Estancia volleyball team not in the sharing mood

The Estancia High boys volleyball team, which shared the Golden West

League title with Ocean View last year, swept the host Seahawks,

25-17, 25-14, 25-23, Wednesday.

Senior middle blocker Scott Sankey led the Eagles (4-0, 2-0 in

league) with nine kills, while fellow middle blocker, sophomore

Dallas Kopp, added eight kills in Ocean View’s league opener.

Senior Josh Kornegay contributed eight aces and junior setter

Trevor Holmes amassed 30 assists to go with four aces for Estancia,

ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division III.

Estancia returns to action in the Orange County championships

Friday. The Eagles play in Division II, which includes 16 teams.

They will face Northwood and Servite Friday, starting at 3 p.m. at

Newport Harbor.

Mustangs win in five

* VOLLEYBALL: The Costa Mesa High boys volleyball team rallied for

a 25-23, 19-25, 14-25, 27-25, 15-2 Golden West League-opening victory

over visiting Saddleback Wednesday.

Ryan Bagwell recorded 22 kills and six aces to lead the Mustangs

(4-2), who also received contributions from Garrett Walthers (14

kills), Mitch Mandel (11 kills) and Andrew Melcer (41 assists).

“We were down 18-9 in the fourth game and I just had a

premonition: I needed to relax and shut up and let them decide the

outcome. And from that point on we just dominated,” Mesa Coach Dave

Sorrells said. Saddleback dropped to 0-4.

Sea Kings sweep Vaqs

* VOLLEYBALL: The Corona del Mar High boys volleyball team earned

a 25-18, 27-25, 25-17 nonleague victory over visiting Irvine

Wednesday.

Tom Welch had 11 kills and 10 digs, Austin Brawner had eight kills

and Grant Almquist added 31 assists and six digs for the winners

(6-2).

CdM defeats Chargers

* TENNIS: The Corona del Mar High boys tennis team had little

trouble with nonleague visitor Edison Wednesday, earning a 17-1 win.

Sea King doubles partners Ryan Caughren and Jonathan Kroopf won

all 18 games to highlight the win, which increased CdM’s record to

6-0.

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Nonleague

Corona del Mar 17, Edison 1

Singles -- Ball (CdM) def. Malawy, 6-0, def. Shubert, 6-1, def. Hedlund, 6-0; Miller (CdM) won, 6-1, 6-2, 6-0; Reitz (CdM) won, 6-3, lost, 6-7, won, 6-0. Doubles -- Roberts-Nguyen (CdM) def. Belhumeur-Bemis, 6-0, def. Vuong-Renhert, 6-1, def.

Naito-Chen, 6-0; Caughren-Kroopf (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Tat-Pham (CdM) won, 6-2, 6-0, (sub Tat-Gingold) won, 6-0.

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Chen paces Lightning

* GOLF: Sage Hill School sophomore Josh Chen shot 2-over-par 38 to

earn medalist honors and lead the Lightning to a 214-237 Academy

League boys golf victory over Whitney Wednesday at Rancho San Joaquin

Golf Club in Irvine.

Geoffrey Grant (39), Rob Greenfield (43), Will Rigby (46) and John

Neff (48) also scored for the winners (3-4, 2-0 in league).

OCC wins again

* VOLLEYBALL: The Orange Coast College men’s volleyball team made

quick work of visiting San Diego Mesa, winning, 30-19, 30-16, 30-25,

in an Orange Empire Conference match Wednesday.

Uriah Seui and Setiam Allah led the Pirates (10-1, 2-0 in

conference) with nine kills each. Shawn Pacquing contributed 21

assists. San Diego Mesa fell to 0-9, 0-3.

Bucs roll over Rustlers

* GOLF: Shaun Vickers shot 1-over-par 72 to earn medalist honors

and propel Orange Coast College to a 385-425 Orange Empire Conference

men’s golf victory over Golden West Wednesday at El Prado golf course

in Chino.

Jason Cassidy (73), Peter Baker (75), Josh Dean (79) and Joo

Namkoong (86) also scored for OCC (8-4, 7-3 in conference).

Three Tars recognized

* SOCCER: Newport Harbor High senior Barbara Julian tops three

Sailors named All-Sea View League by the circuit’s girls soccer

coaches.

Julian is a first-team honoree, while senior goalie Kara DeMille

and junior Tayler Giacomaro are second-team selections.

Giacomaro was a first-team all-league honoree as a sophomore.

The Sailors failed to make the CIF Southern Section playoffs this

season.

Six Sage girls honored

* SOCCER: Sage Hill School juniors Amy Werblin and Laura Gordon,

both repeat first-team All-Academy League girls soccer selections,

top six Lightning players named all-league by the circuit’s coaches.

Werblin and Gordon are joined on the first team by freshman Emily

Webb.

Senior Megan Curry, who was second-team all-league as a junior, is

joined on the second team by Sage Hill teammates Ali McLaughlin, a

freshman, and Rebecca Gordon, a junior.

Amy Ray, who guided the Lightning to an 8-7-3 record (4-4-2 in

league good for third place) is the league Coach of the Year.

Sage Hill lost in the first round of the CIF Southern Section

Division VI playoffs, 2-1, to Fairmont Prep.

Sailors lose in five

* VOLLEYBALL: The Newport Harbor High boys volleyball team had an

11-8 lead in the fifth game, but lost to nonleague host Huntington

Beach, 27-25, 25-18, 21-25, 26-28, 12-15, Wednesday.

Brett Perrine led the Sailors (3-4) with 27 kills, while Morgan

Govaars and Gavin Galey contributed 15 and 12 kills, respectively.

Ted Slater added four kills and six blocks, while Adam Schlesinger

amassed 56 assists.

Newport will play in the Orange County championships, Friday at

4:15 against Edison at Edison and then the Sailors will face Dana

Hills at 6:45 p.m.

Sea Kings denied

* GOLF: Robert Ury shot 2-over-par 35, which included an eagle on

the eighth hole, but the Corona del Mar High boys golf team lost,

183-196, to Cypress in a nonleague match at Candlewood Country Club

Wednesday.

The Sea Kings dropped to 0-7. Alex Chikovani and Matt Story both

had 38, while Jamie Bloom carded a 39. Ben Tilsen (44) and Zach

Rabinovich (50) also competed.

Sea King Coach Mike Starkweather said Ury sunk his eagle from

about 110 yards out.

UCLA outlasts UCI

* VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team could not

maintain its early momentum and lost, 30-27, 27-30, 23-30, 28-30, to

UCLA in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match at Pauley Pavilion

Wednesday.

Jimmy Pelzel led the Anteaters (8-15, 4-12 in the MPSF) with 17

kills, while Matt Webber added 15 kills and David Smith 12. Brett

Reid totaled 55 assists.

J.T. Wenger had 18 kills to lead the Bruins (18-4, 12-4).

Lions hot, but lose

* BASEBALL: The Vanguard University baseball team collected 14

hits and scored nine runs, but still lost, 16-9, to nonconference

host UC Davis Wednesday.

Vanguard first baseman Jason Searle smacked two home runs, and

went 3 for 5 with six RBIs and three runs scored. Adam Yoder also had

three hits for the Lions (7-17-1).

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Nonconference

UC Davis 16, Vanguard 9

Score by Innings

Vanguard 100 103 004 -- 9 14 2

UC Davis 330 043 30x -- 16 20 2

Klein, Erickson (5), Guernsey (7),

Harris (8) and Westerfeld, Cox;

DeCoito, Soskin (6), Gonzales (7),

Bearden (8), Aurora (9) and LaTorre,

Behrens. W -- DeCoito, 5-1. L -- Klein,

0-3. 2B -- Yoder (V), searle (V),

Martin (V), Kamigawachi (D) 2, Tulk

(D), Hanke (D), Oliver (D). 3B --

Hudgins (V), Tulk (D) 2, Coultas (D).

HR -- Searle (V) 2, LaTorre (D), Irving

(D).

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