VU’s Hall gains All-American laurels

Sarah Hall, Vanguard’s final competitor at the NAIA Track and Field

Indoor Nationals, gained national recognition Saturday when she

garnered NAIA All-American honors for her performance in the 3,000

meter event.

Hall entered the event seeded eighth according to her prior

qualifying marks, but pulled off a minor upset by finishing in fifth

place with a time of 10:25.80, just 15 seconds off the pace of the

two-time champion, Chrisie Gregory from Fresno Pacific. Hall was one

of three Golden State Athletic Conference runners to finish in the

top six of the 3,000 and earn NAIA All-American honors. Hall is a

senior from Costa Mesa.

She attended Estancia High School and Orange Coast College prior

to attending Vanguard.

Hall will continue the spring season in hopes of qualifying for

the NAIA Outdoor Nationals in May.

* SOFTBALL: Senior Ann Marie Topps went 3 for 4 with five RBIs

and one run scored, as the Costa Mesa High softball team defeated

Capistrano Valley Christian, 13-2, in the second round of the Costa

Mesa Tournament at TeWinkle Park Saturday.

The game was called with two outs in the bottom of the fifth

inning because of the mercy rule, after Topps smacked her second

two-run triple of the game. Her younger sister, Kelly, finished 2 for

3 with 2 RBIs and one run scored, while Jade Moss added one hit, two

runs scored and two RBIs.

The Mustangs will play in a semifinal against Savanna Saturday at

a time to be announced later at TeWinkle Park.

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Costa Mesa Tournament

Second round

Mesa 13, Capo Vly Chr. 2

CV Chr 000 20 -- 2 3 3

Mesa 300 28 -- 13 13 2

Eicher and Krumpotich; Butler and Miller. W

-- Butler, 2-0. L -- Eicher. 3B -- A. Topps

(CM) 2

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Sailors breeze, 9-0

* SOFTBALL: The Newport Harbor High softball team recorded its

second-straight mercy-rule victory, allowing no hits in its 9-0 win

over St. Margaret’s in the second round of the Costa Mesa Tournament

at TeWinkle Park Saturday.

Kim Moore collected her second pitching win, that included four

no-hit innings and five strikeouts against the 13 batters she faced.

Ashley Gleason pitched in the top of the fifth inning, striking

out two and the game was called.

Gleason also hammered an RBI triple in the fourth inning to help

Newport go up, 9-0. Newport catcher Amanda Campbell had an RBI

double.

The Sailors will host Santiago Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., play at

Northwood Thursday at 3:30 and resume action in a semifinal of the

Costa Mesa Tournament against Saddleback Saturday at noon.

The winner will face the Costa Mesa-Savanna winner at 3:30 at

TeWinkle Park.

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Costa Mesa Tournament

Second round

Newport 9, St. Margaret’s 0

St. Mar 000 00 -- 0 0 4

Newport 311 4x -- 9 7 2

Stebbie and Butler; Moore, Gleason and

Campbell. W -- Moore, 2-0. L -- Stebbie. 2B --

Campbell (NH). 3B -- Gleason (NH)

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Vanguard sweeps

* SOFTBALL: Vanguard University’s women’s softball team blanked

visiting Hope International twice in Golden State Athletic Conference

play Saturday, posting 4-0 and 1-0 victories behind the pitching of

Marciea Ball (a three-hitter) and Jill Jessen (a two-hitter).

Beth Burchell led a five-hit attack with a double in the opener

and Celina Camarillo drove in Ashley Mauro for the only run in the

nightcap.

Vanguard improves to 12-4-2, 4-3 in the GSAC.

UCI men fall, 5-2

* TENNIS: UC Santa Barbara (6-5, 1-0) dealt visiting UC Irvine a

5-2 Big West Conference loss in men’s tennis Saturday, snapping a

four-match losing streak to the Anteaters.

*--*

Big West Conference

UCSB 5, UC Irvine 2

Singles -- Palencia (SB) def. Endrikat, 6-2, 7-6; Korak (UCI) def. Schwindt, 6-4, 6-0; Anselme (SB) def. Morton, 6-1, 6-3; Placek (SB) def. Biorkman, 6-1, 6-0; Brotman (SB) def. Surapol, 6-2, 6-4; Yandoc (UCI) def. Frick, 3-6, 6-2. Doubles --

Morton-Endrikat (UCI) def. Palencia-Schwindt, 8-4; Anselme-Placek (SB) def. Biorkman-Korac, 8-4; Brotman-Leshinsky (SB) def. Williams-Surapol, 8-5

*--*

UCI dunks UCSB

* WATER POLO: The No. 17 UC Irvine Anteaters defeated the No. 10

UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 8-7 in the Gaucho Invitational for the

‘Eaters first ever win over a top-10 opponent.

UCI held a 4-3 lead at the half. The ‘Eaters would take a 6-4 lead

entering the fourth quarter.

UCI closed out it’s biggest win ever with two more goals in the

fourth to seal the win over the host Gauchos. Senior Meghan O’Donnell

scored three goals for the ‘Eaters. Junior Erica Horman and junior

Rebecca Wedemeyer each had two goals for UCI.

The Anteaters will face the UC San Diego Tritons for the second

time this week today at 9:10 a.m.

UCI will then face either the San Jose State Spartans or the UC

Davis Aggies in the 9th or 11th place game at 12:40 p.m. or 1:50 p.m.

respectively.

*--*

UCI 8, UCSB 7

Score by Quarters

UCI 2 2 2 2 - 8

UCSB 2 1 1 3 - 7

UCI - O’Donnell 3, Wedemeyer 2, Horman 2, Ranes 1

UCSB - Gorbett ;2, Clark 2, Kunkel 2, Lezak 1

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Giants handle Cubs, 8-2

* LITTLE LEAGUE: The steady pitching combination of starter

Grant Davis and reliever Austin Jones held the Cubs to just two runs

in an 8-2 win for the Giants in Newport Beach Little League AAA play.

Davis retired all six batters he faced, striking out four. He also

had two hits to help lead the offense and Daniel Noto hit the first

home run of the year for the Giants.

Reed Johnson and Alan Brown pitched well for the Cubs in their

first outing.

Tryouts today

* CLUB SOCCER: The Pacific Coast Soccer Club will hold tryouts

for the girls under-13 division today from noon to 3 p.m. at Estancia

High in Costa Mesa.

Girls must be born on or after August, 1, 1990.

Visit the PCS website at www.aysopcs.org or contact Al Medina at

coachmedina@earthlink.net.