Lim advances to Masters

Kid Lim, a senior wrestler for Newport Harbor High, finished fifth in

the 119-pound division at the CIF Southern Division championships at

Westminster Saturday, which qualifies him for the Masters Meet Friday

at 1 p.m. at Fountain Valley.

Lim defeated Freddie Valencia of Northview, 8-7, in an exciting

fifth-place match to advance to the Masters Meet.

With the score tied, 5-5, in the third period, Lim scored a

reversal and also received a point because of an illegal move by

Valencia. Lim defeated Mike Vandal of Foothill by pin in 37 seconds

in the third round of consolation. Lim also pinned Cabrillo’s Steve

Borchett in two minutes, 50 seconds in the consolation quarterfinal.

Lim lost by pin to Laguna Hills’ Sonny Siegal in a consolation

semifinal. However, Lim bounced back with the victory over Valencia.

Mustangs edged, 9-8

* WATER POLO: The Costa Mesa High girls water polo team nearly

upset No. 4 seed Jurupa Valley, which defeated the visiting Mustangs,

9-8, in a quarterfinal of the CIF Southern Section Division VI

playoffs Saturday.

Jessica Steenhard led Costa Mesa (17-13) with four goals,

including her final tally with 30 seconds left that brought the

Mustangs to within, 9-8. But Costa Mesa did not get the ball back

until there were two seconds remaining.

The Mustangs outscored Jurupa Valley, 4-1, in the fourth quarter.

Sarah Bowman scored two goals, while Allyson Harris and Annie Le

added one each. Senior goalie Quyen Nguyen had four saves for the

Mustangs. Laura Uribe led Jurupa Valley (20-9) with four goals.

*--*

CIF Division VI

Quarterfinal

Jurupa Valley 9, Costa Mesa 8

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 1 2 1 4 -- 8

Jurupa Valley 1 4 3 1 -- 9

Costa Mesa -- Steenhard 4, Bowman 2, Harris 1, Le

1. Saves -- Nguyen 4. Jurupa Valley -- Uribe 4,

Schnakenberg 3, Teagarden 1, Jenkins 1. Saves --

Bremmer 1.

*--*

‘Eaters hold on for win

* BASEBALL: The UC Irvine baseball team jumped to a 6-0 lead in

the first three innings and held on to edge host Arizona, 6-5, in a

nonconference game Saturday.

Brett Dalton went 2 for 5 with two runs scored and an RBI while

Matt Fisher was 3 for 5 with a run scored. Matt Anderson had one hit

and two RBIs for the Anteaters (5-2), who knocked off Arizona (5-3) a

second straight game.

Glenn Swanson picked up his first win of the season after going 5

2/3 innings, allowing three runs on six hits while striking out

eight. Blair Erickson struck out two in 1 1/3 innings to earn his

fourth save.

*--*

Nonconference

UC Irvine 6, Arizona 5

Score by Innings

UCI 141 000 000 -- 6 10 0

Arizona 000 003 002 -- 5 10 1

Swanson, Schroer (6), Nuff (8),

Erickson (8) and Wagner; Guyette,

Lawler (3) and Hun dley. W --

Swanson, 1-0. L -- Guyette, 1-1. Save

-- Erickson (4). 2B -- Decater (UA).

HR -- Donald (UA).

*--*

Feeley, Keligian medal

* WRESTLING: Corona del Mar High juniors Brian Feeley and Andrew

Keligian earned sixth-place medals in their respective weight classes

at the CIF Inland Division wrestling championships Saturday at Ayala

in Chino Hills.

Feeley (135-pound division) and Keligian (215) won their first two

consolation matches, but lost their final two. Keligian lost, 3-2, in

the fifth-place match. Corona del Mar junior Jon Dean (140) lost in

the third round of consolation and was eliminated.

UCI beats Long Beach

* BASKETBALL: Kristen Green scored 17 points with five assists and

Christina Callaway (14 points) and Shayna Stanley (13) scored in

double figures as the UC Irvine women’s basketball team defeated host

Long Beach State, 60-50, Saturday night in Big West Conference

action. UCI improved to 6-16, 5-9 in conference; the 49ers fell to

10-13, 6-8.

Cardinal tops UCI

* WATER POLO: UC Irvine, ranked No. 13, lost to No. 3 and host

Stanford, 8-1, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation women’s water

polo on Saturday.

Aleah Amr scored the only goal for the Anteaters (5-5, 1-2 in the

MPSF). Stanford scored five goals in the first quarter and cruised.

Former Corona del Mar High standout Christina Hewko scored a goal for

Stanford. UCI’s Sunceray Chamblee recorded 11 goalie saves.

Olvera’s gem leads VU

* SOFTBALL: Freshman hurler Jennifer Olvera pitched her first

collegiate complete-game shutout Saturday while spinning a one-hitter

for visiting Vanguard University in the Lions’ 8-0 nonconference

softball victory.

Olvera struck out eight in seven innings and VU catcher Rachael

Rolle smacked a three-run home run to spark the offensive attack.

Rachel Bomgren, VU’s leadoff hitter and shortstop, hit a solo home

run. Pelzel sets UCI mark

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine’s Jimmy Pelzel became the school’s

all-time leader in kills, but Penn State rallied from an 0-2 deficit

to defeat the ‘Eaters, 26-30, 28-30, 30-21, 30-26, 18-16, at the

Springfield (Mass.) College tournament Saturday.

Pelzel had 18 kills and earned all-tournament honors. He has 1,432

career kills.

Vanguard falls in rain

* BASEBALL: In rainy weather Saturday during the Golden State

Athletic Conference baseball opener, host Vanguard lost to The

Master’s in the first game of a doubleheader, 10-8, while the second

game was suspended in the seventh inning due to darkness and will be

continued March 27 at The Master’s with a 4-4 tie.

In the first game, VU’s Scott Martine went 3 for 5 with two runs

scored and two RBIs, while teammates Adam Yoder, Mike Sparks and

Nikolaus Crouch had two hits each in the Lions’ 11-hit attack.

UCI swimmers win

* SWIMMING AND DIVING: UC Irvine’s Dan Simonsen won the men’s

100-meter breaststroke in 55.22 Friday in the Big West Conference

swimming and diving championships at Belmont Plaza.

On Saturday, UCI’s Phil Garcia captured the men’s 100 freestyle

(44.72) and Lara Bjargardottir won the women’s 200 breaststroke

(2:15.66).

Vanguard sweeps Hope

* BASKETBALL: The visiting Vanguard men’s and women’s basketball

teams were victorious Saturday against Hope in Golden State Athletic

Conference action. Brian Kim had 31 points as the VU men defeated

Hope, 92-66, and Kelly Schmidt scored 19 points as the VU women won,

87-49.

Eagles fall to Rosary

* BASKETBALL: The Rosary High girls basketball team lived up to

its No. 1 seeding with a 93-49 victory over visiting Estancia in the

first round of the CIF Southern Section Division III-A playoffs

Saturday night.

Nancy Castro led Estancia with 19 points, four blocks and 10

rebounds while going 5 of 5 at the free-throw line. Trisha Wase

scored 14 points while Imelda Pena added 12.