-6 (3), lost to Pooler-E. Bronwicki, 6-7 (5), def.

Ayers-Varela, 6-4; R. Yelsey-Steele (CdM) lost 0-6, 5-7, 6-7 (4);

Manning-Carnahan (CdM) lost 1-6, 2-6, 3-6.

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TENNIS: Sage Hill wins, 16-2

Sage Hill High Lightning maintained its second place standing in

the Academy League with a 16-2 win over league foe Fairmont in girls

tennis action Wednesday.

Sage Hill, 9-3, 8-2 in the Academy League, and ranked fourth in

CIF Southern Section Division V, got solid performances from its

three singles players. Kellie McKitterick and Kellie Ammerman both

swept their matches and Paige Fullmer won two of three sets for the

Lightning.

Sage Hill’s No. 1 doubles team of Jessica Tsoong and Stephanie

Chen and the No. 2 team of Grace Graham and Rachel Hyler also swept

their three sets against Fairmont, 6-4, 5-5 in league.

Elle White and Laura Webb won two of three sets at No. 3 doubles

for Sage Hill.

Sage Hill has two matches left against Brethren Christian and

Oxford. Brethren Christian has beat the Lightning twice this season.

Academy League

Sage Hill 16, Fairmont 2

Singles -- McKitterick (SH) def. Chung, 6-1; def.

Chang, 6-0; def. Lee, 6-3; Ammerman (SH) won 6-0, 7-5, 6-0; Fullmer

(SH) won, 6-0, 6-0, lost, 1-6.

Doubles - Tsoong- Chen (SH) def. Kham-Arasta, 6-2; def.

Lee-Lang, 6-1; def. Jung- Chin, 6-2; Graham-Hyler (SH) won, 6-3, 6-2,

6-0; White-Webb (SH) won, 6-0, 6-1, lost, 6-7.

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POLO: Tars belt Laguna Hills

The Newport Harbor High boys water polo team built a 7-0

first-quarter lead and coasted to a 19-6 Sea View League victory over

visiting Laguna Hills Wednesday afternoon.

Newport senior Ross Sinclair scored three of his four goals in the

first quarter, while teammate Michael Bury collected two of his four

goals in the opening period. Charlie Hockenbury (three goals), Brent

Armstrong (two), Jay Thompson (two), Nathan Weiner (two), Clay Jorth

(one) and Brodie Curtis (one) also scored for Newport (13-5, 2-0 in

league).

SEA VIEW LEAGUE

Newport Harbor 10, Laguna Hills 6

Score by Quarter

Laguna Hills 0 1 2

3 -- 6

Newport 7 4 6

2 -- 19

NH -- Sinclair 4, Bury 4, Hockenbury 3, Armstrong 2,

Thompson 2, Weiner 2, Jorth 1, Curtis 1. Saves -- Robinson 4, McLain

3.

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CROSS COUNTRY: Splitter

Costa Mesa High’s boys and girls cross country teams each went 1-1

at a Golden West League tri-meet at Westminster High Wednesday

against Santa Ana and Westminster.

Costa Mesa boys beat Westminster, 16-47, and lost to Santa Ana,

45-15, while the girls beat Westminster, 20-41, and lost to Santa Ana

50-15.

Marco Huipe led Costa Mesa runners with a 16:42 followed by Mario

Herrera (16:46), Stephen Kosnosky (17:42), Tommy Payne (17:48) and

Saul Palomar (17:52).

Mesa’s girls were led by Hanh Nguyen’s 21:39 followed by Ana

Rodriguez (22:11), Kindra Bailey (22:16), Katherine Connell (22:23)

and Cara Doone (22:43).

The Mesa girls are now 4-2 in league while the boys are 2-4.

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VOLLEYBALL: CdM rolling in PCL

The Corona del Mar High girls volleyball team continued its

winning ways in the Pacific Coast League with a 15-5, 15-6, 15-11

victory over visiting Laguna Beach Wednesday.

CdM improved to 13-6, 6-0 in the PCL, as senior Claire Allen led

with nine kills. Sea King sophomore Lindsey Ensign contributed two

kills.

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TENNIS: Tars fade, 12-6

Newport Harbor High’s No. 1 doubles team of Diana Khoury and A.J.

Olson and the Sailors’ No. 2 team of Krista McIntosh and Bonnie Adams

each swept their matches against visiting Troy, but that’s all the

sets Newport would win.

Troy, ranked No. 2 in CIF Southern Section Division II, defeated

the Sailors, 12-6, in a nonleague match Wednesday at Newport Harbor

High.

Newport, 9-5, 5-1 in the Sea View League, faces Irvine at Newport

Harbor High today in a Sea View League match.

NONLEAGUE

Troy 12, Newport Harbor 6

Singles -- Haxby (NH) lost to Ciobana, 0-6; lost to F.

Fermin, 1-6; lost to C. Fermin 0-6; Kay (NH) lost, 0-6, 0-6, 0-6;

Dunlap (NH) lost, 0-6, 1-6, 2-6.

Doubles -- Khoury-Olson (NH), def. Linn-Marriott, 6-2;

def. Ciobana-Pefyna, 6-3; def. Yang-Lee, 7-5; McIntosh-B. Adams (NH)

won, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0; Sturgess-McKay (NH) lost, 3-6, 0-6, 5-7.

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VOLLEYBALL: Eagles win in four

Tori Girod led the Estancia High Eagles girls volleyball team with

seven kills and 22 digs in the Eagles’ four-game win over visiting

Saddleback Wednesday at Estancia High.

Estancia, 2-12, 2-8 in the Golden West League, beat Saddleback,

15-12, 15-6, 6-15, 16-14. Girod added five aces, two assists and nine

points for the Eagles. Kate Nelson contributed four kills and one dig

and Hillary Larsen finished with seven aces, three kills and 14

points.

“It’s finally coming together for them, they’ve worked hard,” said

Estancia Coach Ruth Laneman.

The Eagles face Orange in a league match Friday at Estancia.

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SOCCER: VU women win, 3-0

Vanguard University earned its sixth shutout of the season with a

3-0 victory over visiting Christian Heritage College Wednesday night

in Golden State Athletic Conference women’s soccer.

The Lions, who were led by the scoring of Bryanna Gonzales,

Janelle Doyle and Jenae Welch, improved to 6-6-3, 3-3-1 in the GSAC.

Goalkeeper Jordan Fredriksen needed just one save to seal her

shutout.

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VOLLEYBALL: OCC sweeps

Third-ranked Orange Coast College got 19 kills from Melissa

Zapiain and 12 kills from Krystle Davis in a 30-23, 30-27, 30-26

victory over visiting Cypress Wednesday night in Orange Empire

Conference women’s volleyball.

Elisha Counts dished out 15 assists in the opening game before

handing over the setting duties to Jessica Lippi, who recorded 33

assists and a pair of blocks.

Coast (11-0, 5-0 in the OEC) hosts Irvine Valley Friday night.