Sage Hill upends Oxford; both in tie for first

* SOFTBALL: Sage Hill School sophomore shortstop Alexa Shitanishi

atoned for an earlier fielding miscue by lining a two-run, two-out

single to right-center field in the fifth inning to key a 2-1 Academy

League softball win over previously unbeaten Oxford Academy Tuesday.

The win pulls the Lightning into a three-way tie for first place

with Oxford and Capistrano Valley Christian.

Catherine Dailey led off the fifth with a single, stold second and

advanced to third on Allison Gonzalez’s infield hit. After Gonzalez

stole second, Oxford pitcher Melissa Porche induced a comebacker for

the second out. But Shitanishi came through with the biggest hit of

the Sage Hill season, according to Coach Jim Percival.

Dailey, who allowed just three hits, earned the pitching victory,

backed by a combined 10 assists and three putouts by second baseman

Christina Mainero, third baseman Katrina Redelsheimer and Shitanishi.

Sage Hill is now 8-6, 4-1 in league, while Oxford falls to 14-1,

4-1.

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Academy League

Sage Hill 2, Oxford 1

Score by Innings

Oxford 010 000 0 -- 1 3 1

Sage Hill 000 020 x -- 2 4 2

Porche and Taylor; Dailey and Torina. W --

Dailey, 5-3. L -- Porche, 13-1

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Money picks Navy

* RECRUITING: Corona del Mar High senior boys water polo standout

John Money, a third-team All-CIF Southern Section Division I

performer for the three-time defending section champions, will

continue next fall at the U.S. Naval Academy, he said Monday.

Money, a first-team All-Pacific Coast League performer last fall,

chose Navy over UC San Diego. He has received his congressional

appointment and plans to major in both political science and

engineering. He will play water polo for the Midshipmen.

Money, a driver, had 21 goals, 21 assists and 37 steals for the

Sea Kings last season.

-- by Barry Faulkner

CdM trounces Tesoro

* TENNIS: The No. 2 doubles team of Brennan Roberts and Robert

Koury won 18 of 21 games to help Corona del Mar High breeze past

Pacific Coast League host Tesoro, 14-4, Tuesday.

The Sea Kings (17-0, 6-0 in league) played without their top three

singles players, but will have a full lineup Thursday, when they host

University for an important league clash.

“Thursday’s a big one,” CdM Coach Tim Mang said.

*--*

Pacific Coast League

CdM 14, Tesoro 4

Singles -- Reitz (CdM) def. Kordestani, 6-3, def. Sifontes, 6-2, def. Fink, 6-0; Warsaw (CdM) lost,

2-6, won, 6-4, 6-1; Krooph (CdM) lost, 0-6, 1-6, 5-7. Doubles --Saida-Pham (CdM) def. David-Reid, 6-4, def. Danto-Liu, 6-2, def. Loper-Stapleton, 6-2; Roberts-Koury (CdM) won, 6-2, 6-1, 6-0; Gingold-Nguyen (CdM) won, 6-1, 6-3, 6-1

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Eagles roll over Saints

* VOLLEYBALL: The Estancia High boys volleyball team made short

work of visiting Estancia Tuesday, posting a 15-1, 15-10, 15-7 Golden

West League triumph.

Josh Kornegay paced the Eagles (22-6, 10-0 in league) with 15

kills, while Brad Larsen (seven kills) and Scott Sankey (six kills

and three blocks) were also big.

Estancia hosts crosstown rival Costa Mesa today at approximately

4:30 p.m.

Sage starts new streak

* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School boys volleyball team took care

of Academy League visitor Torrance Lutheran, 15-9, 15-13, 5-15,

15-11, Tuesday to halt a four-match losing streak.

The Lightning (8-4, 6-4 in league) played their first match in

more than two weeks and used the layoff to get healthy again.

Juniors Kevin Joyce (ankle) and Macsun Frederick (broken hand)

were among those who showed they are close to 100% for the winners.

Joyce had a match-high 28 kills and Frederick added 12 to help junior

setter Julian Smith-Newman collect 44 assists.

“We’re healthy and we were playing with intensity again,” Sage

Coach Merja Connolly-Freund said.

Sea Kings lose in 10th

* SOFTBALL: The Corona del Mar High softball team had the bases

loaded with one out in the bottom of the ninth, but failed to score,

as visiting Northwood remained in first place in the Pacific Coast

League with a 2-0 win in 10 innings Tuesday.

CdM (7-7, 3-2 in league), which would have tied Northwood for

first in the PCL with a victory, also came close to scoring in the

sixth. But a Sea King runner was tagged out at the plate. Alissa

Zoelle, Kianna Jaye and Amy Tyson had two hits each. Zoelle recorded

four strikeouts and scattered six hits in a complete game.

Northwood improved to 5-0 in league by scoring two unearned runs

in the 10th, capitalizing on two CdM errors.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Sea Kings produced consecutive

singles by Jaye, Meaghan Bunney and Sarah Stern, but they were left

stranded.

*--*

Pacific Coast League

Northwood 2, CdM 0

Score by Innings

N’wood 000 000 000 2 -- 2 6 0

CdM 000 000 000 0 -- 0 9 3

Lewis and Robinson; Zoelle and Tyson. W

-- Lewis. L -- Zoelle, 6-5. 2B -- Tyson

(CdM), Zoelle (CdM), Lewis (N),

Robinson (N)

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Two ‘Eaters honored

* WATER POLO: UC Irvine juniors Melissa Fernandez and Erica Horman

both received honorable mention in the All-Mountain Pacific Sports

Federation selections.

Horman’s 65 goals were a school single-season record , while

Fernandez scored 28 goals to help the Anteaters finish 20-21. It was

the second straight year Fernandez has received honorable mention.

Sailors held hitless

* SOFTBALL: The Newport Harbor High softball team closed out the

first round of Sea View League action on a down note, as Foothill

freshman Sara LaRue delivered a no-hitter with just one walk. LaRue

led the Knights to a 19-0 victory over the Sailors (8-7, 1-4)

Tuesday.

Kim Moore, who walked in the fourth, was the Sailors’ lone base

runner. She advanced to second on a wild pitch and went to third on a

groundout, but was left stranded. Foothill improved to 11-11, 5-0.

The Sailors return to Sea View League action Thursday at 3:30 p.m. at

Aliso Niguel.

*--*

Sea View League

Foothill 19, Newport 0

Score by Innings

Newport 000 000 0 -- 0 0 9

Foothill 326 017 x -- 19 12 0

Gleason, Moore (1), Gummerman (6) and

Campbell; LaRue and Hartfield. W --

LaRue. L -- Moore, 5-7. 2B -- Monzo (F),

Gastelum (F), Hartfield (F), Vega (F). 3B

-- Gilbert (F), Lowe (F)

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