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Estancia rolls in tennis

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Junior Heather Morton and Yvonne Zaidler each swept in singles to

help the host Estancia High girls tennis team continue to roll in the

Golden West League with a 16-2 victory over Orange Thursday.

Morton, playing singles for the first time in her three-year

varsity career, lost five games while Sara Stratton took two of three

singles sets for Estancia, coming off an undefeated (12-0)

league-title season.

Junior Sage O’Toole paired with two different partners, Elizabeth

Armstrong and Kirsten Miller, to sweep in doubles while senior Marci

Kirchberg and junior Sarah Muradian also claimed three sets.

Sage Hill starts strong

* TENNIS: Junior Grace Graham and freshman Brina Dokage swept in

doubles to help lead Sage Hill School to a 14-4 nonleague girls

tennis victory over host Calvary Chapel at the Costa Mesa Tennis

Center Thursday.

Sage sophomore Sarah Geocaris lost just one game in winning two

sets before freshman Alex Williams took her place. Sophomore

Stephanie Langer claimed all three of her singles sets for Sage

(1-0), including one by default.

Senior Sarah Flynn and partner Carissa Cummings took two of three

doubles sets for Sage, which hosts nonleague foe Laguna Beach at the

Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club at 3 p.m. today.

Sailors, Wolverines tie

* FIELD HOCKEY: Junior Danica Kalmbach scored only goal for the

Newport Harbor High field hockey team, but it was enough to tie

visiting Harvard-Westlake, 1-1, in a nonleague game Thursday at

Harper School.

Senior Jenny Taylor sent in the assist to Kalmbach, standing near

the post, to give Newport a 1-0 lead in the second half.

Harvard-Westlake tied the game off a corner with four minutes

remaining.

Senior Ciara Lawrence made nine saves in goal for the Sailors

(1-0-1) while sisters Rachel and Lyndsi Foster played aggressively at

the midfield and on defense, Newport Coach Piper Archibald said.

DeHaas paces VU

* VOLLEYBALL: Junior Keri DeHaas finished with match highs in

kills (18) and digs (22) to lead the host Vanguard University women’s

volleyball team to its fourth straight victory with a 30-23, 30-23,

30-25 Golden State Athletic Conference win over Christian Heritage

Thursday.

Sonrisa Peace and Jaclyn Lee tallied 13 and 12 kills, respectively, while setter Marissa Cothran dished 44 assists for

Vanguard (7-2, 2-0 in the GSAC). Christian Heritage fell to 1-5, 0-2.

Mustangs singled out

* TENNIS: Costa Mesa High’s girls tennis team won seven of nine

doubles sets in its season opener, but Westminster claimed all nine

singles sets and an 11-7 Golden West League victory Thursday.

Mesa’s No. 2 doubles team of Leah Le and Hong-An Nguyen swept

their three sets while Anh Le and Gwen Martinez, along with the

tandem of Maria Garcia and Uyen Le, each claimed two sets for the

Mustangs.

CdM, Tars compete

* GOLF: Corona del Mar High’s girls golf team finished ninth out

of 19 squads in the inaugural Shootout at Strawberry Farms tournament

Thursday.

Katie McKitterick led the Sea Kings with an 84, followed by

teammates Caitlin McDonald (91), Katie Albright (91), Jonna Kim (95)

and Maggie Nelson (99).

CdM shot 462 while Newport Harbor placed 16th with a 496 in the

season-opening 18-hole tournament. Natalie Draganza and Kayleigh Horn

each shot 89 for Harbor.

Defending state champion Peninsula won with a 413, followed by San

Clemente (432) and PCL foe University (438).

CdM faces Santa Margarita at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Dove Canyon

Country Club before taking on Newport at the same time at Newport

Beach Country Club Thursday.

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