UCI duo ousted

UC Irvine junior Ricky Barnes finished ninth in the 1,500 meters with a time of 3 minutes, 53.85 seconds, while junior teammate Mike

Beerer’s mark of 190 feet, 5 inches in the hammer throw was not good

enough to qualify for the final Saturday at the NCAA West track and

field regional at the University of Oregon.

The two Anteaters were the program’s final competitors attempting

to advance to the NCAA championships in June, so the UCI season comes

to a close.

Yelsey, partner bested

* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High product Anne Yelsey, a junior at

Stanford, finished runner-up in the NCAA women’s tennis doubles final

contested Saturday at the University of Georgia.

Yelsey and partner Amber Liu, a junior, were defeated by the

Stanford duo of senior Erin Burdette and junior Alice Barnes, 6-3,

6-4, at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga.

Yelsey and Liu, also unseeded, knocked off the No. 2 seed to reach

the final.

Yelsey helped the Cardinal win the NCAA team title last week.

UCI’s Chen promoted

* BASKETBALL: Steve Chen, 28, who served as the UC Irvine men’s

basketball team’s head manager the last three seasons, has been named

assistant coach.

Chen, whose previous duties with the Anteaters also included those

of video coordinator and administrative assistant, fills the staff

vacancy created when Todd Lee became head coach at Kentucky Wesleyan

last week.

* BASEBALL

State championships

First round

Fresno City 6,

Orange Coast 5

Score by Innings

*--*

OCC 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 5 10 2

FCC 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 - 6 8 3

*--*

Hogue, Cooper (7), Peterson (8), Beck (9) and Banda; Underwood and

Bambino Boogaard. W -- Underwood, 10-1. L -- Beck 2-2. 3B -- Cline

(OCC). HR -- Beck (OCC).