OCC takes down No. 1

The Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team battled host Golden

West College, ranked No. 1 in California, through five games and came

out victorious 18-30, 21-30, 30-28, 30-23, 15-12, Friday night in

Orange Empire Conference action.

Melissa Zapiain had two kills near the end of the fifth game, and

Donka Drozd had one to help topple Golden West. Zapiain finished with

42 kills and Drozd with 22. Sammy Connors added 21 kills as OCC

improved its record to 10-1, 6-1 in conference.

Orange Coast started the first two games strong, but too many

unforced errors caused those games to slip away. But Coast scratched

and clawed its way back to win the next three in dramatic fashion.

Coast upped the pressure on its serves during the last three

games, which eventually led to the downfall of Golden West (10-1,

6-1).

UC Irvine women shine

* CROSS COUNTRY: With many of the program’s top runners resting

this weekend in preparation for the Big West Conference championships

Oct. 30, UC Irvine still had strong showings in at the Titan

invitational Friday at Cal State Fullerton.

The Anteater women finished second with 75 points as UCLA won the

10-team meet with 52. Brooke Thomas of the Cal Coast Track Club won

the 5,000-meter race in 17:15.5.

UCI’s Elaine Gillespie and Amber Gordon finished 11th and 12th,

respectively, in 18:27.4 and 18:28.9. Megan Fairley placed 14th

(18:29.3), Kaleena Yee was 21st (18:53.3), Melissa Ramos finished

27th (19:06.9), Natalie St. Andre was 32nd (19:19.1) and Lauren Jerd

35th (19:28.9) to complete the Anteaters’ top seven.

The Anteater men finished fourth with 125 points as the Cal Coast

Track Club won the eight-team meet with 25 points. Gabe Hernandez of

the Cal Coast Track Club won the 8,000-meter race in 24:40.7.

UCI’s Russell Bush placed 22nd in 26:12.0, Silvestre Uribe was

24th in 26:15.8 and Dan Driscoll was 34th in 26:47.5. Adrian Doty

(26:56.6) finished 37th, Brandon Lucero was 42nd (27:16.5), Travis

Bruton was 45th (27:26.8) and Brian Brierly was 51st (28:03.4) to round out the Anteaters’ first seven finishers.

Eagles ground Mariners

* WATER POLO: Estancia High juniors Danny Alderete and Chad Kunert

had four goals apiece to lead the Eagles to a 14-7 nonlegue boys

water polo victory over visiting Pacifica Friday.

Kunert scored all four of his goals in the second period, when the

Eagles (10-8) outscored the Mariners, 7-1, after earning a 2-1

first-quarter lead.

Pacifica fell to 1-14.

Estancia (3-1 in the Golden West League), hosts league rival Santa

Ana Tuesday in a game Eagles Coach John Carpenter said could

determine his team’s ability to make the CIF Southern Section

playoffs.

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Nonleague

Estancia 14, Pacifica 7

Score by Quarters

Pacifica 1 1 2 3 -- 7

Estancia 2 7 4 1 -- 14

Pacifica -- Joe Smith 2, Joh. Smith 2, Ayers 2,

Beeler 1. Saves -- Dalton 4. Estancia -- Alderete

4, Kunert 4, Hulett 2, Buchmann 2, Mellin 1,

Goodman 1. Saves -- McElveny 5, McDonald 2.

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Havens ignites Mesa

* VOLLEYBALL: Lindsey Navarrette of Costa Mesa High had eight

kills and 12 digs and teammate Tracy Bjelland contributed six kills

and 19 digs as the host Mustangs swept Saddleback, 25-12, 25-17,

25-15, in a Golden West League girls volleyball match Friday.

Setter Jackie Havens added 21 assists and six service aces for the

Mustangs (7-4, 6-3 in league), while scoring her team’s first 14

points from behind the service line to open the third game and give

the Mustangs a 14-0 lead.

Costa Mesa will host Ocean View at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday. Ocean View

defeated Mesa in five games in the first round.

Lavery moving on

* GOLF: Mike Lavery, the 2003 Big West Conference medalist for UC

Irvine, tied for 17th place following Friday’s fourth and final round

of the PGA Qualifying School at the Greg Norman Course at PGA West in

La Quinta to advance to the second stage.

Lavery shot a 76 Friday to finish with a 72-hole total of 293

(67-80-70-76). The low 23 finishers and ties advanced to the second

stage of qualifying to be played at six sites in mid-November with

the finals at the PGA West Stadium Course and Nicklaus Tournament

Course in La Quinta Dec. 1-6.

Other former Anteaters in the field included Perry Parker (299,

T37th), Jeff Coburn (302, T48th) and Jesse Lanham (303, T52nd).

Sage sweeps Oxford

* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School girls volleyball team swept

Oxford, 25-13, 25-20, 25-19, in an Academy League match Friday at

Oxford.

Haywood Wright had 12 kills to lead the Lightning (11-5, 5-1 in

league), while Cat Dailey had 11 kills, three aces and two blocks.

Newcomer Kelly Hutchinson, a sophomore, added five kills and two

aces.

The Lightning host Capistrano Valley Christian Tuesday at 5 p.m.,

and then St. Margaret’s Thursday in an Academy League showdown.

Sage Hill rolls to win

* TENNIS: The Sage Hill School girls tennis team steam rolled

Brethren Christian 18-0, Friday in an Academy League match at

Brethren.

All three Sage (9-5, 7-1 in league) singles players, Stephanie

Langer, Sarah Geocaris and Alyssa Lee, swept their sets, along with

all three doubles teams -- Sarah Flynn, Alle Hsu, Grace Graham,

Rachel Heyler, Salen Andrews and Carissa Cummings.

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Academy League

Singles -- Langer (SH) def. Beatty, 6-1, def. Pearce, 6-0, def. Nkansah, 6-0; Geocaris (SH) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Lee (SH) won, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles -- Flynn-Hsu (SH) def. Lounsloun-Ringle, 6-1, def. Spowart-Ransom, 7-5, def. Szala-Ellis, 6-3. Graham-Heyler (SH) won, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3; Andrews-Cummings (SH) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3.

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Pirates blank Hawks

* SOCCER: The host Orange Coast College men’s soccer team shut out

Santiago Canyon, 4-0, Friday in Orange Empire Conference action.

Jose Serpas score three goals to lead the Pirates (8-3-3, 6-1-2 in

conference). Irwin Salas scored the first goal for Coast in the third

minute. OCC goalie Trent Painter had five saves.

UCI swept by Pacific

* VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine women’s volleyball team was swept

30-20, 30-28, 30-26 by Pacifica Friday evening at Irvine.

Kelly Wing had 19 kills to lead the Anteaters (13-6, 6-4 in

conference) and Sami Cash had 11. Keegan Featherstone had 13 digs in

the loss to Pacifica (11-6, 8-2).

49ers topple UCI

* SOCCER: The UC Irvine women’s soccer team lost to host Long

Beach State, 3-1, in Big West Conference action Friday.

Lauren Wiley scored the lone goal for the Anteaters (4-11-2, 1-6

in conference), while Alyson Spencer, Britney Webster, Kim Conlan,

Frankee Kelly, Gina Scachetti and Julie Scheppele all attempted

shots. Long Beach is 6-8-2, 1-5-1. Marissa Welliver had three saves

for UCI.

Cypress beats OCC

* SOCCER: April Pate scored Orange Coast College’s only goal as

host Cypress defeated the Pirates, 3-1, in an Orange Empire

Conference women’s soccer game Friday.

Cypress (12-1-1, 10-1-1 in the OEC) led, 1-0, at halftime. Kara

DeMille had eight goalie saves for OCC.