Welch brothers power Sea King sweep

Senior Tom Welch had 14 kills, four blocks and nine digs to lead the

Corona del Mar High boys volleyball team in a 26-24, 25-22, 25-12

sweep of visiting Tesoro Tuesday in Pacific Coast League action.

Welch’s twin brother, Kevin, recorded 11 kills, three aces and

four blocks for the Sea Kings (16-5, 2-0 in league). Scott Slaughter

had five kills and two blocks while Ted Slaughter had five kills and

three blocks. Phil Bannon had 31 assists.

Tars sweep Irvine

* VOLLEYBALL: Senior outside hitter Brett Perrine registered a

team-high nine kills to help lead the Newport Harbor High boys

volleyball team to a 25-15, 25-18, 25-18 Sea View League victory over

host Irvine Tuesday.

Perrine also finished with five service aces and one block as the

Sailors improve to 7-8, 2-0 in league. Blake Newman added four kills

and a service ace as Weston Dunlap, Brett Auer and Kyle Caldwell each

had three kills. Ted Slater had 23 assists.

Sea Kings stroll along

* TENNIS: The Corona del Mar High boys tennis team claimed all

nine doubles sets and strolled to a 16-2 Pacific Coast League victory

over visiting Tesoro Tuesday.

Spencer Reitz and partner Jonathan Kroopf improved to 13-2 this

season with a sweep while Matt Chou and Ryan Caughren, along with

Alex Nguyen and Sean Pham, all won three times. Senior Wesley Miller

and freshman Fabian Mathews swept in singles for CdM (10-1, 2-0 in

league).

Tars pound Irvine

* TENNIS: The Newport Harbor High boys tennis team cruised past

host Irvine, 16-2, Tuesday in a Sea View League match.

Jake Fleming, Dylan Espley-Jones and John Hutchinson did not lose

a game in the singles sets for the Sailors (2-5, 2-0 in league).

Derek Davis and Brandon Chase swept their opponents in doubles

action.

UCI tops UNLV

* BASEBALL: UC Irvine’s baseball team defeated host UNLV, 11-2, in

a nonconference game Tuesday, with Jaime Martinez going 3 for 3 at

the plate with five RBIs for the Anteaters (13-11).

Pemstein works magic

* GOLF: Senior Davis Pemstein shot a 1-over-par 37 to win medalist

honors for the third consecutive match and the visiting Newport

Harbor High boys golf team defeated Irvine, 197-240, in Sea View

League play Tuesday at Oak Creek Golf Club. He birdied the ninth

hole.

Brandon Sowers (38), Rhett Palmer (39), Spencer Quinn (40) and

Chris Willard (43) all scored for Newport (6-5, 3-1 in league).

Kaake carries UCI

* WATER POLO: The UC Irvine women’s water polo team defeated host

Cal State Northridge, 4-3, Tuesday in a Mountain Pacific Sports

Federation match.

Sophomore Robyn Kaake scored all four goals for UCI (11-9, 4-5 in

the federation).

Two-out hits boost Bucs

* BASEBALL: Sophomore right hander Steven Johns struck out six and

walked three in six innings to improve to 2-1 this season following

Orange Coast College’s 8-3 nonconference baseball victory over host

Glendale Tuesday.

Ricky Stokes (2 for 5, two RBIs) and Stephen Schneider (2 for 4,

two RBIs) both tallied two-out singles that each brought in a pair of

runs to key Coast’s 13-hit attack.

Tesoro stymies CdM

* BASEBALL: Tesoro High’s Bryan Evans allowed six hits in 6 2/3

innings and went 2 for 4 with a home run as the Titans defeated host

Corona del Mar, 7-2, in a Pacific Coast League contest Tuesday.

Corona del Mar (8-3, 4-1 in league) lost to Tesoro (8-4, 5-0) for

the first time in eight tries.

Breakers beat Mesa

* VOLLEYBALL: The Costa Mesa High boys volleyball team lost,

25-15, 23-25, 25-23, 25-16, Tuesday at Laguna Beach in a nonleague

match.

Errors hurt CdM

* SOFTBALL: The Corona del Mar High softball team lost to visiting

Tesoro, 3-1, Tuesday in both teams’ Pacific Coast League opener.

Sophomore pitcher Michelle Tolfa scattered six hits, struck out

six and added a solo home run for CdM (6-6, 0-1 in league).

Newport is swept

* TRACK AND FIELD: Both the girls and boys Newport Harbor High

track and field teams lost to Aliso Niguel in a Sea View League dual

meet Tuesday.

The boys lost, 82-54, and the girls lost, 81-55.

Titans crash CdM

* GOLF: The perennial powerhouse Tesoro High boys golf team

defeated visiting Corona del Mar, 208-219, in a Pacific Coast League

match Tuesday at Coto de Caza Golf & Racquet Club. Ben Tilsen and

Jamie Bloom led the Sea Kings (4-4, 2-1) with 42s.

UCI finishes fifth

* GOLF: The UC Irvine men’s golf team finished fifth after rain

forced cancellation of Tuesday’s final round in the 59th annual

Western Intercollegiate tournament at Pasatiempo Golf Club in Santa

Cruz.