UCI’s Weichert gets national honor

UC Irvine senior middle blocker Kyle Weichert has been chosen the

Sports Imports/AVCA Division I-II Men’s National Player of the Week.

Weichert recorded 10 kills with zero errors on 14 attempts for a

.714 hitting effort in a win over UC Santa Barbara, the 12th-best

mark in Anteater history. He added four digs, three assists and one

ace against the Gauchos.

Weichert followed that outing with 11 kills and five blocks

against Cal State Northridge. With four block assists against the

Matadors, Weichert became the UCI career leader with 373. He has also

set the single-season record for block assists this year with 152,

before Saturday’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation quarterfinal

loss at BYU.

Weichert averaged 3.25 points, 2.62 kills and 0.88 blocks, while

hitting at a .576 clip (21 kills with two errors in 33 attempts) for

the week in which he was honored.

It is Weichert’s first Player of the Week recognition and he

becomes the fourth UCI men’s player to garner the national honor.

Eagles clinch share of title

* TENNIS: The Estancia High boys tennis team clinched at least a

share of the Golden West League championship Monday by defeating

Saddleback, 10-8, on the Roadrunners courts.

It’s believed to be the first league championship for the Eagles

boys program in at least 10 years.

“This was a huge win for us, but we’re not getting too excited

until we win the whole thing,” Estancia Coach Rachel de los Santos

said.

Monday, sophomore Scott Braunsdorf swept at No. 1 singles to lead

the way and improve to 32-1 in league singles sets this spring.

The No. 2 doubles team of Bryce McKendry and Nick Cox, as well as

the No. 3 duo of David Do and Andy Nelson, won two sets apiece to

help Estancia avenge a 10-8 loss to the Roadrunners in their first

league meeting.

Estancia (10-5, 9-2 in league) can clinch the outright league

crown by defeating Orange in the Eagles’ league finale today.

Sailors edge Vaqueros

* TENNIS: The Newport Harbor High boys tennis team used a

makeshift lineup to defeat Irvine, 10-8, Monday in a Sea View League

match at Heritage Park in Irvine.

Tyler Deck and Charlie Farmer swept at Nos. 1 and 2 singles, respectively, carrying the load for Sailor standout Robert Khoury,

who missed the match to attend to family matters.

In addition, Jake Fleming was shifted from singles to doubles

after sustaining a scratched cornea.

Fleming and partner Ruslan Serydyk, swept at No. 1 doubles to help

the Sailors improve to 12-5, 7-1 in league.

Newport plays host to Laguna Hills today, before visiting

Woodbridge Thursday. With wins over Laguna Hills and Woodbridge, the

Sailors would finish the league season in no worse than a first-place

tie with Woodbridge.

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Sea View League

Newport Harbor 10, Irvine 8

Singles -- Deck (NH) def. Jung, 6-1, def. A. Tu, 6-2, def. E. Le, 6-1; Farmer (NH) won, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; McLaren (NH) lost, 0-6, 0-6, 0-6.

Doubles -- Fleming-Serydyk (NH) def. Bui-Lee, 6-1, def. Nguyen-Chang, 6-2, def. Yang-Lin, 6-2; Espley-Jones/Cefalia (NH) lost, 4-6, won, 6-4, won, 6-0; Davis-Casserly (NH) lost, 3-6, 3-6, 3-6.

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Golden West League

Estancia 10, Saddleback 8 Singles -- Braunsdorf (E), def. V. Tran, 7-5, def. Ng, 6-4, def. Kang, 6-0; Edles (E) lost, 0-6, 1-6, won, 6-2; Aguirre (E) lost, 2-6, 3-6, won, 6-4.

Doubles -- Raymond-Stephenson (E) lost to Vonug-D. Nguyen, 5-7, lost to H. Nguyen-Silaoong, 3-6, def. Luong-Nghim, 6-1; McKendry-Cox (E) lost, 5-7, won, 6-1, 6-3; Do-Nelson (E) lost, 2-6, won, 7-5, 6-0.

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Eagles defeat Lightning

* SWIMMING: The Estancia High boys swim team capped its most

successful regular season in Coach John Carpenter’s 24 years at the

school by earning a 97-69 nonleague victory over visiting Sage Hill

Monday.

Anthony Hermann won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:09.47, a season

best and a CIF Southern Section consideration time.

Chad Kunnert won the 200 freestyle (1:59.93) and the 100

backstroke (1:09.34), while Sean Goodman (1:04.06 in the 100

butterfly) was another individual event winner for the Eagles (10-2).

Estancia, 5-1 in Golden West League meets, enters the league

preliminaries Tuesday at Orange High. The finals are scheduled

Thursday, also at Orange.

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Nonleague

Estancia 97, Sage Hill 69

200 medley relay -- 1. Estancia (Kunnert, Hermann, Goodman Collier), 1:53.44.

200 free -- 1. Kunnert (E), 1:59.93; 2. Collier (E), 2:04.41; 3. Dao (SH), 2:10.25.

200 IM -- 1. Chen (SH), 2:22.95; 2. Hermann (E), 2:34.53; 3. Marsteller (E), 2:50.34.

50 free -- 1. Youngblood (SH), 23.41; 2. Goodman (E), 24.42; 3. Ivanowski (SH), 24.61.

100 fly -- 1. Goodman (E), 1:04.06; 2. Nguyen (SH), 1:06.37; 3. Pang (SH), 1:15.28.

100 free -- 1. Caillouette (SH), 55.12; 2. Colluier (E), 56.72; 3. Youngblood (SH), 1:00.25.

500 free -- 1. Chen (SH), no time; 2. Mellin (E), 6:03.22; 3. Orrantia (SH), 6:37.31.

200 free relay -- Estancia (Collier, DiFrancesco, Goodman, Kunnert), 1:44.97.

100 back -- 1. Kunnert (E), 1:09.34; 2. Pang (SH), 1:13.75; 3. Hulett (E), 1:16.91.

100 breast -- 1. Hermann (E), 1:09.47; 2. Marsteller (E), 1:20.06; 3. Alderete (E), 1:22.87.

400 free relay -- Sage Hill (Caillouette, Youngblood, Ivanowski, Chen), no time.

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Two Eagles stand out

* TRACK AND FIELD: Estancia High sophomore C.J. Buchmann and

junior Alex Cahuantzi topped the Eagles’ competitors at the San

Jacinto invitational track and field meet Saturday at San Jacinto

High.

Buchman finished fourth in one of three heats in the 1,600 meters

and his time of 4:39.4 was a personal record by more than seven

seconds.

Cahuantzi was sixth in his 1,600 heat in 4:40.93.

Eagles earn CIF honor

* GOLF: The Estancia High boys golf program has earned an annual

CIF Southern Section academic award that recognizes the top team

grade-point average in each sport.

Drew Bertoni, Danny Kao, Nick Lettieri, Garrett McMasters, Jason

Les, Greg Les, John Rausch, Austin Serr and Marcus Sostak had a

combined 3.513 GPA.

The Eagles, along with other section team award winners, will be

recognized before the May 3 Anaheim Angels-Detroit Tigers 7:05 p.m.

baseball game at Angels Stadium.