Duarte, 10 others All-CIF

Costa Mesa High senior Nilani Duarte has earned first-team

recognition for a third straight season to highlight 11 Newport-Mesa

players named All-CIF Southern Section in girls soccer.

Duarte, a midfielder, is a first-team pick in Division III, where

she helped lead the Mustangs to a 19-3 record.

Sage Hill School senior goalie Laura Gordon and freshman forward

Kellee Kim are first-team honorees in Division VI, after propelling

the Lightning to a 21-2-1 record and a berth in the CIF Division VI

semifinals.

Newport Harbor High senior sweeper Erin Hardy is a second-team

choice in Division I, while junior defender Phoebe Chang represents

Corona del Mar on the Division II second team.

Costa Mesa senior Jenny Sparks and junior teammate Jasmin Day,

both forwards, are second-team choices in Division III, while Sage

Hill senior Laura Gordon earns second-team accolades in Division VI.

Kelly Morgan, a junior midfielder for CdM, is a third-team pick in

Division II, while Costa Mesa senior goalkeeper Kindra Bailey and

Sage Hill sophomore midfielder Kara Percival are third-team honorees

in their respective divisions.

Duarte, Sparks, Bailey and Day were all standouts on the Mustangs’

2002-03 squad that shared the CIF Division III crown and all have

contributed heavily to the Mustangs’ 36-0 record and three straight

championships in the Golden West League.

Mesa, seeded No. 3, was upset in the CIF Division III

quarterfinals.

Hardy, a four-year varsity star, was a second-team All-CIF

performer as a freshman. She helped the Sailors reach the CIF

Division I playoffs this season. They lost in the first round to

finish 10-5-2.

Laura Gordon garnered second-team All-CIF recognition as a junior.

She anchored a Lightning squad that won three playoff games, the

school’s first in five varsity seasons, after a second-place finish

in the Academy League.

CdM, the Pacific Coast League’s No. 2 playoff representative,

posted a 13-10-1 record and reached the second round of the playoffs.