Sea Kings shine again

Corona del Mar High’s girls tennis team took eight of nine singles

sets to roll to a 14-4 nonleague victory over host Woodbridge

Tuesday.

Sophomore Jillian Braverman didn’t lose a game in sweeping her

three singles sets while Hayley Young and Jill Damion each took two

sets. Damion was down to Ashley Williams, Woodbridge’s top singles

player, 4-1 before rallying for a 7-5 victory.

Freshman Allie Walters and partner Rachael Miller won two doubles

sets for CdM (2-0), which faces another stiff test in host Peninsula

at 2 p.m. today.

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Nonleague

Corona del Mar 14, Woodbridge 4 Singles -- H. Young (CdM) def. Caro, 6-1, def. Fernandez, 6-1, lost to Williams, 6-7 (4-7); Braverman (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Damion (CdM) won, 6-0, sub Bryan (CdM), won, 6-2, Damion won, 7-5. Doubles -- Walters-Miller (CdM) def. Cao-Reeves, 6-2, def.

Bremer-Castteton, 6-1, sub Chen-McKitterick (CdM) def. Call-Snyderman, 7-5; Norman-Fransen (CdM) lost, 2-6, sub M. Young-Norman (CdM) won, 6-4, Norman-Fransen, lost, 3-6; Atkins-Kaiden (CdM) lost, 3-6, won, 6-4, Steele-Atkins (CdM) won, 6-4.

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Mesa starts off winning

* VOLLEYBALL: The Costa Mesa High girls volleyball team got off to

a stellar start to the season with a road sweep of Santa Ana Valley

Tuesday.

The Mustangs won 25-10, 25-12, 25-22 thanks to four-year varsity

setter Jackie Havens, who had 25 assists in the match. Danielle

Morton, a sophomore playing in her varsity match, recorded seven

kills for Mesa. Lindsey Navarrette finished with nine aces and five

kills, and Tracy Bjelland had five kills and six aces on the night.

Costa Mesa will travel to Bolsa Grande Thursday.

Eagles win easily

* GOLF: Sophomore Bridget Gleason shot a 46 to lead the Estancia

High girls golf team to a 254-286 Golden West League victory over

host Ocean View at the par-36 Meadowlark Golf Course in Huntington

Beach Tuesday.

Sophomore Lina You shot 47 followed by freshman Taylor West (48),

sophomore Josie Flores (53) and junior Lauren Cushing (60) for the

Eagles, (1-1, 1-0 in league).

Sailors dominate again

* TENNIS: Newport Harbor High’s girls tennis team dominated in its

17-1 nonleague blowout win over host Sunny Hills on Tuesday.

Junior Brittanny Sturgess did not lose a game in No. 2 singles to

keep the Sailors (2-0) undefeated. The Tars beat Costa Mesa, 17-1,

last week.

Newport Harbor hosts Tesoro on Thursday.

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Nonleague

Newport Harbor 17, Sunny Hills 1

Singles -- Casserly (NH) def. Less, 6-1, def. Oh., 6-0 (Nestende NH sub) def. An, 6-3; Sturgess (NH) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Schwartz (NH) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles -- McKay-McIntosh (NH) lost to Shih-Chang, 4-6, def. Jung-Lee, 6-0, Jeeh-Choi, 6-3; Adams-Edmonston (NH) won 6-4, (Adams-Dunlap NH sub.) won 6-3, 6-4; Nelson-Chinn won 6-2, 6-0, 6-4.

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Sage breezes past Vaqs

TENNIS: Sage Hill School rebounded from last week’s close loss to

Laguna Beach with an impressive 13-5 home victory over Rancho

Alamitos in a nonleague match Tuesday.

Sophomore Sarah Geocaris was perfect in her No. 1 singles sets to

lead the Lightning to the win over the Vaqueros (2-1). Sage Hill

travels to El Toro Friday.

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Nonleague

Sage Hill 13, Rancho Alamitos 5

Singles -- Geocaris (SH) def. def Mazaheri 6-2, def. Tran 6-0, def. T. Nguyen 6-0; Langer (SH) won 6-3, lost 3-6, won 6-2; Shu won 6-1, 6-1, lost 2-6.

Doubles - Flynn-Lee (SH) def. Youn-V. Ngyun 6-4, def. Truong-Runyard 6-1, def. Vong-Smith 6-1; Andrews-Webb won 6-3, 6-2, 6-2; Graham-Han (SH), lost 1-6, 4-6, 3-6.

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Strong meet for Sage

* CROSS COUNTRY: The Sage Hill School’s boys and girls cross

country teams each opened up their dual-meet seasons with victories

over nonleague foe J. Serra Tuesday at Mason Park in Irvine.

Freshman Katie McKeon took first place in 20:59 in leading the

Lightning girls to a 21-36 victory on the three-mile course. Mollie

McGann came in second (21:59), followed by Iral Brito (fifth, 25:18),

Kelsey Rose (sixth, 25:53) and Sara Montezami (seventh, 26:21).

Montezami and Brito each ran personal bests.

Sage Hill senior Mike Voge took first on the boys side in 17:45

followed in second by freshman Connor Rose (17:55), who set a

personal best. Sage took the top four spots with Zach Chandy (third,

18:01) and Tim Lefler (fourth, 18:38), followed by teammate David

Packard, (seventh, 20:32).

Sea Kings lose on road

* VOLLEYBALL: Corona del Mar High senior middle blocker Lindsey

Ensign contributed 16 kills, 11 digs and three blocks and senior

outside hitter Jordan Smith had 14 kills and 12 digs, but the host

San Clemente girls volleyball team defeated the Sea Kings Tuesday

night, 26-24, 18-25, 25-15, 25-22.

Setter Traci Lawson also paced the Sea Kings (1-1) with 19 assists

and three service aces. It was San Clemente’s season opener. The Sea

Kings play Friday in the Dave Mohs tournament at Edison.

UCI takes fourth

* GOLF: The UC Irvine men’s golf team finished fourth in the

Northwest Collegiate Classic that concluded Tuesday at Trysting Tree

Golf Club in Corvallis, Ore.

Freshman Garrett Sapp shot a 1-under-par 71 in the final round to

tie for fourth place in the season opener for the Anteaters. Junior

Jay Choe tied for the lowest round Tuesday, shooting a 4-under 68, to

finish eighth overall in the three-day tournament.