Sea Kings dedicate win to Dorts

With heavy hearts, the Corona del Mar High softball team dedicated a

6-2 nonleague victory over visiting Saddleback to Andrea Dort and her

family Tuesday.

Dort’s father, Lynn, died from cancer Thursday. The entire Corona

del Mar team attended the funeral service Tuesday at noon and then

later played a softball game against Saddleback.

“It was a very emotional day,” Sea King Coach Nichole Thompson

said. “We were all drained.”

The Sea Kings scored three runs in the first inning. They also

relied on a strong performance from freshman Holly Van Hiel in the

circle. She delivered a three-hitter with 11 strikeouts. She walked

four.

Fellow freshman Michelle Tolfa went 2 for 3 with two RBIs and one

run for the Sea Kings (6-3). Saddleback dropped to 4-5.

*--*

Nonleague

Corona del Mar 6, Saddleback 2

Score by Innings

S’back 000 200 0 -- 2 3 3

CdM 300 021 x -- 6 7 1

Segura and Guillen; Van Hiel and Stern. W

-- Van Hiel, 3-2. L -- Segura.

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Sailors handle Hawks

* TENNIS: Newport Harbor High’s boys tennis team prepared for its

key match against Woodbridge later in the week with a 14-4 Sea View

League victory over host Laguna Hills Tuesday.

Newport sophomore Robert Khoury improved to 20-1 in singles this

year after not losing one game against the Hawks.

The Sailors (9-3, 3-0 in league) swept all nine singles sets with

Tyler Deck and Jake Fleming each contributing three victories.

Ruslan Serydyk and Dylan Espley-Jones, along with the duo of

Charlie Farmer and Cameron McLaren, each won two of three doubles

sets for the Sailors. Tanner Bendheim and Grant Casserly won one set.

Newport, which finished fifth in the All-American invitational won

by host Corona del Mar Saturday, faces visiting Woodbridge, ranked

No. 5 in CIF Southern Section Division I, at 3 p.m. Thursday.

*--*

Sea View League

Newport Harbor 14, Laguna Hills 4

Singles -- Deck (NH) def. Lee, 6-0, def. Tabares, 6-3, def. Takamoto, 6-0; Fleming (NH) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1; Khoury (NH) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles -- Serydyk-Espley-Jones (NH) lost to Kim-Ainsworth, 2-6, def. Ho-Mercado, 6-4, def. Truong-Bui, 6-0; Farmer-McLaren (NH) lost, 0-6, won, 6-4, 6-2; Bendheim-Casserly (NH) lost, 0-6, 2-6, won, 6-4.

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OCC gets share of title

* TENNIS: The Orange Coast College women’s team could have won the

Orange Empire Conference title, but instead shared the championship

with visiting Saddleback, which defeated the Pirates, 6-3, Tuesday.

The Pirates (13-2, 10-1 in conference) won two singles sets on in

doubles. Sabrina Tanamal and Darlena Tran won in singles.

*--*

Orange Empire Conference

Saddleback 6, Orange Coast College 3

Singles -- Becker (OCC) lost to Ehlers, 3-6, 6-4, 4-6; Tanamal (OCC) def. Francisco, 6-3, 6-0; Moriyama (OCC) lost to McKinney, 4-6, 3-6; Tran (OCC) def. Pacheco, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4; Ho (OCC) lost to Perez, 4-6, 3-6; Yuh (OCC) lost to Tomaiko, 3-6, 3-6.

Doubles -- Becker-Tanamal (OCC) def. Ehlers-Francisco, 6-1, 7-5; Moriyama-Ho (OCC) lost to McKinney-Pacheco, 6-2, 2-6, 2-6; Okamura-Tran (OCC) lost to Perez-Tomaiko, 3-6, 2-6.

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UC Irvine rips UNLV

* BASEBALL: Matt Fisher and Jordan Szabo each collected three hits

as the UC Irvine baseball team (19-6-1) defeated host UNLV, 11-4, in

a nonconference game Tuesday night.

Lions clinch crown

* TENNIS: Vanguard University women’s tennis team clinched its

first Golden State Athletic Conference crown with a 9-0 victory over

Hope International Tuesday, its ninth shutout of the season. Sara

Bradley, Amy Brown, Kristen Eichenmuller, Olga Hlushchanka and Silina

Yohner each didn’t lose a game in sweeping both of their singles

matches as the Lions improved to 17-1.

Vanguard’s men’s tennis team improved to 16-4 with two shutout

wins over Hope and Whittier Tuesday.

Sage coasts to win

* TENNIS: The Sage Hill School boys tennis team swept in singles

and easily defeated host Fairmont Prep, 16-2, in Academy League

action Tuesday.

The Lightning, ranked No. 2 in CIF Southern Section Division V,

improved to 7-5, 4-1. Their only league loss came to Whitney, the

defending Division V champion that is ranked No. 1.

Tristan Cordier, Ara Dimirjian and Robert Wee won in singles for

Sage Hill, which hosts Oxford Academy Friday and then rest during

spring break. Following the week off the Lightning will host Whitney.

*--*

Academy League

Sage Hill 16, Fairmont Prep 2

Singles -- Cordier (SH) def. Pinches, 6-3, def. Tu, 6-0, def. Chow, 6-0; Dimirjian (SH) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-4; Wee (SH) won, 6-0, 6-4, 6-0.

Doubles -- Livingston-Chin (SH) def. Tran-Chang, 6-3, def. Rwon-Lo, 6-2, def. Chen-Izum, 6-0; Cassel-Garrison (SH) won, 6-4, 6-1, 6-3; Ross-Whitaker (SH) won, 6-1, lost, 1-6, 4-6.

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CdM dominates opener

* TENNIS: The Corona del Mar High boys tennis team, ranked No. 1

in CIF Southern Section Division I, remained undefeated with a 17-1

Pacific Coast League-opening victory over host Laguna Beach Tuesday.

The Sea Kings (13-0) lost one set in doubles by default. As usual,

they were dominating in singles, as juniors Carsten Ball, Wesley

Miller and Spencer Reitz did not drop a game in sweeping their

opponents.

Ball, the Sea Kings No. 1 singles player, is undefeated this

season, 16-0 in singles play. Ryan Dupuie saw his first varsity

action of the season, teaming up with sophomore Dan Tat to earn two

victories.

*--*

Pacific Coast League

Corona del Mar 17, Laguna Beach 1

Singles -- Ball (CdM) def. Tran, 6-0, def. Contreras, 6-0, def. Codini, 6-0; Miller (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Reitz (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles -- Nguyen-Kroopf (CdM) def. Schmitz-Paxton, 6-4, def. Bernard-McMahon, 6-1, def. McKiernan-Wagner, 6-3; Pham-Gingold (CdM) won, 6-3, 6-0, 6-1; Tat-Dupuie (CdM) won, 6-4, lost by default, won, 7-6.

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Lions sweep pair

* SOFTBALL: The host Vanguard University softball team swept both

games of a double header against Golden State Athletic Conference foe

Hope International Tuesday.

Jenna Willis and Jen Olvera combined for a five-hit shutout over

Hope in a 3-0 win in Game 2. Holly Martinez and Ashley Mauro each had

three hits and scored a run for Vanguard (23-17, 9-6 in the GSAC).

Krystal Keltner improved to 5-3 this season after striking out two

in three innings in a 6-1 Vanguard win in the first game. Jennifer

Rynda struck out four while allowing just one hit in four innings.

Olvera knocked in five runs on two doubles for the Lions,

including a three-run hit in the third inning.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

First game Vanguard 6, Hope International 1

Score by Innings

Hope 000 001 0 -- 1 4 1

Vanguard 003 021 x -- 6 8 2

Terry, Walker (5) and Miller; Keltner,

Rynda (4) and Rolle. W -- Keltner, 5-3. L

-- Terry, 5-13. 2B -- Kim (H), Yokoyama

(H), Martinez (VU), Mauro (VU), Olvera

(VU).

*--*

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Second game Vanguard 3, Hope International

0

Score by Innings

Hope 000 000 0 -- 0 5 2

Vanguard 101 010 x -- 3 10 0

Terry and Yokoyama; Willis, Olvera (6) and

Rolle. W -- Willis, 3-6. L -- Terry, 5-14.

3B -- Martinez (VU).

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VU falls to Lancers

* BASEBALL: The Vanguard University baseball team were scoreless

in eight innings and lost, 7-3, to Golden State Athletic Conference

host California Baptist Tuesday.

The Lions (8-23, 2-14 in conference) scored their runs in the

eighth inning. Jason Searle led Vanguard at the plate, going 2 for 4.

Cal Baptist improved to 17-15, 9-6.

*--*

Golden State Athletic Conference

Cal Baptist 7, Vanguard 3

Score by Innings

Vanguard 000 000 030 -- 3 7 2

Baptist 020 040 10x -- 7 10 1

Searle, Erickson (7), Klein (8) and

Westerfeld; Lessa, Wells (8), Johnson

(9) and Crouch. W -- Lessa, 4-2. L --

Searle, 1-7. 2B -- Westerfeld (V), Wyatt

(C).

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Porche no-hits Sage

* SOFTBALL: Senior right-hander Melissa Porche threw a no-hitter,

struck out 13 and walked nobody as host Oxford Academy defeated Sage

Hill, 7-0, in an Academy League softball opener Tuesday.

Sage Hill’s Katie Puishys lined one to right field in the third

inning, but was thrown out at first base after the ball quickly got

to the right fielder.

Oxford Academy (9-3) made an error in the top of the fifth inning

to ruin Porche’s perfect-game bid.

Sage Hill (3-7-1) will host Whitney on Friday.

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Academy League

Oxford Academy 7, Sage Hill 0

Score by Innings

Sage Hill 000 000 0 -- 0 0 2

Oxford 000 421 x -- 7 5 1

Hembrasky, Redelsheimer (6) and Torina;

Porche and Herkis. W -- Porche, 9-3. L --

Hembrasky, 2-2-1. 2B -- Porche (O).

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‘Eaters nip Brown

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine women’s tennis team defeated Brown, 4-3,

to win the championship match in the seventh annual UCI Spring

Invitational at Anteater Tennis Stadium Tuesday.

The Anteaters (11-7) swept the doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead.

Senior Tiffany Chang and junior Hui Leow erased a 4-0 deficit to

defeat Kerry Meath and Victoria Beck, 9-7 while senior Christie

Posner and junior Kristina Boss swept Amanda Saiontz and Daisy Ames,

8-0.

Junior Anna Bentzer and freshman Jayme Hu defeated Michelle

Pautler and Alex Arlak, 8-2, in the second doubles slot.

Anna Bentzer defeated Alex Arlak, 6-1, 6-2, at No. 1 singles while

Chang downed Meath, 6-1, 6-4. Leow added a 6-3, 6-3 victory over

Beck.

Mustangs sick in loss

* SOFTBALL: Janae Rivera and Kelly Topps both went 2 for 3 but the

Costa Mesa High softball team lost, 3-0, to visiting Calvary Chapel

of Santa Ana in a nonleague game Tuesday.

Mustangs Coach Sharon Uhl said half of her team is sick with the

flu and she is anxiously awaiting spring break next week. Costa Mesa

(5-8) will play at Golden West League foe Orange Friday at 3:15 p.m.

*--*

Nonleague

Score by Innings

Calvary Chapel 3, Costa Mesa 0

Calvary 201 000 0 -- 3 6 0

Mesa 000 000 0 -- 0 6 1

Paino and Gervis; Yamamoto, Campos (3),

Butler (5) and Miller. W -- Paino. L --

Yamamoto, 0-1.

*--*

Sage Hill denied

* VOLLEYBALL: In a battle of unbeatens, the Sage Hill School boys

volleyball team lost its first match of the season, 19-25, 25-21,

21-25, 20-25, to visiting Brethren Christian Tuesday in Academy

League action.

Senior Kevin Joyce led Sage Hill (7-1, 2-1 in league) with 25

kills, while senior Max Frederick contributed five blocks. Senior

setter Julian Smith-Newman, who tore his meniscus in the final game

of the Sage Hill boys soccer team’s season, played two games for the

Lightning and amassed 30 assists.

UCI finishes eighth

* GOLF: The UC Irvine men’s golf team moved up six spots during

Tuesday’s final round to finish eighth in the Colorado-Stevinson

Ranch invitational at Stevinson Ranch Golf Club.

The Anteaters, who were in last place at 14th after Monday’s first

two rounds, shot a team total of 296 in Tuesday’s final round to

finish in a tie for eighth with San Jose State at 890. Kansas, ranked

27th nationally, won the tournament with a 54-hole score of 858.

Kansas State was second at 861 and Iowa State third at 865.

Iowa State’s Tyler Swanson was the medalist with a 10-under-par

206 (68-67-71). UCI’s Vinnie Poncino (76-76-69) and Ryne Rindfleisch

(74-74-73) tied for 25th place at 221.

‘Eater freshman Neno Boonyaplanun was 39th (75-73-77 -- 225) while

Jay Choe finished 46th (73-73-80 -- 226) and Derek Uyesaka was 64th

(79-77-77 -- 233).