Former ‘Eaters shine

Costa Mesa’s Brian Morton and Jonathan Endrikat, former teammates at

UC Irvine, defeated Devin Bowen from Costa Mesa and Timothy Leonard

from Newport Beach, 4-6, 6-3, 6-1, to win the men’s open doubles

title in the 44th Annual Roy Emerson Adoption Guild Classic tennis

tournament at the Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club.

Noah Newman from Beverly Hills defeated Huntington Beach’s Nenad

Toroman, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, to win the men’s open singles championship.

Kim-anh Nguyen from Orange beat Maureen Diaz from Glendale, 6-3,

6-4, to become the women’s open singles champion.

Melissa Esmero from Walnut and Torrance’s Dianne Matias beat Anita

Loyola from Hermosa Beach and Glendale’s Diaz, 6-4, 1-6, 6-2, in the women’s open doubles.

Bowen teamed with fellow Costa Mesa resident Sara Walker to defeat

Oren Motevassel from Fountain Valley and Orange’s Nguyen, 4-6, 6-4,

6-4, in the mixed doubles open draw.

Thom Hansen and Bob Wein defeated Patrik Lustig and Peter Noronha,

1-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3, to win the men’s 3.5 doubles championship.

William Matheny and David Thompson won the men’s 4.0 doubles by

defeating Charles Nguyen and Loc Nguyen, 6-4, 6-4.

Josh McIntyre teamed with Carlos Ruiz to defeat Bart Bowen and Ron

Romero, 7-6 (3), 6-3, to win the men’s 4.5 doubles title.

Tim Claar and Dominic Juneau teamed to defeat John Cox and Todd

Katzman, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, in the men’s 5.0 doubles championship match.

Marc Kelly and Steve Spriet won the men’s 5.5 doubles by defeating

Dean Corley and Robert Millsop, 6-2, 6-3.

The men’s 6.0 doubles champions were Paul Cross and Adam Kranson,

who beat Jamil Atcha and Robert Nelson, 6-3, 6-4.

Arthur Hernandez and Carsten Hoffmann beat Andrew Denny and

William Howie, 3-6, 6-2, 6-4, to win the men’s 35 doubles.

Michael Walters teamed with Frank Zebot to edge Woody Brooks and

Tom Bryan, 6-3, 7-6 (4), in the men’s 50 doubles title match.

Mary Mackenzie teamed with Nancy Stephens to defeat Jill

D’Braunstein and Kellie Redding, 6-1, 6-1, in the women’s 3.0 doubles

final.

Vicki Brown and Suzanne Frank beat Susan Ewing and Noriko Imai,

6-4, 3-6, 6-0, to win the women’s 3.5 doubles title.

The women’s 4.0 doubles winners were Trisha Dang and Tammi Xiong,

who defeated Sue Magnall and Carol Marr, 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-2.

Serena Merlino and Kathy Thomas beat Anissa Gurnee and Corinne

Morgenstern, 6-4, 7-5, in women’s 4.5 doubles.

Katrina Holmberg and Sara Jex won the women’s 5.0 doubles title by

defeating Michelle Abeson and Renee Brigden, 6-1, 0-6, 6-4.

Janet Bezmalinovich and Lisa Ogren teamed to beat Wendie Mahan and

Tracy Worley Hagen, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, in the women’s 5.5/6.0 doubles

final.

Kevin Sutter and Stephanie Ayres beat Karen Files and Peter

Noronha, 6-2, 6-3, in the mixed 3.5 doubles championship match.

Thuan Ta and Nhan Truong defeated Nancy Caudill and Robert

Meckauer, 6-2, 7-6 (3), to win the mixed 4.0 doubles.

Chris Kan and Celeste Wallace defeated Allison Lloyd and Paul

Webber, 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, to take the mixed 4.5 doubles title.

Julie David teamed with Leo Fracalosy to beat Glenn Doggrell and

Joy Ross, 6-3, 3-6, 6-1, winning the mixed 5.0 doubles draw.

The mixed 5.5 doubles title was won by Brynne Chappell and Pino

Marola, who defeated Mindy Pfenning and Brian Valparaiso, 6-4, 7-6

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Tuter adds three to staff

* BASKETBALL: UC Irvine women’s basketball coach Molly Tuter

announced the hirings of three assistants to her staff Tuesday.

Daniel Prince, Chris Ellis and Leilani Estavan will join Tuter,

who took over following the resignation of former coach Mark Adams in

December.

Estavan played point guard for Oregon State from 1999-2004,

earning first-team All-Pac 10 honors in 2002. She is the all-time

assist leader at the school and the first player to record 500

assists and 1,000 points in a career. She played professionally in

Greece following graduation. Estavan earned a bachelor’s degree in

liberal studies and minored in athletic administration.

Ellis, a graduate of Pepperdine, was head coach at Immaculate

Heart High from 2003-05. Prior to his stint at Immaculate Heart,

Ellis was a graduate assistant for Loyola Marymount’s men’s

basketball team from 2000-02 and the St. Louis University men’s

basketball video coordinator from 1999-2000.

Prince played collegiately at UC Santa Barbara from 1994-96 and

ranks eighth on the school’s all-time list in three-pointers made and

attempted. He graduated from UCSB in 1996 and played professionally

in Mexico, Panama and China. Prince was the Most Valuable Player of

the Jiangsu tournament in China and was the top-ranked three-point

shooter during the South American Club championships in 2000. He has

served as an assistant for the Love & Basketball exhibition and

volunteered at Antelope Valley High.

The Anteaters finished 8-14 under Tuter -- 8-21 overall -- and reached the quarterfinals of the Big West tournament last season.