Reitz pulls upset

* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High sophomore Spencer Reitz upset No.

4-seeded Andrew Cho from Northwood, 6-3, 6-1, to advance to Wednesday’s semifinals on the first day of the Pacific Coast League

individual boys tennis championships Monday at Laguna Beach High.

Reitz will square off against CdM senior Garrett Snyder, the No. 1

seed, in one semifinal at the same site.

Snyder defeated Braden Tran of Northwood, 6-1, 6-0, in the

quarterfinals, after receiving a first-round bye.

Reitz defeated Dieter Schmits from Laguna Beach, 6-1, 6-2, in the

first round.

CdM sophomore Carsten Ball, the No. 3 seed, defeated Kevin

Kordestani, 6-2, 6-2, in the quarterfinals, after sweeping past Brian

Thomas from University, 6-0, 6-0, in the first round.

Snyder and Ball teamed to win the PCL doubles title last year.

The doubles tournament begins at 1 p.m. today at Laguna Beach. The

singles and doubles semifinals and finals are scheduled Wednesday,

beginning at 1:30 p.m.

Lions sweep first round

* TENNIS: Vanguard University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams

both advanced to the second round of the NAIA national championships

with easy first-round victories Monday at the Peachtree City Tennis

Center in Peachtree, Ga.

The men’s team, ranked No. 10 in the nation, defeated unseeded

Walsh (Ohio), 6-2, and will play seventh-seeded Cumberland College

(Ky.) at 8 a .m. today.

The Lions took a 2-1 lead after doubles play, as Calle Lumsden

teamed with Ivar Bjorklund for an 8-2 victory, and Calle Holmgren and

Philip Mardh won, 8-3.

Holmgren, Mardh and Bjorklund also picked up the three needed wins

in singles, but Chris Taylor won his match at No. 5 singles to give

Vanguard a 6-2 lead. Lumsden’s match was not completed.

On the women’s side, the Lions cruised to a 5-1 victory over

Region XII champion Virginia Intermont. Vanguard will play

fifth-seeded Embry-Riddle (Fla.) at 10 a.m. today.

Olga Hlushchanka and Alena Votavova picked up an 8-3 victory in

doubles and Silina Yohner and Sara Bradley won, 8-2, at No. 2

doubles.

Hlushchanka and Yohner lost only one game in singles. Bradley

clinched the match with a 6-0, 6-4 win at the No. 4 spot.

Errors cost Mesa a win

* SOFTBALL: Costa Mesa High’s softball team committed five errors,

leading to host Santa Ana’s 4-3 Golden West League victory Monday.

The Mustangs can win the league title outright Wednesday with a

victory over visiting Saddleback at 3:15 p.m.

All four of the Saints’ runs were unearned Monday. They scored the

winning run in the bottom of the seventh on an infield error.

Santa Ana took a 1-0 lead on three errors in the first inning.

They extended the lead to 3-0 in the fifth when a two-base error

allowed two runs to score with two outs.

In the top of the sixth, Jennifer Jordan singled to center and Ann

Marie Topps hit a two-run homer for Costa Mesa. Jade Moss followed

with a single and later scored on a fielder’s choice to tie the

score, 3-3.

On the mound, Jackie Butler struck out six and walked two for

Costa Mesa (16-10, 8-3 in league).

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GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE

Santa Ana 4, Costa Mesa 3

Score by Inning

Mesa 000 003 0 - 3 6 5

S. Ana 100 020 1 - 4 7 1

Butler and Miller; Flores and Delgadillo. W-

Flores. L-Butler, 11-4

HR - Topps (CM)

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