Eagles win in four

The Estancia High boys volleyball team did its best to live up to its

No. 1 ranking in CIF Southern Section Division III with a 25-22,

20-25, 25-19, 25-21 season-opening victory over visiting Los

Alamitos, ranked No. 9 in Division I.

Josh Kornegay led the Eagles with 15 kills, while Kris Hartwell

added 12 kills and Brad Larsen produced 16 digs and six kills. Scott

Sankey also had six kills, and Trevor Holmes amassed 37 assists.

“That was a good team for us to beat,” Estancia Coach Tracey Heims

said. “[The Eagles] pulled through and they handled the pressure.”

Estancia will host Servite Tuesday at 4:30 p.m.

CdM edges Brentwood

* TENNIS: Junior Spencer Reitz defeated Brentwood High’s No. 1

singles player, Dan Freeman, 6-4, in the last match of a grueling

10-8 nonleague victory in the season opener for the visiting Corona

del Mar boys tennis team Tuesday.

Reitz and Wesley Miller swept in singles for CdM, the defending

CIF Southern Section Division I champion, which got two key victories

from doubles partners Brennan Roberts and Ryan Coughren.

Partners Alex Nguyen and Nick Gingold, along with Jonathan Kroopf

and Dan Tat, each won one doubles set for CdM, which played without

junior Carsten Ball, who is recovering from food poisoning, Coach Tim

Mang said.

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Nonleague

Corona del Mar 10, Brentwood 8

Singles -- Miller (CdM) def. Freeman, 6-2, def. Normington, 6-2, def. Karsh, 6-1; Reitz (CdM) won, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2; Pham (CdM) lost, 0-6, 0-6, sub Dupuie (CdM) lost, 0-6. Pham. Doubles -- Nguyen-Gingold (CdM) lost to Rierdon-Huengardt, 4-6, def.

Elson-Lloyd, 6-2, lost to Paley-Sheppard, 4-6; Roberts-Coughren (CdM) won, 6-3, lost, 1-6, won, 6-4; Kroopf-Tat (CdM) lost, 4-6, 2-6, won, 6-3.

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Mustangs win opener

* VOLLEYBALL: Grant Walthers and Ryan Bagwell collected 11 and 10

kills, respectively, to lead the Costa Mesa High boys volleyball team

to a 25-16, 17-25, 25-22, 25-17 nonleague victory over visiting Los

Amigos in the Mustangs’ season opener Wednesday.

Andrew Nelcer contributed 20 assists. Coach Dave Sorrells said

sophomore middle blocker Ryan French made some impressive plays.

The Mustangs return to action Friday at Calvary Chapel of Santa

Ana at 4:30 p.m.

Estancia wins opener

* GOLF: Marcus Sostak shot a four-over-par 40 to earn medalist

honors to lead the host Estancia High boys golf team to a narrow

228-229 nonleague victory over Long Beach Millikan to open the season

at the par-36 Mesa Verde Country Club Tuesday.

Austin Serr shot 45 while Greg Les and Nick Littieri each carded

47s. Jason Les shot 49 for the Eagles.

Lions trip Westmont

* TENNIS: The Vanguard University men’s tennis team remained

perfect with an 8-1 Golden State Athletic Conference triumph at

Westmont Monday in Santa Barbara.

The victory, a makeup of a match previously rained out, improved

the No. 17-ranked Lions to 7-0.

Dieter Weislmaier, Anders Hakansson, Lars Dahlberg, Carl Holmgren,

Phillip Mardh and Thomas Troxler all earned singles victories for

Vanguard.

Hakansson and Dahlberg, as well as Weislmaier and Christoph

Schramm also combined for doubles wins for the Lions.

Vanguard sweeps Hope

* TENNIS: Olga Hlushchanka, Silina Yohner, Sara Bradley and Alena

Votavova didn’t lose a game in sweeping all their singles matches to

lead the visiting Vanguard University women’s tennis team to a 9-0

victory over Hope International Tuesday. The Lions improve to 8-0,

(4-0 in the Golden State Athletic Conference).

Estancia opens with win

* SWIMMING: Chad Kunert, Paul Collier and Anthony Hermann each won

two events to lead the host Estancia High boys swim team to a 78-48

nonleague victory over Bolsa Grande Tuesday to begin the season.

Kunert took the 200- and 500-yard freestyle races in 2:03.09 and

5:25.29, respectively, while Hermann claimed the 200 individual

medley (2:43.11) and the 100 breaststroke (1:16.03). Collier won the

100 free (57:02) and the 50 free (25:12). Sean Goodman won the 100

butterfly (1:06.28).

Trojans shut out UCI

* BASEBALL: USC starter Josh Rummonds and two relievers combined

on a five-hit shutout Tuesday night as the Trojans defeated host UC

Irvine, 2-0, in nonconference baseball action.

Rummonds, 1-1, allowed four hits in six innings, then Bret Butler

and Ian Kennedy kept the shutout intact. The Anteaters (9-3-1) lost

for the first time in nine games. UCI leadoff hitter Brett Dalton had

two hits. USC improved to 4-7.

OCC downs Santa Ana

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

just one match in singles and defeated host Santa Ana, 5-1, in an

Orange Empire Conference match that had its doubles portion rained

out Wednesday.

Sabrina Tanamal, Darlena Tran, Kai Moriyama cruised to victory in

singles, while Thao Ho and Jia-Wei Yuh received wins by default.

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Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast 5, Santa Ana 1

Singles -- Becker (OCC) lost to Esquivel, 0-6, 5-7; Tanamal (OCC) def. Gorban, 6-0, 6-2; Tran (OCC) def. Thompson, 6-1, 6-0; Moryama (OCC) def. Luviano, 6-0, 6-0; Ho (OCC) won by default; Yuh (OCC) won by default. Doubles -- rained out.

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Lasers tame Pirates

* TENNIS: Gerald Panichkul claimed the lone victory for the Orange

Coast College men’s tennis team in a rain-shortened Orange Empire

Conference match against visiting Irvine Valley Tuesday.

Panichkul swept his singles match for OCC (1-5, 1-2 in the OEC).

Mike Hoevel and Scott Fielder were leading their doubles match, 7-5,

but the match was called early due to rain, OCC Coach Mike Mayne

said. The Pirates host Saddleback at 2 p.m. Thursday.

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Orange Empire Conference

Irvine Valley 7, Orange Coast 1

Singles -- T. Pau (IVC) def. Hoevel (OCC), 3-6, 6-3, 6-3; A. Moody (IVC) def. Fielder, 6-0, 6-4; J. Mousel (IVC) def. Manus, 6-1, 6-1; A. Vivar (IVC) def. Truong, 7-5, 6-2, (OCC); Panichkul (OCC) def. J. Voung, 6-2, 6-4; C Pearce (IVC) def. Nguyen

(OCC), 6-2, 6-3. Doubles -- Malvo-Vivar (IVC) def. Manus-Nguyen, 8-3; Vong-Parce (IVC) def. Troung-Panichkul, 8-4.

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VU falls at Point Loma

* BASEBALL: Host Point Loma defeated Vanguard, 10-2, in Golden

State Athletic Conference baseball action Tuesday.

VU starting pitcher Brent Erickson held the Sea Lions (15-3, 5-1

in the GSAC) scoreless in the fourth and fifth innings after giving

up five earned runs in the first three innings. Vanguard fell to 4-9,

0-5. The Lions host Indiana Wesleyan on Friday at 2:30 p.m.

Sage’s Chen sparkles

* GOLF: Sage Hill School sophomore Josh Chen shared medalist

honors Monday, but the Lightning dropped their boys golf season

opener to visiting Irvine, 230-233, at Strawberry Farms Golf Club.

Chen shot 5-over-par 40 to share top individual honors with

Irvine’s Jon Chen (no relation).