Newport Harbor edged in final

The Newport Harbor High girls water polo team, which soundly defeated

Foothill in a semifinal, lost, 7-6, in overtime to Santa Barbara in

the championship game of the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions

Saturday.

Kami Craig, a junior for the Dons, scored her fifth goal in the

first three-minute overtime period for a 7-6 lead and Santa Barbara

held off Newport (12-2) the rest of the way. The Sailors trailed

Santa Barbara, 6-5, late in the fourth quarter, but Sarah Mutt’s goal

sent the game into overtime.

Anne Belden led the Sailor with two goals, while Melissa Wheeler,

Ashling Taylor, Mutt and Jessica Ball added one each. Terin Cottam

and Kim Housepian recorded seven and fives saves, respectively.

Ball led the Sailors to a 9-5 semifinal win over Foothill, scoring

six goals and delivering two assists. Carolyn Conway contributed two

goals and Belden one. Housepian and Cottam had four saves each.

At halftime, when Newport led, 4-3, Sailors Coach Bill Barnett and

assistant Jason Lynch left because they had to travel to attend a

national water polo function in St. Louis, Mo., Ball said. Junior

varsity coach Brian Malestrom took over as head coach for the rest of

the half and against the Dons.

It was the second time in one week, Newport defeated the Knights.

The Sailors scored a 10-9 overtime win over Foothill Wednesday, when

host Newport ended the Knights’ 49-game winning streak.

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Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions

Championship

Santa Barbara 7, Newport Harbor 6

Score by Quarters

S. Barbara 2 2 1 1 1 0 -- 7

Newport Harbor 4 1 0 1 0 0 -- 6

Santa Barbara -- Craig 5, Nichols 1, Louie

1. Saves -- May 5.

Newport -- Belden 2, Ball 1, Wheeler 1,

Taylor 1, Mutt 1. Saves -- Housepian 5,

Cottam 7.

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Semifinal

Newport Harbor 9, Foothill 5

Score by Quarters

Newport 1 3 2 3 -- 9

Foothill 1 2 1 1 -- 5

Newport -- Ball 6, Belden 1, Conway 2. Saves --

Housepian 4, Cottam 4.

Foothill -- Reynolds 2, Kraus 2, Prijatil 1. Saves

-- Krumpholz 4.

*--*

CdM takes fifth place

* WATER POLO: Sophomore Ashley Chandler scored a sudden-death goal

in overtime to lift the Corona del Mar girls water polo team to a 6-5

victory over Los Alamitos to finish fifth place in the Santa Barbara

Tournament of Champions Saturday.

Katya Eadington provided two goals, while Vivian Liao, Jordan Anae

and Camille Hewko contributed one each for the Sea Kings (8-7), who

rallied from a 4-2 fourth-quarter deficit. CdM went up, 5-4, with one

minute left but Los Alamitos tied the game, shortly thereafter.

Goalie Brittany Fullen recorded 11 saves, and she stopped 14 shots

in the Sea Kings’ 8-7 fifth-place semifinal victory over Upland

earlier in the day. Liao led CdM with four goals, while Anae and

Katie Kubas scored two each.

*--*

Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions

Fifth-place game

Corona del Mar 6, Los Alamitos 5 OT

Score by Quarters

CdM 1 0 1 3 1 -- 6

Los Al 1 3 0 1 0 -- 5

CdM -- Eadington 2, Liao 1, Anae 1, Hewko 1,

Ashley Chandler 1. Saves -- Fullen 11.

Los Al -- Lewis 4, Pelke 1. Saves -- Burke 9.

*--*

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Fifth-place semifinal

Corona del Mar 8, Upland 7

Score by Quarters

Upland 1 0 4 2 -- 7

CdM 1 2 4 1 -- 8

Upland -- V. Lindsay 3, Schuster 3, B. Lindsay 1.

Saves -- Lucas 3.

CdM -- Liao 4, Anae 2, K. Kubas 2. Saves -- Fullen

14.

*--*

Lions improve to 14-1

* BASKETBALL: Five Vanguard University women’s basketball players

scored in double figures Saturday night as the Lions defeated host

Azusa Pacific, 81-53, in Golden State Athletic Conference action.

VU’s Kelly Schmidt scored 20 points and pulled down 13 rebounds,

both game-high figures, while teammates Lindsay McClellan (16 points

off the bench), Lacey Burns (15 points and five rebounds), Lacey

Mills (12 points, seven rebounds and three assists) and Lisa Faulkner

(11 points and six assists) contributed to the convincing victory for

Coach Russ Davis’ fourth-ranked Lions.

Vanguard (14-1, 6-1 in the GSAC) outscored APU (10-6, 3-4) in the

second half, 52-29, while shooting 56% from the field (14 of 25) and

20 of 24 from the free-throw line.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Vanguard 81, Azusa Pacific 53

Vanguard -- Josefsson 3, Burns 15, Schmidt 20, Mills 12, Faulkner 11, McClellan 16, Beese 4.

3-pt. goals -- Mills 4, McClellan 3, Faulkner 1, Josefsson 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals - None.

Azusa Pacific -- Hudson 5, Dresback 9, West 18, Regan 3, Dyk 2, Okamoto 3, Somers 8, Rice 5.

3-pt. goals -- Regan 1, Okamoto 1, Somers 1, Rice 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- Vanguard, 29-24.

*--*

VU men fall at APU

* BASKETBALL: Host Azusa Pacific sank 14 three-pointers Saturday

night to help them earn an 80-64 Golden State Athletic Conference

men’s basketball win over Vanguard University.

Brett Michel and Ryan Dillon had five three balls apiece and Nate

Pratt added three more to help the hosts improve to 15-4, 6-1 in

conference.

Horace Wormely had 18 points, three assists and two steals to lead

the Lions, who fell to 8-9, 2-5.

Brian Kim was the only other Vanguard scorer in double figures

with 13.

APU hit 14 of 30 three-point tries and finished 30 of 58 from the

field for the game (51.7%).

Vanguard shot just 40% from the field (22 of 55), including 6 of

14 from threedom.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Azusa Pacific 80, Vanguard 64

Vanguard -- Seekins 2, Burnette 8, Wormely 18, Kim 13, Dalafu 3, Pierson 8, McGee 6, Watson 3, Rosborough 2, Carlson 1.

3-pt goals -- Kim 2, Pierson 2, Dalafu 1, Wormely 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Azusa Pacific -- Michel 15, Rosales 7, Soderberg 3, Dillon 21, English 3, Prather 15, Pratt 9, Soderberg 4, Muers 2, Foster 1.

3-pt. goals -- Michel 5, Dillon 5, Pratt 3, English 1.

Fouled out -- None.

Technicals -- None.

Halftime -- APU, 42-27.

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Stanford tops UC Irvine

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine’s Jimmy Pelzel recorded a match-high 37

kills, but host Stanford rallied to defeat the Anteaters’ men’s

volleyball team Saturday night in nonconference action in five games,

25-30, 28-30, 30-27, 30-28, 17-15.

Spencer Bemus added 11 kills and 11 digs for UCI (1-1), while

setter Brett Reid had 72 assists. Stanford improved to 2-0.