Estancia girls still unbeaten
The Estancia High girls golf team defeated Ocean View, 228-306, at
Meadowlark Golf Club Tuesday, advancing their winning streak in the
Golden West League to 6-0.
The Eagles (13-3 overall) were led by Bridget Gleason, who shot
40, while Lina You shot 41, Caroline Clements shot 45, Lauren Cushing
shot 49 and Avery Williams shot 53 on the par-36 course.
Sea Kings top Breakers
* GOLF: The Corona del Mar girls golf team captured a 237-245
Pacific Coast League victory over Laguna Beach Tuesday at Newport
Beach Country Club.
Katie McKitterick led the effort at the par-35 course with 41,
while Jessica Milner shot 44, Jonna Kim shot 47 and Michelle Drucker
shot 48.
The Sea Kings improved to 8-3, 5-2 in league.
Pirates shut out Dons
* SOCCER: The Orange Coast College’s men soccer team beat Santa
Ana Tuesday, 2-0, in an Orange Empire Conference match at Santa Ana.
The loss was Santa Ana’s first loss of the season.
Joel Walker scored the first OCC goal in the 62nd minute. Chris
Dunckel added the insurance goal after an assist by Ian Cone.
Goalkeeper Trent Painter made nine saves to record the shutout for
OCC (8-4-3, 3-2 in conference).
Moss sparks Mustangs
* GOLF: Medalist Maggie Moss shot 49 for Costa Mesa High in a
270-299 victory over Westminster at Los Lagos course Tuesday.
The Mustangs improved to 2-5, 2-4 in league after the Golden West
League victory.
CdM’s Lee leads way
* TENNIS: The Corona del Mar High girls tennis team defeated
University, 15-3, in Pacific Coast League action Tuesday. Freshman
Flora Lee led the way by sweeping her sets without losing a game.
Rachael Miller and Rachel Bryan also swept their singles sets.
The Sea Kings, who improved to 10-2 overall and 6-0 in the Pacific
Coast League, host San Clemente today.
Sage remains perfect
* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School girls volleyball team dominated
in the first of three games against host Capo Valley Christian in a
25-2, 25-14, 25-15, Academy League victory Tuesday.
Sage (7-0, 3-0 in league) remains undefeated and today, faces
league rival St. Margaret’s.
Eagles victorious
* WATER POLO: The Estancia High boys water polo team claimed a
16-13 double overtime Golden West League victory Tuesday over
visiting Ocean View.
The teams were tied at 11 at the end of regulation, and in the
first overtime Trevor McDonald scored two goals, while Danny Alderete
scored one. Leonard Juska, who recorded nine saves, kept the Seahawks
scoreless.
In the second overtime, Chad Kunert sealed the victory with two
goals.
McDonald finished with seven goals, Kunert had six, Alderete had
two, and sophomore Robert DiFrancesco added one.
Estancia 2-0 in league, 8-4 overall.
Orange Coast sweeps
* SOCCER: The Orange Coast College women’s soccer team outshot
host Irvine Valley, 28-1, in a 4-0 Orange Empire Conference victory
Tuesday.
In the 26th minute, OCC’s Lizzie Terry scored off a Kaitlyn
Schuesler assist.
In the second half, Meghann Ord scored off a pass from Amanda
Thoensen, and Nichole Huff added two goals off penalty kicks in the
79th and 84th minute.
OCC (5-4-4, 5-1-2 in OEC) plays host to Riverside Friday.
Sailors win at Aliso
* TENNIS: The Newport Harbor High girls tennis team won Tuesday,
14-4, in a Sea View League match at Aliso Niguel. The doubles team of
Carly Adams and Brittany Cluck swept their sets, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. The tandem of Sasha Dunlap and Chrissy Schwartz also won all three sets,
6-2, 6-3, 6-1.
Newport Harbor (9-1, 4-0 in league) will play a nonleague match at
Troy today. Troy is ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division II.
Vanguard rolls, 1-0
* SOCCER: For the first time in Vanguard women’s 12-year soccer
history, the Lions captured a 1-0 Golden State Athletic Conference
victory over visiting Westmont Tuesday.
The Lions held a 0-18 record when facing the Warriors before the
Lions scored in the 72nd minute after a scoreless first half.
Vanguard freshman Katie Guernsey passed to junior Heather Hutton,
who scored the only goal from 19 yards out.
Kelsey Bowman, Vanguard’s freshman goalie who kept the Warriors
scoreless in the first half, tallied four saves, while Marissa
Welliver, who finished the game, had two.
Vanguard, which is ranked 23rd in the National Association of
Intercollegiate Athletics, improves to 8-3-1, 3-1-1 in GSAC, while No. 12 ranked Westmont falls to 6-2-1, 2-2-1.
The Lions, which are in third place in conference, travel to face
No. 5 Biola Saturday.
Lightning win meet
* CROSS COUNTRY: The Sage Hill School girls cross country team
captured first place in an Academy League meet Tuesday, while the
boys team, which tied Westminster at 36, lost in a tiebreaker.
The girls team, which finished with 39-- ahead of St. Margaret’s,
Whitney, Oxford Academy, Brethren Christian and Capo Valley
Christian-- was led by overall top finisher Katie McKeon (20:39), No.
4 overall Mackenzie Muhonen (21:00), No. 5 Cait Williamson (21:04)
and No. 10 Kelsey Rose (21:46). Allison Ong finished 19th overall in
24:11.
Connor Rose finished first overall for the Lightning boys in
17:00, Sean McElory was 7th in 18:00, Zach Chandy was 8th in 18:05,
Tyler Ellis was 9th in 18:08, and Troy Astorino took 11th in 18:25.
Sage competes in the Orange County championships Saturday, and is
expected to return standout Aiyna Bobrwonicki, who was out of town
for Tuesday’s meet.
Eagles defeat rival
* TENNIS: The visiting Estancia girls tennis team captured a 13-5
Golden West League victory over crosstown rival Costa Mesa Tuesday.
The Eagles, who are undefeated in league, improved to 7-0, 10-2
overall.
Irvine defeats Sailors
* GOLF: The Newport Harbor girls golf team was seven shots short
of a Sea View League victory over Irvine at Oak Creek Golf Club
Tuesday.
The Sailors fell to 0-10, 0-5 in league after Ali Grace shot 46,
Kendall Horn shot 48, Tiffany Kim and Iko Kagasoff shot 53, and
Taylor Funk shot 57.
The Sailors battle Laguna Hills Thursday.
Lightning edged
* GOLF: The Sage Hill School girls golf team lost an Academy
League game to St. Margaret’s, 234-245, at Marbella Golf Club
Tuesday.
Justine Chen shot 39 for Sage, while Natalie Kraft shot 46, Kelsey
Venditozzi 47, Ema Koh 53 and Kimmie Venditozzi 60.
Sage, which falls to 7-2, 2-1 in league, faces Capo Valley
Christian today.
UCI coach resigns
* SOCCER: UC Irvine women’s head soccer coach Marine Cano
announced his resignation, effective Dec. 31, at the end of his
contract.
Cano is in his 12th season as head coach at UCI.
His UCI team won the Big West Conference tournament title in 1997
and the 1998 squad had the program’s best record of 14-3-3.
The Anteaters, 3-10-1 overall and 0-3 in the Big West, travel to
UC Davis for a nonconference game Friday at 4 p.m.
‘Eaters take fourth
* GOLF: The UC Irvine men’s golf team tied for fourth place in the
Alister MacKenzie invitational that concluded Tuesday at The Meadow
Club in Fairfax.
California won the 16-team tournament with a 54-hole total of 844.
Fresno State was second at 847 and Purdue third at 848. UCI, which
shot the best score in the field Tuesday at 279, tied with Michigan
at 850.
UCI junior Brian Edick finished fifth at 4-under 209 (69-71-69)
and sophomore Kenny Kim was 10th at 211 (68-72-71). Sophomore Garrett
Sapp was 23rd at 214 (73-73-68), sophomore Derek Uyesaka placed 46th
at 220 (72-73-75) and freshman Tim Cha finished 60th at 223
(74-78-71).
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