Mustangs claim water polo crown

The Costa Mesa High boys water polo team defeated Troy, 10-5, in the

championship game of the Tustin tournament Saturday at Tustin High.

Senior Adam Douglas scored six goals in the title game, in which

the Mustangs outscored the Warriors, 5-0, in the fourth quarter to

pull away.

Costa Mesa junior Kyle Thorsness scored seven goals to pace a 15-5

semifinal win over Laguna Hills Saturday.

The Golden West League champion Mustangs, ranked No. 10 in CIF

Southern Section Division II, improved to 19-5.

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Tustin tournament

Final Costa Mesa 10, Troy 5

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 3 1 1 5 -- 10

Troy 3 0 2 0 -- 5

Costa Mesa -- Douglas 6, Yellin 1, Thorsness 1,

Spencer 1, Adamowicz 1. Saves -- Gatti 2.

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Semifinal Costa Mesa 15, Laguna Hills 5

Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 4 4 4 3 -- 15

Laguna Hills 1 0 2 2 -- 5

Costa Mesa -- Thorsness 7, Douglas 3, Medina 2,

Fisk 1, Roche 1, Adamowicz 1. Saves -- Gatti 10.

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Coast rules SoCal

* CROSS COUNTRY: Orange Coast College’s Kellen Acosta and Ludi

Valdez each won their respective men’s and women’s individual titles

while both Pirate squads claimed team titles at the Commission on

Athletics Southern California cross country championships Saturday at

Fairbanks Park in San Luis Obispo.

The Pirate men and women each claimed team titles for the third

straight year, this time by a wide margin. The OCC women finished

with 48 points while Riverside came in second with 114.

On the men’s side, Coast, which placed three runners in the top

four, tallied 38 points to second-place San Bernardino Valley’s 133.

Acosta finished in 22:27 while former Estancia High standout

Humberto Rojas took third in 22:38. Jose Casillas finished fourth in

22:47.

Valdez, also a former Estancia runner, took first in 16:04 on the

women’s side.

Other Coast men finishers included Jason Valenzuela (10th in

23:20), Matt Staggs (20th in 23:53), Jesus Salazar (49th in 24:32)

and Patrick Fitzgerald (56th in 24:40).

OCC’s Emilie Vo (17:04) placed sixth overall on the women’s side

while teammate Gaby Santana finished eighth in 17:06. Nor Hernandez

(14th in 17:20), Jewel Buttler (21st in 17:43), Rebecca Powell (25th

in 17:48) and Jenny Sliwa (29th in 17:56) contributed for Coast.

Both Pirate squads will compete in the state finals Nov. 20 at

Woodward Park in Fresno.

‘Eater duo in final

* TENNIS: UC Irvine seniors Brian Morton and Ryusuke Kashiwabara

won two men’s tennis matches Saturday to advance to today’s doubles

final at the Southern California intercollegiates at the Los Angeles

Tennis Club.

Morton, a Corona del Mar High product, and Kashiwabara, the No. 4

seed, defeated Billy Mertz and Luigi D’Agord from Alabama, 8-2, in

the quarterfinals.

The UCI twosome then topped BYU’s Nima Roshan and Jose Luis

Lechuga, 9-8 (8-6 in the tiebreaker) to advance to today’s 2 p.m.

title clash against UCLA’s top-seeded Alberto Francis and Kris

Kwinta.

Morton, beaten by UCLA senior Luben Pampoulov, 7-6, 6-0, in

Saturday’s singles semifinal, teamed with former Anteater Jonathan

Endrikat to win the doubles crown at this tournament two years ago.

Pirates finish third

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

defeated Fullerton, 6-3, in the third-place game of the Orange Empire

Conference tournament Saturday at Cypress College.

Freshman Ann Marie Fisher scored three goals, while Erin Harvey,

Laura DeMeneces and Lianne Todisco each had one goal for the Pirates

(19-9).

Freshman Kelly Dargel had five saves for OCC.

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Orange Empire Conference tournament

Orange Coast 6, Fullerton 3

Score by Quarters

Orange Coast 0 2 2 2 -- 6

Fullerton 1 1 1 0 -- 3

Orange Coast -- Fisher 3, Harvey 1, DeMeneces 1,

Todisco 1. Saves -- Dargel 5. Fullerton -- Benson

2, Peterson 1. Saves -- Reyes 2.

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UCI’s Jones doubles

* SWIMMING AND DIVING: UC Irvine freshman diver Jackie Jones

continued to sparkle on the second and final day of the Big West

Conference men’s and women’s swimming and diving shootout Saturday at

the Anteater Aquatics Complex.

Jones won the women’s one-meter and three-meter diving events in

Pool A to produce UCI’s only individual wins. She also won on the

three-meter board Friday.

Hawaii sophomore Nicole Mackey, a former Newport Harbor High

standout, won the 200-yard backstroke in 2 minutes, 1.23 seconds, and

was second in the 200 individual medley (2:04.21).

Four Anteaters earned second-place showings, including freshman

Chelsea Negata (23.93 in the women’s 50 freestyle) and freshman Tom

Randall (21.24 in the men’s 50 free).

Sophomore Daniel Simonson was second in the 200 breaststroke

(2:07.2) and senior Evan Mitchell was second in men’s three-meter

diving.

Allen Moheimani (men’s one- and three-meter diving) and Eddie

Frazo (1:53.78 in the men’s 100 butterfly and 1:51.31 in the 200

back) led UCI’s third-place finishers.

Also third for UCI were: Duke Krautim (1:55.2 in the men’s 200

I.M.); Franny Brittle (women’s one-meter diving); Eric Reilly (46.34

in the men’s 100 free); and Lara Bjargardottir (2:20.02 in the

women’s 200 breaststroke).

The UCI women earned team wins over UC Santa Barbara and the

University of San Diego, while falling to Hawaii and Washington.

The UCI men were defeated by Washington, Hawaii and UCSB.

Fullen makes a stand

* WATER POLO: Corona del Mar High senior Brittany Fullen made

eight saves in two games as Team Graffiti went 1-0-1 to open play in

the third annual Speedo Top 40 Festival at the USA Water Polo

National Aquatic Center in Los Alamitos Saturday. Former CdM standout

Christina Hewko, who now attends Stanford, scored two goals for the

United States women’s junior national team [Team Aster] in its 7-7

tie with Livewire. The tournament concludes today.

Lions sweep Azusa

* VOLLEYBALL: Sonrisa Peace tallied a match-high 14 kills while

Kim Wynn added 11 to help the host Vanguard University women’s

volleyball team snap a two-match losing streak with a 30-23, 30-24,

31-29 Golden State Athletic Conference victory over Azusa Pacific

Saturday.

With the win, the Lions (23-11, 10-8 in the GSAC) moved into a tie

for fourth place in the conference with two matches remaining.

Marissa Cothran amassed 31 assists while Sevryn Demos and Keri

DeHaas had 15 and 14 digs, respectively for the winners.

‘Eaters tie for third

* GOLF: The UC Irvine men’s golf team tied Long Beach State for

third place in the Del Walker Intercollegiate tournament that

concluded Friday at Virginia Country Club in Long Beach.

Two Anteater players finished in the top five as sophomore Brian

Edick tied for third at 2-under-par 211 (70-71-70) while freshman

Garrett Sapp placed fifth at even-par 213 (69-74-70).

UCI junior Jay Choe was 28th at 222 (71-73-78), freshman Kenny Kim

placed 32nd at 223 (72-73-78) and junior Ryne Rindfleisch finished

50th at 229 (80-74-75).

Lamar won the 12-team tournament with a 54-hole total of 862. UCI

and Long Beach State each scored 866.

Denver’s Barrett Jarosch was the medalist with a three-round score

of 4-under 209 (70-74-65).

The tournament concluded the fall schedule for UCI, which recorded

top-five finishes in three of the six events. UCI returns to

competition in the PING-Arizona Intercollegiate tournament at Arizona

National Golf Club in Tucson Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.

Long Beach downs UCI

* VOLLEYBALL: Senior outside hitter Kelly Wing tallied a

match-high 27 kills and 17 digs, but it was not enough as the UC

Irvine women’s volleyball team fell to host Long Beach State, 30-18,

33-31, 30-32, 30-25, in a Big West Conference match Saturday.

Trisha White (16), Sami Cash (11) and Amanda Vazquez (10) all

tallied kills for the Anteaters (16-7, 9-5 in conference), who came

in riding a three-match winning streak.

Alexis Crimes led the 49ers (18-4, 10-4) with 19 kills followed by

Makini Thompson with 18. Long Beach improved to 13-1 at home this

season.

Dream season ends

* SOCCER: The Vanguard University men’s soccer team ended its

finest season in school history with a 5-2 loss to host Azusa Pacific

in a heated battle of the Golden State Athletic Conference champions

in the NAIA Region II semifinals Saturday.

Andriy Budnyy scored two goals to go with three assists for

third-ranked Azusa Pacific (16-1-1), which took a 2-0 lead 20 minutes

into the contest.

Nathan Kramer scored both goals for Vanguard (16-5), with assists

from Matt Hess and Mark Babel.

The game, however, turned ugly in the second half, when eight of

the nine total cards -- two reds and seven cautions -- were handed

out.

OCC men fourth

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

to Riverside, 7-4, in the third-place game of the Orange Empire

Conference tournament Saturday at Cypress College.

Austin Price, Alex Avetoom, Todd Swanson and Paul Collier all

scored goals for the Pirates (6-18).

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Orange Empire Conference tournament

Riverside 7, Orange Coast 4

Score by Quarters

Orange Coast 1 2 1 0 -- 4

Riverside 2 4 0 1 -- 7

Orange Coast -- Price 1, Avetoom 1, Swanson 1,

Collier 1. Saves -- Hellmich 9. Riverside --

Sewell 2, Olds 2, Kinzer 1, Huang 1, Ungerer 1.

Saves -- Bauerlein 5.

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Highlanders edge UCI

* SOCCER: Luc Harrington scored on a penalty kick in the second

overtime to lift host UC Riverside to a 1-0 Big West Conference men’s

soccer win over UC Irvine Saturday.

Senior Lorne Howlett had five shots and sophomore teammate Brad

Evans had three for UCI (6-11-0, 2-5-0 in conference).

UCI goalie Cameron Rossi made five saves, while UCR ‘keeper

Charles Alamo made six.

UCR improved to 7-8-1, 4-3-1.

UCI’s Barry honored

* WATER POLO: UC Irvine junior Dreason Barry has been named the

Mikasa Co-Player of the Week in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

men’s water polo.

Barry scored six goals in last weekend’s two victories. He scored

a pair of goals in a 9-7 win over USC and a game-high four in last

Sunday’s 10-6 win over UC San Diego.