CdM edges Trojans to remain atop PCL

Corona del Mar High singles standouts Carsten Ball and Wesley Miller

both swept to help the visiting Sea Kings overcome a doubles-stacked

University squad, 10-8, in a Pacific Coast League boys tennis match

Monday.

Ball did not lose a game in three sets, while Miller won 18 of 20.

The CdM pairings of Brennan Roberts and Alex Nguyen, as well as

Ryan Caughren and Jonathan Kroopf, each won two of their three

doubles sets as the Sea Kings defeated their strongest league

challenger for the second time this season.

CdM, ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division I, improved to

16-0, 4-0 in league. Uni is now 11-4, 3-2.

Two sign with Anteaters

* BASKETBALL: Community college transfers Shamar Armstrong from

Diablo Valley College and Andrew Bruckner from College of the Canyons

have signed national letters of intent with the UC Irvine men’s

basketball program.

Armstrong, a 6-foot-3 guard, averaged 12.8 points, 4 rebounds and

3 assists this past season. He was a first-team All-Bay Valley West

Division selection and he received honorable mention for all-state

honors as the Vikings finished 24-4, 13-1 in conference play.

Armstrong is a graduate of Jesse Bethel High in Vallejo, Calif.,

and has two years of eligibility remaining. He is the younger brother

of former Pepperdine standout Brandon Armstrong, who is in his third

season with the New Jersey Nets.

Bruckner, a 6-9 post player, averaged 12.6 points and 9.3 rebounds

in his only year at College of the Canyons. An All-Western State

Conference selection, Bruckner shot 53% from the field for the

Cougars, who finished 19-6, 10-2. He is a graduate of Valencia High

School and he has three years of eligibility remaining.

“Shamar will complement our returning backcourt players with his

versatility as a combination guard,” UCI Coach Pat Douglass said. “He

has strong abilities offensively and defensively, and he is

intelligent, very athletic and is a fundamentally-sound player.”

Douglass said Bruckner should make an immediate impact, with the

graduation of 7-0 Adam Parada, 6-11 Stanislav Zuzak and 6-8 Matt

Okoro.

“Andrew is a very physical and mature player who posted impressive

numbers as a freshman on the community-college level and we look

forward to his continued development as a player on the four-year

level,” Douglass said.

Eagles turn away Lions

* TENNIS: Estancia High sophomore Scott Braunsdorf avenged a loss

in last year’s Golden West League singles final by defeating visiting

Westminster’s Jason Nguyen, 6-3, Monday to key the Eagles’ 12-6

league boys tennis win.

Braunsdorf swept at No. 1 singles, while the doubles tandems of

Bryce McKendry and Nick Cox, as well as Andy Nelson and Shane

Thompson, also swept to help the Eagles improve to 7-5, 6-2 in

league.

Eagles Coach Rachel de los Santos said she believes her team is

tied for first with either Santa Ana or Saddleback or possibly both.

Estancia visits Santa Ana today. The Saints won the first meeting

on games, 78-76.

Campos caps comeback

* SOFTBALL: Tiffany Campos belted a two-out, two-run triple to tie

the game in the sixth inning and Janae Rivera doubled over the center

fielder’s head to score Uyen Mai from first in the seventh to give

the Mustangs a 3-2 Golden West League home softball win over

Westminster Monday.

Jackie Butler had a season-high nine strikeouts to earn the

complete-game win and help Mesa improve to 9-12, 4-1 in league.

Westminster fell to 4-2.

Mesa visits Santa Ana Wednesday in what Mustangs Coach Sharon Uhl

believes is a first-place showdown.

Zimmer keys OCC triumph

* SOFTBALL: Orange Coast College freshman Alison Zimmer went 3 for

4, including the game-winning single with the bases loaded in the

bottom of the seventh inning to help the Pirates earn a 3-2

nonconference victory over El Camino Monday.

Sophomore Olivia Bell went the distance to even her pitching

record at 3-3. She struck out five, walked one and yielded six hits

and only one earned run.

Christen D’Alessandro was 2 for 4 to help OCC improve to 11-23.

Mesa’s Beach is medalist

* GOLF: Costa Mesa High’s Brian Beach shot 2-over-par 37 to earn

medalist honors, but the Mustangs lost to Golden West League boys

golf visitor Orange, 203-219, over nine holes Monday at Costa Mesa

Golf & Country Club.

Billy Jackson (40), Brett Via (41) and Robert Angel (41) also

scored for Mesa (2-2 in league).

UCI golfers finish fourth

* GOLF: The UC Irvine men’s golf team finished fourth among 19

teams in the U.S. Intercollegiate tournament that concluded Sunday at

the Stanford University Golf Course.

UCI’s 869 team score (17 over par) was 31 off the pace of

victorious UCLA.

Freshman Chris Whalen led the Anteaters with a 14th-place finish,

shooting 72-74-70--216. Sophomore Jay Choe (217) was 19th, freshman

Neno Boonyaplanun (218) was 24th, senior Vinnie Poncino (220) was

29th and sophomore Will Park (222) was 36th.

UCI’s Stein places fifth

* TRACK AND FIELD: UC Irvine senior discus thrower J.J. Stein

finished fifth with a mark of 170 feet Saturday at the Long Beach

State track and field invitational.

UCI senior Derek Kingrey was ninth in the shot put (53-2 1/4) and

10th in the discus (159-9), while sophomore Brian Moon was 10th in

the shot put (51-3 3/4).

Mike Beerer was11th in the hammer throw (180-6) and fellow UCI

sophomore Ian Connell was 16th in the discus (144-7).

Orange Coast College oarsmen defeated

* CREW: The Orange Coast College varsity eight crew lost a pair of

close races to UC Berkeley and Stanford, respectively, in the final

day of the Stanford invitational regatta Sunday off Redwood Shores.

Cal finished the 2,000-meter course in 6 minutes, 1 second, 2.2

seconds ahead of OCC.

Stanford (6:04.2) topped OCC (6:07.32) in the afternoon race,

about 90 minutes after the morning events, said OCC Coach Larry

Moore, who was pleased with his varsity boat’s effort against top

competition.