Anteaters sweep away Gonzaga

UC Irvine senior second baseman Matt Fisher belted a grand slam to

highlight the Anteaters’ 9-2 nonconference baseball win over Gonzaga

Sunday at Anteater Ballpark.

The Anteaters (9-2-1) swept the three-game series and extended

their unbeaten streak to eight games. They are off to their best

start since 1971 when they began the season 10-2.

UCI opened the scoring with four runs in the second. Shortstop

Chad Lundahl tripled and catcher Jeff Werhun doubled to cap the

rally.

Fisher’s team-leading second homer of the season keyed a five-run

fourth.

Werhun was 2 for 3 with two RBIs, while Lundahl was 2 for 4 with

an RBI and a run.

Starter Chris Nicoll earned his first win of the season, allowing

no earned runs and seven hits in 5 2/3 innings.

David Huff and Kevin Fox then combined for three scoreless relief

innings.

Gonzaga fell to 2-8

UCI plays host to USC Tuesday at 6 p.m. UCI Coach John Savage was

the pitching coach at USC from 1996-2000.

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Nonconference

UC Irvine 9, Gonzaga 2

Score by Innings

Gonzaga 000 200 000 - 2 8 0

UC Irvine 040 500 00x - 9 16 1

Dworkis, Donovan (4), Gonzalez (7),

Everson (8) and Thibault; Nicoll, Huff

(6), Fox (9) and Werhun. W -- Nicoll,

1-0. L -- Dworkis, 1-2. 2B -- Bratton

(G), Werhun (UCI). 3B -- Lundahl (UCI).

HR -- Fisher (UCI).

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Pirates collect five titles

* TENNIS: The Orange Coast College women’s tennis team claimed

five titles to dominate the Southwestern Tournament, completed Sunday

at Southwestern College in Chula Vista.

Sophomore Sabrina Tanamal won the No. 1 singles tournament, while

fellow OCC sophomore Kai Moriyama (No. 4 singles) and Pirates’

freshman Mika Okamura (No. 6 singles) were also victorious in

championship matches. Okamura defeated OCC freshman Jia-Wei Yuh, 6-1,

4-6, 6-3, in the Flight 6 final.

In addition, sophomore Leah Becker and Tanamal (Flight No. 1), as

well as freshman Darlena Tran and Yuh (Flight No. 3) won doubles

titles.