OCC’s Allen whiffs 18

* BASEBALL: Sophomore left-hander Kyle Allen struck out a

school-record 18 batters to lead Orange Coast College to a 4-1 Orange

Empire Conference baseball victory over visiting Riverside Thursday.

“That was by far the best game I’ve ever pitched,” said Allen, who

scattered seven hits en route to his fourth complete game of the

season.

“Strikeout wise, that was by far the most dominating performance

since I’ve been here,” said 11th-year OCC Coach John Altobelli, whose

team (13-14-1, 5-10 in the OEC) snapped a five-game losing streak.

Allen, a 6-foot, 190-pound sophomore, struck out seven in the

first three innings, walked just one and threw 140 pitches.

Kyle Stanley led OCC offensively, going 3 for 4 with a double and

two RBIs. Mivah Hazen was 2 for 3 and scored twice.

Kyle Blumenthal’s inside-the-park home run spoiled Allen’s shutout

bid.

Riverside fell to 26-5, 12-3.

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Orange Empire Conference

OCC 4, Riverside 1

Score by Innings

RCC 000 100 000 -- 1 7 0

OCC 002 020 00x -- 4 9 3

Jones, Aguirre (7), Serrato (7) and

Martinez; Allen and Hicks. W -- Allen,

4-3. L -- Jones, 6-1. 2B -- Martinez

(RCC), Stanley (OCC), Bullock (OCC). HR

-- Blumenthal (RCC)

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* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High’s boys tennis team handled Pacific

Coast League rival University Thursday, posting a 14-4 victory on the

University courts behind Garrett Snyder’s sweep in singles and a

doubles sweep by Bryan Warsaw and Brennan Roberts, as well as the

Wesley Miller-Spencer Reitz combination.

“It was one of our best matches of the year,” said CdM Coach Tim

Mang. “Our doubles were down, and came back, and Garrett remained

undefeated with a good match with Jack Li.”

CdM improves to 14-0, 3-0 in the PCL. University falls to 7-4,

2-1.

*--*

Pacific Coast League

CdM 14, University 4 Singles -- Snyder (CdM) def. Li, 6-3; def. Wen, 6-1; def. Thomas, 6-0; Saida (CdM) lost, 1-6, won, 6-2, 6-4; Ball (CdM) lost, 4-6; (Gingold subbing, won, 6-2); Ball won, 6-1. Doubles -- Warsaw-Roberts (CdM) def. Mok-Yoo, 6-3; def. Vaughn-Haier, 6-1;

def. Chou-Caruso, 7-6; Miller-Reitz (CdM) won, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1; Nguyen-Pham (CdM) lost, 3-6, won, 6-3, lost, 0-6

*--*

* TENNIS: Robert Khoury and Charlie Farmer each won two of three

singles’ sets Thursday in Newport Harbor High’s 12-6 loss to host

Woodbridge in a Sea View League boys tennis match.

Newport falls to 6-3, 2-2 in league, while the Warriors improve to

3-1 in league.

*--*

Sea View League

Woodbridge 12, Newport 6

Singles -- Tweena (NH) lost to Suzuki, 3-6, lost to Lomey, 0-6, lost to Mitton, 4-6; Khoury (NH) lost, 4-6, won, 6-4, 6-0; Farmer (NH) lost, 1-6, won, 6-4, won, 6-1. Doubles -- Hochwald-Lund (NH) lost to Fattahi-Molwaey, 1-6, lost to Brenner-Goldberg,

2-6; lost to Calderon-Oh, 2-6; Espley-Jones-Serdyuk (NH) lost, 5-7, 0-6, 4-6; Lutfy-Deck (NH) won, 6-2, lost, 2-6, won, 6-3

*--*

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine’s men’s volleyball team lost a 30-25,

30-22, 35-33, 30-27 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation duel at

Pepperdine Thursday, falling to 17-9, 10-9 in the MPSF.

Pepperdine, No. 1 in the national rankings, was paced by Brad

Keenan’s 18 kills and .615 percentage.

* TENNIS: Orange Coast College’s women’s tennis team suffered

its second loss in 14 starts in a nonconference duel at El Camino as

the hosts claimed a 7-2 decision Thursday. The Pirates, 10-0 in the

Orange Empire Conference, got victories only in No. 1 doubles (Leah

Becker and Ashley Nelson) and No. 5 singles (Kai Moriyama).

* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School boys volleyball team nearly

won the first game, but was swept, 12-16, 4-15, 6-15, by Academy

League host Brethren Christian Thursday.

Sage Hill junior Kevin Joyce led the Lightning (7-2, 5-2 in

league) with 17 kills, while junior Macsun Frederick added 12.

Brethren Christian improved to 7-1, 5-1.

* SOFTBALL: Host Capistrano Valley Christian sent 15 batters to

the plate in a nine-run first inning that put it well on its way to a

15-5 victory over Sage Hill School in an Academy League softball game

Thursday.

Sage Hill Coach Jim Percival said a few calls didn’t go the

Lightning’s way in the inning, but that was no excuse.

“We walked five and had a few errors,” Percival said. The

Lightning (5-6, 1-1 in league) committed six errors in all.

* TENNIS: Sophomore Brian Nguyen and John Dang swept at No. 3

doubles to highlight Costa Mesa High’s 10-8 loss to Golden West

League opponent Ocean View in boys tennis Thursday at Mesa.

Mesa’s No. 2 doubles team of Garrett Sneen and Daniel Gomez also

won two games as did David Le in the lead singles spot. Junior Huy

Pham won one set at No. 2 doubles for Mesa (0-10, 0-7 in league).

* SOFTBALL: Vanguard University swept host Hope International in

Golden State Athletic Conference softball Wednesday with 11-0 and 6-0

victories. Marciea Ball logged a four-hitter in the opener, and

Krystal Kelter tossed a six-hitter in the nightcap as Vanguard

improved to 21-13-1, 9-8 in the GSAC.