Pirates topple No. 1

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

top-ranked Riverside, 7-5, in an Orange Empire Conference game held

Wednesday.

Jeanette DeMeneces and Lianne Todisco each had two goals to lead

the Pirates (18-8, 5-1 in the OEC), ranked fourth in the state, to

the victory against the No. 1 squad in California.

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Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast 7, Riverside 5

Score by Quarters

Riverside 2 1 1 1 -- 5

Orange Coast 4 1 2 0 -- 7

Riverside -- Rahn 2, Inglett 1, Stuursma 1, Van

Gorder 1. Saves -- Williams 4. Orange Coast -- J.

DeMeneces 2, Todisco 2, Chico 1, L. DeMeneces 1,

Hilgenberg 1. Saves -- Dangel 5, Anderson 5.

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Lions set win record

* SOCCER: The Vanguard University men’s soccer team, which entered

the NAIA top 25 rankings for the first time this season, set a

program record for single-season victories with its 3-0 Golden State

Athletic Conference victory against Westmont at Biola University

Wednesday in a makeup game from Tuesday.

The 13th-ranked Lions (14-4, 8-1 in the GSAC), who eclipsed last

season’s win total of 13, received goals from Matt Hess, Nathan

Kramer and Mariano Salcedo, all on assists from Jose Hernandez.

Vanguard’s Tommaso Bianchi totaled six saves in earning his

conference-leading seventh shutout this season.

Newport ousts Laguna

* WATER POLO: Daniel Furman and Nate Castillo each tallied three

goals to lead the host Newport Harbor High boys water polo team to a

10-4 Sea View League victory against Laguna Hills Wednesday.

Clay Jorth, Carson Hill and Telford Cottam each scored one goal

for Newport (12-8, 3-1 in league) while senior goalkeeper Michael

Robinson made five saves.

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Sea View League

Newport 10, Laguna Hills 4

Score by Quarters

Laguna Hills 0 0 1 3 -- 4

Newport Harbor 1 4 3 2 -- 10

Laguna Beach -- Cho 3, Hewko 1. Saves -- Buller

7. Newport Harbor -- Furman 3, Castillo 3, Jorth

2, Hill 1, Cottam 1. Saves -- Robinson 5.

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Sea Kings stymie Trojans

* WATER POLO: The Corona del Mar High boys water polo team

remained undefeated in Pacific Coast League play with a 16-3 victory

over visiting University Wednesday.

Thomas Pearson and Walker Russell each had three goals while Tom

Money, Spencer Pirdy and Bryan Buhagiar each tallied two scores to

lead the Sea Kings (13-7, 3-0 in league) to their third consecutive

league victory. Michael Berry, Kyle Hersh, Jacob Murphy and Chad

March each added one goal for CdM.

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Pacific Coast League

Corona del Mar 16, University 3 Score by Quarters

University 1 2 0 0 -- 3

CdM 3 5 3 5 -- 16

Corona del Mar -- Russell 3, Pearson 3, Money 2,

Pirdy 2, Buhagiar 2, Berry 1, Murphy 1, Hersh 1,

March 1. Saves -- Anthony 9, Sanford 3.

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Coast women sweep

* VOLLEYBALL: The Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team

swept host Fullerton, 30-20, 30-21, 30-23, in an Orange Empire

Conference match Wednesday.

Donka Drozd and Melissa Zapiain each had 15 kills to lead the

Pirates (10-3, 6-2 overall), who have won five straight, over the

Hornets.

Seahawks outlast Mesa

* VOLLEYBALL: Lindsey Navarrette slammed 12 kills to go with a

team-high 23 digs for the visiting Costa Mesa High’s girls volleyball

team, which fell to Golden West League powerhouse Ocean View, 25-15,

25-17, 17-25, 17-25, 15-12, Wednesday.

Tracy Bjelland matched Navarrette with 12 kills while Jackie

Havens added 30 assists for Mesa (7-5, 6-4 in league), which sits in

third place in the league standings with three matches remaining.

Heather Williams added five aces for the Mustangs. Ocean View (12-1,

9-0 in league) sits atop the league standings.

Sage Hill sweeps

* VOLLEYBALL: The host Sage Hill School girls volleyball team

defeated Capistrano Valley Christian, 25-16, 25-18, 25-19, in an Academy League match Wednesday at Sage.

Cat Dailey led the Lightning (12-5, 6-1 in league) with 11 kills

and seven aces, while Haywood Wright had six kills.

OCC men downed

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

defeated by Riverside, 16-6, in an Orange Empire Conference game

Wednesday.

Paul Collier had three goals, while Austin Price, Alex Avetoom and

Todd Swanson each had one for the Pirates.

Orange Coast (6-13, 1-4 in the OEC) went down early, giving up six

goals in the first period, and trailed, 9-3, at the half.

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Orange Empire Conference

Riverside 16, Orange Coast 6

Score by Quarters

Riverside 6 3 5 2 -- 16

Orange Coast 2 1 2 1 -- 6

Riverside -- Olds 3, Looy 3, Heitman 2, Canady 1,

Holderman 1, Bartley 1, Lyons 1, Huang 1,

O’Donnell 1, Sewell 1, Swanberg 1. Saves --

Bauerlein 4, Robertson 2. Orange Coast -- Collier

3, Price 1, Avetoom 1, Swanson 1. Saves -- Shin 4.

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Newport hosts first round

* FIELD HOCKEY: The Newport Harbor High girls field hockey team

will begin defense of its Tournament of Champions title when it hosts

Chaminade on Saturday at Harper Community Center at a time to be

determined.