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FOUNTAIN VALLEY — Newport Harbor High senior Mary Buckingham has committed to play volleyball at UC Berkeley, Sailors Coach Dan Glenn said Tuesday night.

Now, Buckingham won’t have to worry about her decision for a college during a big week for the Sailors, who easily swept Fountain Valley in a Sunset League match Tuesday.

Newport Harbor (15-5, 4-1 in league), ranked No. 6 in CIF Southern Section Division I-AA, will play host to No. 3-ranked Los Alamitos, which is unbeaten in league, Thursday at 4:30 p.m.

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Buckingham, an outside hitter, along with junior Kirby Burnhan, who verbally committed to USC last week, will try to help lead the Sailors to a win, which would put them in a first-place tie with the Griffins.

Harbor prepared with a 25-10, 25-10, 25-12 win over Fountain Valley. Alice Cope led the Sailors with five kills, while Buckingham, Burnham, Madison Brown and Jennifer Palmquist had three kills each. Kelly Heenan added three digs and five aces and Mackenzi Campbell three digs and two aces.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

Beckman def. Corona del Mar

IRVINE — The Sea Kings’ Sydney Brombal had 14 kills and 24 digs against Beckman, which won the Pacific Coast League match, 23-25, 25-21, 25-14, 22-25, 15-10, Tuesday.

Madie Smith had 34 assists and 24 digs, while Conley Kipp added two solo blocks and 11 kills for CdM (11-4, 3-1 in league), ranked No. 2 in CIF Southern Section Division II-AA.

The Sea Kings were without starting outside hitters Amanda Nickel and Jenny Martin. Both are out with injured ankles.

GIRLS’ GOLF

Corona del Mar 224,

Laguna Hills 243

LAGUNA WOODS — Sea Kings sophomore Grace Kim eagled the first hole and went on to earn her first medalist honor of the season with a six-over-par 42 in a Pacific Coast League match at Laguna Woods Golf Club Tuesday.

Tess Crane (43), Hyebin Hong (44) and Kelly Moorhead (47) also scored for CdM (10-8, 6-3 in league), while Amanda Johnson and Ashley Varner both shot 48.

Newport Harbor 221, Edison 299

NEWPORT BEACH — Lauren Draganza shot three-over-par 39 to earn medalist honors for the Sailors in their Sunset League match at Big Canyon Country Club Tuesday.

Tiffany Kane (43), Morgan Moody (46), Ali Thomas (46), Lindsey Hanna (47) also contributed to the win for Newport Harbor (16-1, 8-1 in league).

BOYS’ WATER POLO

Corona del Mar 12, Servite 7

CORONA DEL MAR — Max Bergeson scored five goals and also had three assists and three steals for the Sea Kings in their nonleague match Tuesday.

Goalie Isle Anderson recorded 14 saves for CdM, ranked No. 8 in CIF Southern Section Division I. Servite entered ranked No. 5 in CIF Division II.

Nonleague

Corona del Mar 12, Servite 7

SCORE BY QUARTERS

S – Smithson 2, Marion 2, Golda 2, Sabrino 1. Saves – Johnson 8.

CdM – Bergeson 5, Papa 2, Watson 2, Liao 1, Taylor 1, Klein 1. Saves – Anderson 14.

GIRLS’ TENNIS

Newport Harbor 12,

Fountain Valley 6

NEWPORT BEACH — Senior Nelly Radeva won twice at No. 1 singles before being substituted out for the Sailors in their Sunset League match Tuesday.

Natalie Small and Jeanne Frei, Newport Harbor’s No. 1 doubles team, swept. They recorded a 7-6 (5) win against Fountain Valley’s No. 1 tandem. Lauren Conway and Blake Bakkila also swept at No. 3 doubles for the Sailors (13-3, 6-0 in league), who play host to Los Alamitos Thursday at 3 p.m.

Sunset League

Newport Harbor 12,

Fountain Valley 6

Singles – Radeva (NH) def. Pham, 6-1, def. Nguyen, 6-2, (sub) Beck (NH) lost to Wheelock, 0-6; Cramer (NH) won, 6-4, 6-4, lost, 2-6; Arnold (NH) lost 4-6, (sub) Strutner (NH) lost, 3-6, Arnold (NH) lost, 5-7.

Doubles – Small-Frei (NH) def. Tran-Truong, 7-6 (5), def. Ho-Phan, 6-0, def. Do-Le, 6-1; Aiello-Mathies (NH) lost, 2-6, won, 6-2, 6-0; Conway-Bakkila (NH) won, 6-4, 6-1, 6-2.

Sage Hill 14, Whitney 4

CERRITOS — The Lightning’s top two doubles teams swept in the Academy League match Tuesday.

Rian Billingsley and Isa-Marie Taskinen swept at No. 1 doubles, dropping just three games, while No. 2 doubles team Devyn Billingsley and Casey Astorino won three sets, allowing five games.

Katie Bick and Dominique Moore swept in singles for Sage Hill (13-4, 5-1 in league), ranked No. 2 in CIF Southern Section Division IV.

Whitney dropped to 10-4, 4-3.

The Lightning will try to move into a tie for first place in the Academy League Thursday when they play against undefeated St. Margaret’s, ranked No. 1 in CIF Division IV, at 3:15 p.m. at San Clemente Tennis Center.

Acadmey League

Sage Hill 14, Whitney 4

Singles – Murray (SH) def. Chen, 6-3, lost to Rayaron, 2-6, lost to Theraphin, 1-6; Bick (SH) won, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3; Moore (SH) won, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0.

Doubles – Taskinen-R. Billingsley (SH) def. Le-Liu, 6-2, def. Booy-Sul, 6-1, def. Choi-Bai, 6-0; D. Billingsley-Astorino (SH) won, 6-0, 6-1, 6-4; Tucker-Smart (SH) won, 6-2, lost, 3-6, won, 6-0.

Corona del Mar 11,

Laguna Hills 7

CORONA DEL MAR — The Sea Kings dominated in doubles, sweeping all their sets while allowing just one game in a Pacific Coast League match Tuesday.

The No. 2 doubles team of Karen Ishii and Kelli Feeley, along with the No. 3 tandem of Melissa Matsuoka and Elizabeth Nguyen were perfect in their sweeps for CdM (11-0, 5-0 in league), ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division I. The Sea Kings No. 1 doubles team of Danielle Kaiden and Lindsay Zotovich won 18 of 19 games.

Pacific Coast League

Corona del Mar 11, Laguna Hills 7

Singles – K. Nguyen (CdM) lost to Lu, 5-7, def. Mokhtari, 6-1, def. Shang, 6-0; Nazemi (CdM) lost, 1-6, 1-6, (sub) Wang (CdM) lost, 1-6; Murray (CdM) lost 1-6, 1-6, (sub) Beyer (CdM) lost, 0-6.

Doubles – Kaiden-Zotovich (CdM) def. Marshall-Sizemore, 6-1, def. Mahoney-Rosen, 6-0, def. Cardone-Fogarty, 6-0; Ishii-Feeley (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0; Matsuoka-E. Nguyen (CdM) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0.

Costa Mesa 17, Godinez 1

COSTA MESA — The Mustangs won their second match in Orange Coast League action Tuesday.

Angie Hong swept at No. 3 singles for Costa Mesa (2-5, 2-5 in league).

Orange Coast League

Costa Mesa 17, Godinez 1

Singles – S. Im (CM) def. Leon, 6-1, (sub) Le (CM) def. Guevara, 6-2, def. Ngo, 6-1; Lu (CM) won, 6-1, (sub) Davis (CM) lost, 3-6, Lu (CM) won, 6-1; Hong (CM) won, 6-2, 6-1, 6-4.

Doubles – Go-Daley (CM) def. Umana-Terrones, 6-1, def. Cataneda-Noman, 6-0, def. Ibarra-Garibay, 6-1; Figueroa-E. Im (CM) won, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0; Lo-Hatch (CM) won, 6-4, 6-2, 6-1.

FIELD HOCKEY

Newport Harbor 3,

Marina 1

HUNTINGTON BEACH — Claire Ramser scored a goal and added an assist for the Sailors in their Sunset League game Tuesday.

Caroline Hardenbergh and Liz Tennyson scored one goal each, while Claire Layton recorded one assist for Newport Harbor. Sailors goalie Sydney King had seven saves.


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