Pirates capture Cal Cup trophy

The Orange Coast College crew won the Cal Cup varsity eight race

Sunday at the San Diego Crew Classic in Mission Bay.

The Pirates led from start to finish over the 2,000-meter course,

in a seven-boat field that qualified from three heats of six boats

each contested Saturday.

OCC’s winning time of 6 minutes, 25.4 seconds, was nearly four

seconds faster than runner-up Minnesota, a virtual blowout by the

sport’s standards.

The victorious Orange Coast College boat included Brian Moran,

J.T. Eger, Steve Egner, Wes Temple, Jake Carr, Roman Rukosuyeb, Tyler

Wilcox, Danny Johnson and coxswain Ashley Thomas.

UC Irvine was fourth in the varsity eight event, finishing in

6:36.45.

Orange Coast finished fifth in the junior varsity eight final

(6:45.5) and the Pirates were sixth in the collegiate lightweight

eight event (6:56.6).

In the novice eight consolation final, Orange Coast was eged by

victorious cal by two-hundredths of a second. OCC’s runner-up time

was 6:21.52. UCI was third in 6:30.

The Pirates will venture to the Bay Area in two weeks to compete

in a three-way meet against Stanford and Cal. Orange Coast Coach

Larry Moore said the Pirates will also accept an invitation to

compete in the East Coast Athletic Conference invitational

championships, among 18 top nonscholarship programs, May 8-9 in

Worchester, Mass.

CdM’ Ball advances

* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High junior Carsten Ball, the No. 7 seed,

defeated unseeded Sandeep Daiya from Acworth, Ga., 6-4, 6-3, Sunday

to advance to the third round of the Easter Bowl national junior

tennis championships at Riviera Resort in Palm Springs.

The tournament continues through Saturday.

CdM’s St. Geme shines

* TRACK AND FIELD: Corona del Mar High sophomore Anne St. Geme won

the 800 meters and the 1,600, the latter with a meet-record time of 4

minutes, 59.24 seconds, Saturday at the Trabuco Hills track and field

invitational in Mission Viejo.

St. Geme’s winning time in the 800 was 2:14.67.

Sophomore Kelly Morgan was fourth in the 400 in 58.19, while CdM

freshman Hilary May was fourth in the 1,600 in 5:05.95.

The Sea Kings were third in the girls 1,600 relay (4:02.36), while

Costa Mesa finished fifth in the girls 4 x 1,600 relay in 22:44.95.

Local named All-CIF

* SOCCER: Newport Coast resident Kelly Percival, a senior

attending Thacher School in Ojai, has been named second-team All-CIF

Southern Section Division VI by the division’s coaches.

Percival helped the Toads earn an at-large playoff berth, where

they lost in the first round to eventual semifinalist Desert

Christian, 4-1.

UCI handles Vandals

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine men’s tennis team trounced visiting Idaho,

6-1, Sunday at Anteater Tennis Stadium.

The Anteaters (9-6) won all three doubles matches to take the

doubles point, then conquered the Vandals in five of the six singles

contests.

Brian Morton, a Corona del Mar High product, defeated Chis

Faulman, 6-0, 6-2, for the most dominant singles win, while Jon

Endrikat, Ryusuke Kashiwabara and Peter Surapol also won in straight

sets for the hosts.

‘Eaters tame Tigers

* WATER POLO: A quick start propelled the UC Irvine women’s water

polo team to a 9-5 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation victory Sunday

at the University of the Pacific in Stockton.

The Anteaters (8-13, 2-6 in the MPSF) seized a 4-1 lead after one period and held on, behind three goals from Erica Nicholson and two

apiece from Michelle Carey and Robyn Kaake. Melissa Fernandez and

Aleah Amr also scored for the winners, who received six saves from

Sun Chamblee.

Pacific (3-19, 0-8) did not have a player with more than one goal.

Lions’ Hall victorious

* TRACK AND FIELD: Vanguard University senior Sarah Hall broke

Nikki Poole’s 8-year-old school 1,500-meter record Saturday with a

winning time of 4 minutes, 37.43 seconds in a five-way track and

field meet at Point Loma Nazarene in San Diego.

Hall bettered her previous best of 4:39.25, as well as Pool’s 1996

standard of 4:38.88 and also easily bested the qualifying standard

for the outdoor nationals (4:44.75).

Vanguard’s Matt Meyer won the men’s 1,500 in a season-best 3:59.5,

besting teammate Mike Larsson, who was second in 4:01.

Lions standout Tony Magana, an Estancia High product, won the

men’s 3,000 steeplechase in 10:02, while another former Estancia

star, Liz Huipe, was second in the women’s 3,000 in a personal-best

10:42.13.

Levi Seekens’ personal-best clearance of 6 feet in the high jump

was good enough for second place, while Debby Chop was second in the

long jump for the Lions with a season-best 17-0.

Laine Stevens was third in the 100 (a personal-best 12.74) and

fourth in the 200 (a personal-best 26.70).

Vanguard’s Christol McDonald finished third in the 800 in 2:17.07,

just .02 off the automatic qualifying standard for the outdoor

nationals. Hall was fourth in the 800 in a personal-best 2:18.12.