Gleason, Sailors blank Aliso

Senior Ashley Gleason struck out seven, walked one and allowed two

hits to help the host Newport Harbor High softball team open Sea View

League play with a 2-0 victory over Aliso Niguel Thursday.

Gleason improved to 7-2 and received strong defense, including an

unassisted double play by freshman second baseman Jane Messersmith.

Robin Gautschi’s RBI double in the third scored Darci Pennington

while Lauren Talbott also added a double.

Gautschi had two hits for the Sailors (10-2), winners of four

straight.

Sea Kings victorious

* TRACK AND FIELD: Tiffany Liu won four events to lead the Corona

del Mar High girls to a 105-21 Pacific Coast League track and field

victory over visiting Laguna Beach Thursday.

Cliff Taylor, meanwhile, led the CdM boys to a 69-58 win over the

Breakers.

The CdM boys and girls swept the shot put and discus.

The girls also swept the 800, 1,600, 3,200, long jump and triple

jump.

Junior Annie St Geme won the 1,600 in 5:17, and the 3,200 in

11:37.

Cliff Taylor (53.2), Taiki Sakai (23.4) and Tri-Vien Nguyen (55.7)

swept the 400 for CdM.

Newport girls prevail

* TRACK AND FIELD: The visiting Newport Harbor High girls track

and field team swept five events in a 98-38 Sea View League victory

over Irvine while the boys fell, 70-62, Thursday.

Sailor sophomore Jessica Robson won four events including the

100-meter hurdles in 12:00, the long jump (16-3 1/2 ), triple jump

(34-3) and high jump (5-0).

Whitney Blue (800 and 1,600) and Jessica Bodkin (pole vault and

discus) were double-winners for the Sailors.

Sean Campos won the 110 high hurdles in 16.16 and the 300

intermediate hurdles in 45.44, while Bo Taylor won shot put (56-3)

and discus (152-6 1/2 ).

Tolfa tosses shutout

* SOFTBALL: Sophomore Michelle Tolfa scattered six hits, struck

out seven and walked two as the host Corona del Mar High softball

team defeated nonleague foe San Clemente, 1-0, Thursday.

Michele Allred went 3 for 3 with a stolen base, while Heather

Lohrman finished 1 for 2 with a two-out RBI single in the first

inning for CdM (7-6).

CdM faces Back Bay rival Newport Harbor at 10 a.m. Saturday in the

first game of a doubleheader between the teams.

Pirates back on top

* TENNIS: The Orange Coast College women’s tennis team bounced

back from its first loss Wednesday with an 8-1 Orange Empire

Conference victory over host Irvine Valley Thursday.

OCC’s Jessica Rice swept at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-0, while

teammates Michelle Esquivel, Emily Paulson, Julie Haley and Rachael

Sessum each won their singles sets.

In doubles, the Pirates (12-1, 8-1 in conference) swept with

victories from Esquivel and Rice, Paulson and Sessum, as well as

Haley and Ai Takamori.

Eagles take victory

* TENNIS: The Estancia High boys tennis team slid past Orange in a

10-8 Golden West League victory Thursday.

In singles, Eagles junior Scott Braunsdorf and freshman Bradley

Fisher won two of their three sets.

In doubles Chase Raymond and David Do and Chris Alvergue and Josh

Ross also triumphed in two sets.

Dolphins top Sailors

* GOLF: Dana Hills High edged Newport Harbor, 195-198, in a

nonleague boys golf match Thursday at Santa Ana Country Club.

Davis Pemstein and Spencer Quinn both shot 39 to lead the Sailors.

Chris Willard, Justin Morehead and Andrew Skjonsby all shot 40 for

Newport (6-6).

Lions drop twin bill

* SOFTBALL: Candice Thomas improved to 16-0 and the visiting Cal

Baptist University softball team scored an unearned run in the top of

the sixth inning to break a tie and eventually give the Lancers a 4-3

victory, capping a Golden State Athletic Conference doubleheader

sweep over Vanguard Thursday.

The fifth-ranked Lancers (29-2, 8-0 in the GSAC) also made their

unearned run count in a 1-0 victory over the Lions (15-15, 2-6) in

the first game. Vanguard’s Jen Olvera allowed just two hits and

struck out six, but fell to 4-2.

Vanguard falls short

* BASEBALL: A solid outing by Vanguard University starter Mike

Guernsey and a solo home run by Matt Voorhies weren’t enough to

prevent the Lions from dropping a 3-1 Golden State Athletic

Conference baseball decision to host Concordia Thursday.

VU left Isaac Salazar at third in the first and stranded runners

at second and third in the second and Concordia opened the scoring in

the second for a 1-0 lead.

Concordia led, 3-0, before Vorhies went deep in the fourth.

Vanguard fell to 9-17, 5-8 in conference, while Concordia improved

to 10-14, 6-7.

Bruins best Anteaters

* WATER POLO: Top-ranked UCLA cruised to a 14-4 Mountain Pacific

Sports Federation women’s water polo victory over visiting UC Irvine

Thursday.

Robyn Kaake and Jessica Lewis had two goals apiece for No.

11-ranked UCI (11-10, 4-6 in the MPSF).

UCLA improved to 21-0, 6-0 and is 9-0 all-time against UCI.