UCI duo ranked sixth

The UC Irvine men’s doubles team of senior Jon Endrikat and junior

Brian Morton are ranked sixth in the country in the first rankings of

the year.

Endrikat and Morton, a Corona del Mar High product, are ranked

first in the West region in the Fall ITA regional rankings. The pair

finished the fall season with a 10-3 record as a doubles team

including winning the ITA West Region Championship in Carson and

reaching the semifinals of the Icy Hot/ITA All American Championships

in Chattanooga, Tenn.

It is the highest ranking for a UC Irvine doubles team since the

doubles team of Trevor Kronemann and Shige Kanroji were ranked No. 1

nationally in the preseason poll in the 1989-90 season.

The Anteaters open the season today at 1:30 p.m. against

seventh-ranked UCLA in Los Angeles.

Sailors pin Trojans

* WRESTLING: Newport Harbor High’s wrestling team recorded six

pins en route to a 51-30 nonleague victory over host University

Tuesday.

Victor George (112-pound division), Eddie Charcas (119), Kid Lim

(125), Matt Gamble (130), Mike Bates (135), and Michael Ortiz (189)

earned victories by pin. In the 140-pound division, Kyle Codey won by

major decision, 12-4, for the Sailors (5-4).

VU women win again

* BASKETBALL: The Vanguard University women’s basketball team

earned its ninth straight victory, a 73-57 Golden State Athletic

Conference win over visiting Point Loma Nazarene.

Lacey Burns grabbed a career-high 12 rebounds, while Kelly Schmidt

collected 11 boards to go with her game-high 18 points. Lacey Mills

added 14 points and Rachel Besse came off the bench to provide 11.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 73, Pt. Loma Nazarene 57

Pt. Loma Nazarene -- Carl 7, Greenaway 17, Mercado 11, Jenkins 0 , Alderson 7, Sousa 7, Hanifan 6, Ulmer 2. 3-pt. goals -- Greenaway 5, Carl 1, Sousa 1. Vanguard -- Josefsson 9, Mills 14, Burns 8, Faulkner 7, Schmidt 18, Besse 11, McClellan 6. 3-pt.

goals -- Mills 4, Josefsson 3, McClellan 2, Faulkner 1. Halftime -- VU, 34-28.

*--*

Late goal nets Sage win

* SOCCER: Zack Milder scored in the 72nd minute to give Sage Hill

School’s boys soccer team a 1-0 Academy League victory over visiting

St. Margaret’s Tuesday.

Milder’s score came after Lightning goalkeeper Cesar Arriaga made

a quick collection of a loose ball and punted it downfield. Milder

collected the ball at the top of the Tartans penalty area and knocked

it into the goal.

Second half hurts Sage

* BASKETBALL: The Sage Hill School boys basketball team could not

match St. Margaret’s third-quarter surge and the defending Academy

League champion defeated the host Lightning, 50-33, Tuesday.

Kevin Joyce led Sage with 14 points, while Matt Loper added 12

points.

*--*

Academy League

St. Margaret’s 50, Sage Hill 33

Score by Quarters

St. Margaret’s 16 5 18 11 -- 50

Sage Hill 9 7 6 11 -- 33

St. Margaret’s -- Fava 8, Benedetto 10, Cozean

6, Guerrero 13, Janczyk 13. 3-pt. goals --

Benedetto 2, Fava 1. Sage Hill -- Lefler 2,

Loper 12, Joyce 14, Wilkins 0, Samel 3, Voge

2, Ogron 0, Hancock 0, Durheim 0, Moyshayedi

0. 3-pt. goals -- Joyce 2.

*--*

Sea Kings fall to Tesoro

* BASKETBALL: Corona del Mar High fought back from an 11-point

fourth-quarter deficit to take the lead, but Tesoro scored the final

four points in a 46-43 defeat of the host Sea Kings Tuesday in a

Pacific Coast League clash.

CdM trailed 42-31, but scored 12 straight points, capped by a

Sarah Stern three-pointer with one minute remaining after Kate

Heeschen drove into the lane and dished outside to Stern.

But Tesoro (7-11, 1-1 in league) scored on a three-point play and

added a late free throw to retake the lead. A last-second attempt to

tie the score by CdM failed.

Collen Marks led the Sea Kings (6-9, 1-1) with 15 points and six

rebounds. Lauren Snell added six points, eight rebounds and four

steals.

*--*

Pacific Coast League

Tesoro 46, CdM 43

Score by Quarters

Tesoro 11 15 14 6 -- 46

CdM 16 5 10 12 -- 43

Tesoro -- Von Zup 4, Lamourelle 4, Goldby 4,

Takai 6, Kuhn 3, Nadal 4, Benson 2, Holmes 5,

Welsh 2, Boughton 10. 3-pt. goals -- None.

Fouled out -- Holmes. CdM -- Snell 6, Benbow

2, Wayte 0, Marks 15, Stern 8, Schulte 4,

Long 0,Heeschen 8, Kawata 0, Skalla 0,

Duernberger 0. 3-pt. goals -- Marks 1, Stern

1.

*--*

Tesoro pins Sea Kings

* WRESTLING: Corona del Mar High’s Brian Feeley won at 135 pounds

and teammate Robbie Richey was victorious at heavyweight with a pin

at 3:07, but the visiting Sea Kings lost to Tesoro in Pacific Coast

League wrestling action, 68-9.

Richey secured his pin with a headlock. CdM fell to 7-7, 0-3.

Tartans top Lightning

* BASKETBALL: Sophomores Haywood Wright and Debbie Yoder-Lee

scored 12 points each but the Sage Hill School girls basketball team

lost, 61-46, to Academy League visitor St. Margaret’s Tuesday.

Sage Hill (6-6, 1-1 in league) trailed, 28-22, at halftime, but

the Tartans (6-4, 1-1) outscored the Lightning, 20-8, in the third

quarter.

*--*

Academy League

St. Margaret’s 61, Sage Hill 46

Score by Quarters

St. Margaret’s 18 10 20 13 -- 61

Sage Hill 16 6 8 16 -- 46

St. Margaret’s -- Yassai 23, Smith 9, Kattler

5, Davis 18, Boeckmann 2, Ledem 2, Quinley 2.

Sage Hill -- Yoder-Lee 12, Wright 12,

Schaefer 0, Puishys 10, Hembarsky 8, Gutierrez 4, Gonzalez 0, Kaliski 0.

*--*

CdM, Tesoro play to tie

* SOCCER: Rachel Yelsey scored in the 58th minute to help the

Corona del Mar High girls soccer team tie with Pacific Coast League

visitor Tesoro, 1-1, Tuesday.

Yelsey, a sophomore, scored from about 18 yards out on a throw-in

from senior Courtney Carnahan. Tesoro scored in the 7th minute. The

Sea Kings are 5-5-1, 1-0-1 in league.

Eagles edged, 9-7

* WATER POLO: The Estancia High girls water polo team suffered its

second loss of the season, a 9-7 setback to nonleague visitor Rancho

Alamitos.

The Eagles (7-2) opened the game with a 2-0 lead, but could not

maintain their advantage. Estancia goalie Katie Mahan recorded six

saves.

Sage Hill downed

* SOCCER: Sage Hill School girls soccer coach Amy Ray said her

team played its best game of the season, but lost, 4-1, to Academy

League host St. Margaret’s Tuesday.

Sage Hill (4-4-1, 0-2 in league) answered a 1-0 deficit in the

25th minute when Kara Percival scored on a free kick from Amy

Werblin.

Newport shut out

* SOCCER: Newport Harbor High allowed two goals in the second half

and lost, 2-0, to visiting Aliso Niguel in a Sea View League girls

soccer game Tuesday.

Aliso Niguel scored in the 50th minute and again five minutes

later. Goalie Kara DeMille recorded four saves for Newport Harbor

(0-1-1 in league).