Gonzalez keys title

Vanguard University junior Irma Gonzalez won the women’s individual

title to help the Lions earn the team championship at the Cal

Lutheran cross country invitational Saturday in Thousand Oaks.

Gonzalez, who completed the hilly course in 20 minutes, 30

seconds, was joined by two teammates in the top five.

Senior Jenny Thune finished fourth and Estancia High product Liz

Huipe was fifth, though their times were not available.

Freshman Laura Bowman was 11th and senior Bridget Lonsdale was

19th to help Vanguard top the 10-school field with 40 points.

Westmont was second with 68 points and Occidental was third.

The men’s official times and team scores were unavailable because

of computer failure, but junior Matt Meyer paced VU with a

fourth-place overall finish in 28:10.

Rounding out the VU contingent were freshman Travis Hartanov

(19th), sophomore Alex Castro (24th), senior John Nelson (46th) and

sophomore Costa Mesa High product Zach Powell (49th).

Sailors finish fifth

* VOLLEYBALL: The Newport Harbor High girls volleyball team

dropped its final two matches late Saturday night to finish fifth at

the Northwest invitational at Walla Walla High in Washington.

The Sailors were defeated by Kamiakim (Wash.), 13-25, 26-24,

16-14, despite leading in the second and third games of the

fifth-place match.

Newport fell to Mead (Wash.), the reigning state Class 4-A

champion, 25-20, 25-19, in the championship semifinal match, to fall

into an unusual loser’s bracket format, rather than the traditional

third-place match that typically awaits tournament semifinal losers.

The Sailors (2-1) were led in the tournament by senior outside

hitter Kiley Hall, who was named to the all-tournament team, as well

as senior setter Taryn Tarnutzer.

The Sailors defeated Coeur d’Alene (Idaho), 25-22, 25-13, in the

quarterfinals Saturday, after sweeping all four opponents in their

pool.

In pool play, which featured single-game matches Saturday, Newport

Harbor defeated Redmond (Wash.), 30-21, Richland (Wash.), 30-10, Lake

City (Idaho), 30-20, and Pendleton (Ore.), 30-24.

Mead went on to win the tournament.

Peace Lion of Week

* VOLLEYBALL: Vanguard University senior middle blocker Sonrisa

Peace, named all-tournament in both tournaments she has played this

fall, has been named Lion of the Week by the school.

The 5-foot-11 standout helped Vanguard go 3-1 at the Cal State

Monterey Bay tournament, Aug. 27-28.

She then helped the Lions win two of three in the Concordia

tournament completed Sept. 4.

Peace had a team-high 14 kills in a five-game match against

Carroll College Sept. 3. Later the same day, she led the team with

nine kills in the three-game sweep of Daemen College of New York.

On Sept. 4, Peace ended the festival with a seven-kill performance

in Vanguard’s sweep over Holy Names University.

Pirates win twice

* WATER POLO: The Orange Coast College women’s water polo team

defeated Merced, 9-6, and Los Angeles Valley, 15-0, Saturday, to

conclude the two-day Cypress tournament with a 3-1 record at Cypress

College.

Freshman two-meter standout Jeanette DeMeneces scored three goals

to pace the Pirates (3-1) against Merced. She added two goals against

L.A. Valley to finish with 13 for the tournament.

The rare shutout against L.A. Valley included five saves by

freshman goalie Katharine Anderson, who went the distance after

sharing time with freshman Kelly Dargel against Merced.

OCC’s Cynthia Hilgenberg had a team-high four goals against L.A.

Valley.

The tournament had a round-robin format with no places.

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Cypress tournament

OCC 9, Merced 6

Score by Quarters

OCC 1 2 3 3 -- 9

Merced 2 1 1 2 -- 6

OCC -- J. DeMeneces 3, L. DeMeneces 2, Harvey 2,

Lantz 1, Strack 1. Saves -- Dargel 4, Anderson 2.

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OCC 15, L.A. Valley 0

Score by Quarters

OCC 5 7 2 1 -- 15

L.A. Valley 0 0 0 0 -- 0

OCC -- Hilgenberg 4, Fisher 3, Strack 2, Maher 2,

J. DeMeneces 2, DeBerry 1, Lantz 1. Saves --

Anderson 5.

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