Mustangs stay on pace with victory over Eagles

Costa Mesa High’s girls tennis team made it four straight in

Golden West League play Thursday, besting cross-town rival Estancia,

13-5, on the winner’s courts.

Senior singles standout Hilary Havens swept, and so did the

Mustangs’ entire doubles entry.

Chi Doan and Minhthy Pham, Laura Fais and Brenda Tran and Paulina

Rodriguez and Valerie Gomez logged sweeps to push the Mustangs (4-4

overall) over the top without any help at all from the singles

entries.

Costa Mesa is at Westminster Tuesday, then hosts Santa Ana (4-0)

on Thursday. Among Santa Ana’s victories is a 13-5 win over Estancia.

GOLDEN WEST LEAGUE

Costa Mesa 13, Estancia 5

Singles - Havens (CM) def. Curran, 6-0; def. Trettin,

6-2; def. Nellor, 6-1; K. Nguyen (CM) lost, 1-6, 6-7, won 6-4; H.

Nguyen (CM) lost, 2-6, 0-6, 1-6.

Doubles -- Doan-Pham (CM) def. Thai-Sudhikam, 6-2; def.

Morton-Morton, 6-0; def. Zaidler-Ingram, 6-0; Fais-Tran (CM) won,

6-4, 6-4, 6-0; Rodriguez-Gomez (CM) won, 6-2, 7-6, 6-4.

In another high school girls tennis match:

* Sage Hill was a 17-1 winner at Fairmont Prep in Anaheim,

improving to 4-2, 3-1 in the Academy League.

Kellie Ammerman, Katie McKitterick and Paige Fuller swept in

singles.

ACADEMY LEAGUE

Sage Hill 17, Fairmont Prep 1

Singles -- Ammerman (SH) def. G. Lee, 6-2; def. Chung,

6-0; def. Chang, 6-4; McKitterick (SH) won, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0; Fullmer

(SH) won, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1.

Doubles -- Tsoong-Chen (SH) def. Yong-D. Lee, 6-3; def.

Khara-Chan, 6-2; def. Khora-Arasta, 6-2; Berman-Webb (SH) won, 6-0,

lost, 5-7, won, 6-0; Levin-Graham (SH) won, 6-0, 6-2, 6-1.

CROSS COUNTRY: Golden West League

The Costa Mesa High girls cross country team narrowly defeated

crosstown rival Estancia, 28-29, in a tri-meet that Saddleback won

and hosted at Mason Park in Irvine. The Estancia boys, led by

Humberto Rojas’ 15:15 first-place clocking, earned victories over the

Mustangs and Saddleback.

Costa Mesa senior Christine Bjelland (18:26) won the girls race.

Estancia’s Diana Rosete followed Bjelland, coming in at 18:58. Costa

Mesa’s Hanh Nguyen (21:42) also finished in the top 10. Saddleback

defeated Mesa and the Eagles.

On the boys’ side, Estancia had five runners in the top eight and

seven runners in the top 11. Alex Cahuantzi finished third (15:53),

while Aaron Van Geem contributed to the victories coming in fifth

(16:09). The team effort continued with Abel Flores (seventh, 16:20)

and Matt Zich (eighth, 16:27).

Costa Mesa’s Carlos Ibarra was the Mustangs’ top runner, finishing

sixth (16:11).

BOYS

Estancia 17, Costa Mesa 26

Estancia 21, Saddleback 42 Saddleback 18, Costa Mesa 42

1. Rojas (E), 15:15; 2. Casas (S), 15:40; 3. Cahuantzi

(E), 15:53; 4. Camparon (S), 15:55; 5. Van Geem (E), 16:09; 6. Ibarra (CM), 16:11; 7. Flores (E), 16:20; 8. Zich (E), 16:27; 9. Elias (E),

16:32; 10. Cardonas (S), 16:35.

GIRLS

Saddleback 20, Costa Mesa 43

Saddleback 20, Estancia 43

Costa Mesa 28, Estancia 29

1. Bjelland (CM), 18:26; 2. Rosete (E), 18:58; 3.

Uriostegui (S), 20:16; 4. Rodriguez (S), 20:18; 5. Ruiz (S), 20:30;

6. Navarro (S), 20:46; 7. Escobar (S), 20:49; 8. Doblete (S), 20:54;

9. Aguilera (S), 20:58; 10. Nguyen (CM), 21:42.

FIELD HOCKEY: Tars remain unbeaten

GARDEN GROVE -- The Newport Harbor High girls field hockey team

and goalie Amanda Wittman posted its fourth shutout of the season and

remained unbeaten after a 6-0 victory over nonleague host Santiago

Thursday.

Kristen Jendrusina and Caitlin Farrell each had a stick on the

Sailors’ first goal. Jendrusina completed a hat trick, as she scored

Newport’s next two goals. Kaley Nix and Chanelle Sladics added one

goal each, and Danielle Pfaff moved up from her sweeper position to

score her first goal of the season.

The Sailors (3-0-2) fired off 36 shots, and did not allow a shot

on defense. The Santiago goalies recorded 19 saves. Santiago dropped

to 0-4-0.

GOLF: CdM girls win

Corona del Mar High’s girls golf team was a 248-255 winner over

Aliso Niguel in a nine-hole nonleague match Thursday at Newport Beach

Country Club.

Jennifer Wood was CdM’s leader and the match’s medalist with a 43

on the par-35 course. Jackie McCoy (44), Katie Albright (48),

Veronica Friedman (54) and Maggie Nelson (59) followed.

MEN’S SOCCER: Lions lose, 3-2

The Vanguard University men’s soccer team let a 2-1 lead slip away over the final seven minutes, as nonconference host Alliant

International defeated the Lions, 3-2, Thursday in San Diego.

Alliant’s David Hausler scored with 10 seconds left to lift his

team to the victory.

Armando Ortiz got the Lions (4-6) on the scoreboard first,

finishing an assist from Matt Hess. Alliant tied it up a few minutes

later. In the 27th minute, Hess scored his 13th goal of the season.

WATER POLO: Newport JV wins

The Newport Harbor High boys junior varsity water polo team

outscored the Costa Mesa varsity squad, 7-3, in the second half en

route to a 13-6 nonleague victory at Mesa Thursday.

Newport’s Trevor Gregory scored a game-high four goals, while

Brody Curtis and Morgan Laidlaw contributed three each. Christian

Darnas led Costa Mesa with three goals, and goalie Matt Jaroslawski

recorded nine saves.

VOLLEYBALL: Vanguard falls in four

Vanguard University dropped its ninth straight women’s volleyball

match Thursday at The Pit as visiting Alliant International

University triumphed, 21-30, 30-21, 30-22, 30-25.