Lightning’s Cordier strikes back in win

Sage Hill School junior Tristan Cordier earned a 6-3 win over Adrian

Ang, who defeated him earlier in the season, to highlight the

Lightning’s 15-3 Academy League boys tennis victory over visiting

Oxford Academy Friday.

Three weeks ago, Cordier lost, 4-6, to Ang, who was a first-team

all-league performer last year. Cordier also won his other two sets.

Ara Demirjian and Robert Wee won two sets in singles for the

Lightning (8-5, 5-1 in league) ranked No. 2 in CIF Southern Section

Division V.

The Sage Hill tandem of Ian Livingston and Dan Chin, and the

Michael Cassel, Michael Garrison duo swept in doubles.

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Academy League

Sage Hill 15, Oxford Academy 3

Singles -- Cordier (SH) def. Ang, 6-3, def. Patel, 6-0, def. Chaudnary, 6-1; Demirjian (SH) won, 6-0, lost, 2-6, won, 6-0; Wee (SH) won, 6-1, 6-3, lost, 3-6. Doubles -- Livingston-Chin (SH) def. Choi-Choe, 6-4, def. T. Montgomery-Doi, 6-0, def.

Kwan-Kang, 6-2; Cassel-Garrison (SH) won, 7-5, 6-3, 6-0; Tooma-Moshayedi (SH) won, 6-2, 6-2, lost, 1-6.

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Costa Mesa outduels Orange

* SOFTBALL: Uyen Mai went 3 for 4 and Jane-E Yamamoto had a

2-for-2 performance to help lead the Costa Mesa High softball team to

a 6-2 Golden West League victory over host Orange Friday.

Janae Rivera pounded a double for the Mustangs (6-9, 2-1 in

league). Mesa Coach Sharon Uhl said her team took advantage of four

errors by Orange (2-1), which had eight hits to the Mustangs’ 10.

Jackie Butler struck out three and walked one to improve to 6-7.

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Golden West League

Costa Mesa 6, Orange 2

Score by Innings

Costa Mesa 110 013 0 -- 6 10 1

Orange 000 101 0 -- 2 8 4

Butler and Miller; Sjule, Valadez (6) and

Coan. W -- Butler, 6-7. L -- Sjule. 2B --

Rivera (CM), Reil (O), Coan (O).

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Estancia sweeps past Panthers

* VOLLEYBALL: The Estancia High boys volleyball team protected its

Golden West League lead by sweeping host Orange, 25-13, 25-7, 25-10, Friday.

Kris Hartwell had 10 kills while fellow seniors Scott Sankey and

Josh Kornegay added nine and eight, respectively, to help the Eagles

improve to 12-1, 6-0 in league.

Estancia, ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division III, also

received 33 assists from junior setter Trevor Holmes.

Sophomore Dallas Kopp had five kills and senior Brad Larsen

continued to add his steady passing to the winning mix.

Mustangs prevail in five games

* VOLLEYBALL: Costa Mesa High’s boys volleyball team clawed its

way back to defeated visiting Westminster, 21-25, 20-25, 25-21,

25-23, 15-13, in a Golden West League match Friday.

Ryan Bagwell led Mesa (5-5, 2-2 in league) with 14 kills and added

five stuff blocks while senior Mitch Mandel slammed 12 kills to go

with five stuff blocks.

Garrett Walthers tallied 10 stuff blocks to get Mesa back into the

match after Westminster had served well during the first two games,

Mesa Coach Dave Sorrells said.

Joyce propels Sage Hill to win

* VOLLEYBALL: Visiting Sage Hill School overcame a slow start to

post a 22--25, 25-14, 25-18, 25-11 Academy League boys volleyball win

over St. Margaret’s Friday.

Senior Kevin Joyce had 21 kills to pace the Lightning (8-1, 3-1 in

league), while Macsun Frederick added nine kills, five blocks and

three ace serves.

St. Margaret’s fell to 1-12, 1-3.

Sage rallies for comeback victory

* SOFTBALL: Katrina Redelsheimer, Jessica Torina and Katie Puishys

singled to key a three-run, sixth-inning rally that led host Sage

Hill School to a 5-3 Academy League softball win over Whitney Friday.

Rebecca Hembarsky had a two-run double to back her complete-game

pitching effort for the winners (4-7-1, 1-1 in league). Also, Alex

Shitanishi had two hits and a run for the Lightning.

Whitney is 0-2 in league.

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Academy League

Sage Hill 5, Whitney 3

Score by Innings

Whitney 201 000 0 -- 3 7 4

Sage Hill 200 003 x -- 5 7 3

Not available; Hembarsky and Torina. W --

Hembarsky, 3-2. 2B -- Hembarsky (SH).

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Eagles avert Saints’ no-hit attempt

* SOFTBALL: Santa Ana High’s Mallory Marquez delivered a

one-hitter and the Estancia softball team lost, 4-0, in Golden West

League action at the Eagles’ diamond Friday.

Estancia sophomore Ravyn Kostenbader broke up Marquez’s no-hit bid

with a bloop single to left field in the third inning. The Eagles

dropped to 5-7, 1-3 in league while the Saints improved to 10-2-1,

2-1.

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Golden West League

Santa Ana 4, Estancia 0

Score by Innings

Santa Ana 111 001 0 -- 4 7 0

Estancia 000 000 0 -- 0 1 0

Marquez and De La Riva; Flores and Ockey. W

-- Marquez, 10-2. L -- Flores, 0-1. 2B --

Quezada (SA), De La Riva (SA). 3B --

Gautier (SA). HR -- Quezada (SA).

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Waves overwhelm ‘Eaters in four

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

sustain its first-game momentum and lost, 30-20, 22-30, 24-30, 24-30

to host Pepperdine in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action

Thursday.

Matt Webber recorded 18 kills to lead the Anteaters (10-16, 4-13).

David Smith and Jimmy Pelzel added 15 kills each. Brett Reid amassed

60 assists for UCI. Fred Winters’ 24 kills led the Waves (14-6,

11-6).