Cal Poly shuts out UC Irvine, 2-0
Goals by freshman Kelsey Carroll and junior Erin Martin lifted
top-seeded Cal Poly San Luis Obispo to a 2-0 win over UC Irvine in
the opening game of the Big West Conference women’s soccer tournament
at Anteater Stadium Friday night.
With the win, the Mustangs advance to Sunday’s 1 p.m. championship
game against the winner of UC Santa Barbara/UC Riverside. Sunday’s
final also will be played at Anteater Stadium.
Carroll scored an unassisted goal at 13:14 from outside the box on
a misplay by the Anteater defense. Martin’s second-half goal came at
74:08 on a cross from Sharon Day (Costa Mesa High) as Cal Poly
sophomore goalkeeper Liz Hill recorded her ninth shutout of the
season.
The Mustangs, ranked 20th in the nation by Soccer America,
extended their undefeated streak to 10 games as they improved to
17-1-2 on the season. Hill had five saves as Cal Poly recorded its
fifth straight shutout. The Mustangs outshot the Anteaters, 9-5.
UCI, seeded fourth, received nine saves from freshman goalkeeper
Marissa Welliver. The Anteaters ended their season with a record of
10-5-5.
OCC teams victorious
* CROSS COUNTRY: The men and women’s cross country teams at Orange
Coast College both won Southern California regional titles Friday at
Mount San Antonio College.
OCC’s Art Diaz was crowned the Southern California men’s
individual champion with a time of 20:50 as he led the Pirates to the
team title with 35 points. San Bernardino Valley was second with 113
points.
Jose Casillas (fourth in 20:55), Humberto Rojas (fifth in 21:03),
David Ojeda (12th in 21:32), Irwin Salas (13th in 21:33), Koyhar
Naderi (24th in 21:57) and Vidal Barragan (42nd in 22:22) scored for
Orange Coast, which will compete in the state championships Nov. 22.
With 76 points, the OCC women captured the Southern California
title with a team time of 1:34:46, led by Ava Jones, who finished
second overall in 17:53. Jones was followed by teammates Sandra
Montoya (seventh in 18:35), Annie Garton (13th in 19:06), Ludi Valdez
(16th in 19:12), Jennifer Sliwa (39th in 20:00), Sarah Delan (45th in
20:12) and Jane Alder (59th in 20:38).
Azusa beats VU in four
* VOLLEYBALL: Jenna Sagehorn had 17 kills to lead Azusa Pacific’s
women to a 30-20, 30-10, 26-30, 30-27 Golden State Athletic
Conference victory Thursday night over visiting Vanguard (14-10, 8-10
in the GSAC).
Sonrisa Peace (nine kills) led VU, along with Kelli Whittaker
(eight), Keri DeHaas (seven) and Jaclyn Lee (seven). Azusa improved
to 16-12, 8-9.
OCC tops Riverside
* SOCCER: Nestor Flores scored in the 16th minute and Joel
Sotolongo broke a 1-1 tie in the second half with a goal in the 68th
minute Friday as the Orange Coast College men’s soccer team edged
visiting Riverside, 2-1, in Orange Empire Conference action.
Sotolongo scored on a diving header on an assist from Eli Solis.
OCC improved to 12-5-1, 9-3-1 in the OEC, while Riverside fell to
4-14, 3-10.
Apodaca earns hat trick
* SOCCER: Allison Apodaca scored a hat trick in the first half
Friday to lead the Orange Coast College women’s soccer team to a 5-0
Orange Empire Conference victory over visiting Golden West (0-14-1,
0-13-0 in the OEC).
OCC (6-8-3, 5-6-3) added two second-half goals by April Pate.
Apodaca scored in the 14th, 21st and 26th minutes from various
angles.
OCC in fourth place
* SAILING: The Orange Coast College sailing team is in fourth
place after four races Friday in the opening day of the three-day
Intercollegiate Sailing Association Sloop North American championship
at SUNY Maritime College in Throggs Neck, New York.
Kings Point leads the event with 13 points, while Coach Jim
Jorgensen’s Pirates trail by only three points.
OCC sophomores Payson Infelise, Nathaniel Campbell and Carson
Reynolds will compete again today in the 10-race competition. “The
conditions [Friday] were sunny and nice and the winds were pretty
light, between eight and 12 knots,” Jorgensen said.
Pirates second in OEC
* GOLF: The Orange Coast College women’s golf team finished second
at the two-day Orange Empire Conference championships, completed
Wednesday at El Prado Golf Course in Chino. The performance earned
the Pirates a berth in the Southern California championships
scheduled Monday, also at El Prado.
OCC posted a 36-hole team total of 725, trailing Saddleback (619)
and besting Santiago Canyon (746) and Golden West College (793).
Lorraine Fernando paced OCC (86-85--171), followed by teammates Laura
Sumpter (96-89--185), Joanne Durocher (96-86--182), Megan Parkovich
(98-102--200) and Ashlee Kendall (105-89--194).
Sailors handle Hawks
* GOLF: Sea View League individual champion Natalie Draganza
shared medalist honors with teammate Kayleigh Horn Wednesday to help
the Newport Harbor High girls golf team cap its league season with a
246-260 win over Laguna Hills at the Santa Ana Country Club.
Draganza and Horn shot 8-over-par 44, while Katie McKay (48),
Ashley Jacobs (52) and Carolyn Conway (59) rounded out the efforts
for the Sailors (5-5 in league).
Mustangs tie Anteaters
* SOCCER: The UC Irvine men’s soccer team tied visiting Cal Poly
San Luis Obispo, 1-1, in a Big West Conference game Wednesday night.
Junior Dardo Acuna put UCI (6-8-3, 3-1-3 in conference) ahead with
his first goal of the season, but free kick by Mark Jones in the 64th
minute gave the Mustangs (6-6-4, 2-4-2) the equalizer.
UCI enters Saturday’s 1 p.m. game at Cal State Northridge in a
second-place tie with UCSB. Both are one point behind
conference-leading Cal State Northridge.
Anteaters finish 16th
* GOLF: The UC Irvine women’s golf team finished 16th at the Kent Youel Invitational Wednesdayat the Kapolei Golf Course in Honolulu,
Hawaii.
The Anteaters shot a final round of 321 to finish with a
three-round total of 956 (314-321-321). Sophomore Angela Won led UCI,
finishing third after shooting par 72 Wednesday and 221 (75-74-72)
for the tournament.
Freshman Minnie Choi (78-80-82--240) was 59th and sophomore Reanna
Yun (78-86-84--248) was 75th. Junior Shelly Raworth (249) was 80th
and senior Karlie Ward (256) was 86th.
UCI duo seeded fourth
* TENNIS: The doubles team of senior Jon Endrikat and junior Brian
Morton have been seeded fourth at the 2003 ITA National
Intercollegiate Indoor Championships. There are 16 doubles teams invited to play in the tournament. They open play Thursday against
Jarmaine Jenkins and Nathan Thompson of Clemson. Earlier this season
at the ITA/All-American Championships in Chattanooga, Endrikat and
Morton defeated Jenkins and Thompson, 8-5.
UCI duo recognized
* HONORS: UC Irvine sophomore Zack Zucker was named Big West
Conference Male Swimming and Diving Athlete of the Week after winning
the 100-yard breaststroke event against UC Santa Barbara, Cal Poly
and Cal State Northridge at the Big West Shootout.
Zucker’s time of 57.31 was fourth overall in the meet and topped
his season-best mark of 59.01.
UCI freshman Ashley DePaul was named Big West Conference Female
Athlete of the Week. She broke the school record in the 100 and 200
butterfly events with times of 56.81 and 2:06.73 at the Big West
Shootout. Her time in the 100 fly placed first in the competition
against UCSB, Cal Poly and Cal State Northridge and was third overall
in the Big West Shootout. Her time of 2:06.73 topped her season-best
mark of 2:08.23.
Hess Lion of Week
* HONORS: Vanguard University junior men’s soccer star Matt Hess
has been named the school’s Lion of the Week for the second time this
fall.
Hess scored all four goals in a shoutout win over Westmont and
finished with 29 goals this season. He also had six assists to total
64 points and scored in 11 of the team’s 20 games, including nine
multi-goal performances.
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