Anteaters belt Bears

* BASEBALL: UC Irvine’s baseball team put together a nine-hit

attack behind the pitching of Brett Smith and posted a 9-3

nonconference victory at California Saturday.

Mark Wagner had two doubles and drove in two runs, Gregg Wallis

went 2 for 4 with an RBI, a double and three runs scored, Jon Horwitz

had an RBI-double and Kyle Ryckebosch delivered a solo home run to

back up Smith’s work.

Smith went eight innings, scattering 10 base hits and allowing

three earned runs.

Brian Montalbo (2-2, 4.3 innings, six hits, three earned runs, two

walks and four strikeouts) was the losing pitcher.

Montalbo gave up single runs to the Anteaters in the second and

third innings, and then gave up two runs in the fifth. UCI tacked on

another in the sixth on the RBI double by Wallis.

The Anteaters improved to 9-13. They’ll wrap up the three-game

series today at 1 p.m. in Berkeley.

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Nonconference

UCI 9, California 3

Score by Innings

UCI 011 021 040 -- 9 9 0

Cal 100 000 110 -- 3 11 1 Smith, Krise (9) and Wagner; Montalbo,

Todoroff (5), Gold (7), Talbott (8),

Swanson (8), Read (8) and Grossman. W --

Smith, 4-1. L -- Montalbo, 2-2. 2B --

Wallis (UCI), Wagner (UCI) 2, Horwitz

(UCI). HR -- Ryckebosch (UCI)

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UCI all wet

* COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD: Cornell University captured the men’s

and women’s team titles in the rain-plagued Spring Break Track &

Field Invitational at UC Irvine’s Anteater Stadium Saturday. Some

field events and the hurdles races were scratched due to heavy rain.

The Big Red won the men’s competition with 168 points, followed by

UCI with 105 in the five-team field. Cornell won eight of the 12

events in the meet. Brett Coffing of Cornell was a double winner,

placing first in the shot put (51-1) and the discus (134-7).

UCI’s Darrell Tozier won the 800 meters in 1:55.66 and Ricky

Barnes was first in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3:58.08.

Second-place finishes from UCI included Michael McEachron in the 400

(49.39) and Michael Nguyen in the long jump (21-3 3/4).

The Cornell women’s team finished first with 169 points and the

host Anteaters were second with 108 in the five-team field. Cornell

won eight of the 13 events conducted.

UCI sophomore Erin Curtis won the 100 meters with a season-best

time of 12.24, Annmarie Turpin captured the long jump with a mark of

17-1 and Jessica Stafford won the javelin throw with a toss of 127-0.

Julie Manson and Lisa Massoth finished 2-3 in the 5,000 with times of

17:45.63 and 18:07.36, respectively, while Jenny Liou placed second

in the 3,000 steeplechase in 11:15.86.

Both UCI teams compete in the Mustang Invitational at Cal Poly San

Luis Obispo next Saturday (March 22).

Anteaters lose in five

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine’s men’s volleyball team fell for the

second time in two nights at Brigham Young University Saturday,

dropping a 30-27, 30-25, 28-30, 27-30, 15-13 decision to fall to

15-8, 8-8 in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation.

Jimmy Pelzel was UCI’s leader with 24 kills.

BYU improved to 15-4, 13-3.

CdM loses twice

* BOYS VOLLEYBALL: The Corona del Mar High boys volleyball team

dropped a pair of matches, including a rare scoreless game, at the

San Diego Tournament of Champions Saturday.

Playing in a best of three format, the Sea Kings (3-3) lost to

Valencia in the quarterfinals, 15-7, 5-15, 0-15. Senior Bart Welch

and his younger brother Tom, a sophomore, had seven kills each. CdM’s

demise was committing over 30 hitting errors, Coach Steve Conti said.

The Sea Kings also lost in a consolation match to Los Alamitos,

15-11, 4-15, 12-15. Sophomore Kevin Welch, Tom’s twin, recorded 12

kills, as did senior Brian Brinckerhoff, while senior Miles Yourman

added seven kills.

CdM returns to action with a nonleague match at Irvine Wednesday.

Lions cruise

COLLEGE TENNIS: The Vanguard University men’s and women’s tennis

team recorded sound victories over nonconference visitor Western New

Mexico Friday.

The Vanguard men (6-5) won five sets in singles play in its 7-2

victory. Senior Carl Lumsden won in No. 1 singles, while sophomore

Carl Holmgren, freshman Philip Mardh, sophomore Carl Holmgren and

senior Chris Taylor also earned victories.

The Lions’ women’s team defeated Western Michigan to improve to

7-3 on the season. Sophomores Olga Hlushchanka and Alena Votavova, as

well as junior Sara Bradley did not lose a game in sweeping their

sets in singles play. Junior Silina Yohner won 6-2, 6-2, to earn a

point in singles.

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Nonconference men

Vanguard 7, W. New Mexico 2

Singles -- Lumsden (V) def. Krukow, 6-2, 6-1; Holmgren (V) def. Munoz, 6-2, 6-1; Mardh (V) def. Merchant, 6-2, 6-1; Bjorkland (V) def. Sklenar, 6-4, 6-2; Taylor (V) def. Patton, 6-1, 6-0; Patton (WNM) def. Jardine, 6-1, 6-0. Doubles --

Lumsden-Bjorkland

(V) def. Patton-Munoz, 8-2; Holmgren-Mardh (V) def. Merchant-Sajbert, 8-1; Sklenar-Kruokow (WNM) def. Taylor-Jardine, 8-5

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Nonconference women

Vanguard 6, W. New Mexico 3

Singles -- Hlushchanka (V) def. Hunt, 6-0, 6-0; Votavova (V) def. Billings, 6-0, 6-0; Yohner (V) def. Martinez, 6-1, 6-1; Bradley (V) def. Nelson, 6-0, 6-0; Mortenson (WNM) def. Tenlen, 7-6, 6-4; Goodnight (WNM) def. Krohn, 6-2, 6-3. Doubles --

Hlushchanka-Votavova (V) def. Hunt-Billings, 8-0; Yohner-Bradley (V) def. Nelson-Martinez, 8-1; 3. Goodnight-Mortenson (WNM) def. Tenlen-Krohn, 8-2

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