CdM rolls at NorCal

Corona del Mar High’s boys water polo team posted two convincing

victories in first-day action at the NorCal Invitational Friday at

Bellarmine Prep, dusting off Davis, 13-2, then punishing the host

Bells, 14-7, to move on to today’s semifinals in San Jose.

John Mann scored seven goals and Artie Dorr four goals as CdM

built an 11-1 halftime lead over Davis.

A dozen steals and Mann’s eight goals were far too much for

Bellarmine Prep to deal with. Seven third-quarter CdM goals broke it

open.

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JC CROSS COUNTRY

Icban, Ojeda pace Coast

Defending state champion Michelle Icban won the women’s race in

18:16.81 and David Ojeda turned in a strong fourth-place finish in

20:22.26 in the men’s race to lead Orange Coast College to team

championships in both races Friday afternoon in the Orange Empire

Conference Championships at Huntington Beach’s Central Park.

Joel Guzman was fifth in 20:36.98, Vidal Barragan was ninth at

21:01.37, Sam Ocampo was 10th in 21:05.38 and Gilbert Salas was 12th

in 21:11.89.

Ava Jones made it a 1-2 OCC finish in the women’s race with a

second-place effort of 18:23.07. Natalie St. Andre was fifth in

19:35.132, Susie Dinoso was seventh in 19:48.81 and Sandra Montoya

was ninth in 20:08.91 as Coast rolled in typical fashion.

The men’s race was close, Santa Ana posting 54 points, 14 off

OCC’s winning mark.

“We knew if we had five in that top 15 that we would have it,”

said OCC Coach John Knox.

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GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Mesa clinches crown

Costa Mesa High’s girls volleyball team eased to a 15-1, 15-4,

15-3 Golden West League victory over visiting Westminster Friday,

giving the Mustangs a 10-0 mark with two matches left in league play,

clinching the league championship.

Second-year coach Allison Salladin watched her team dispose of

Westminster in about 45 minutes. Sharon Day had 11 kills, Jasmin Day

had four kills and Jackie Haven had 12 assists and four aces.

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JC WATER POLO

Pirates men split

Orange Coast College’s men’s water polo team knocked off Cypress

in the first round of the Orange Empire Conference Championships at

Saddleback College Friday, 17-4, as Nick Wilbar (six goals) and Billy

Jolly (four goals) paved the way.

Golden West, however, ended title dreams with a 17-8 victory to

drop OCC into today’s third-place match with Fullerton at 2:30 p.m.

The No. 1-seeded Rustlers were paced by Brett McCleave’s seven

goals in the victory over OCC. Jolly was the Pirates’ focal point,

scoring five goals.

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PREP CROSS COUNTRY

Sailors sparkle

Nicholas Miller and Alec Urtusuastegui went 3-4 with times of

15:52 and 16:02 in a Sea View League cross country cluster meet at

Woodbridge High. Also finishing for Newport were Nicholas St. Andre

(17:04), Ken Rakestraw (17:39), Wes Pohlman (18:01), Martin Bernard

(18:23) and Juan Rios (18:34). Newport’s boys defeated Irvine, 22-37

and Aliso Niguel, 25-30, but fell to Woodbridge, 25-31, Laguna Hills, 25-36, and Foothill, 23-35.

Michael Haddan of Woodbridge cruised to a winning 15:12.

In girls competition, Courtney Marshall was third in 18:15 and Amy

Klippert was seventh in 19:07. Also with strong efforts were Courtney

Hanson (19:54), Andrea Sarris (20:16), Caitlin Mai (20:49) and Irma

Cruz (22:47).

Newport defeated Irvine, 15-46, Aliso Niguel, 22-33 and Laguna

Hills, 26-30, but lost to Woodbridge, 21-39, and Foothill, 24-37.

Kristen Berglas of Woodbridge was the individual winner in 17:59.

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SWIMMING AND DIVING

Big West Shootout

UC Irvine’s divers dominated , taking the top four and five

positions in the women’s one-meter and three-meter competitions at

the Big West Shootout on the UCI campus Friday.

Also, Gonny Shimura won the men’s 100-yard backstroke in 52:01 and

the 200 back with a 1:53.38. Larry Chong was the men’s 100 butterfly

in 51:43 and Anton Slobounov won the one-meter and three-meter diving

competition.

Day 2 of the Big West Shootout starts at 10 a.m. today at the

Anteater Aquatics Complex.

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JC WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Pirates still undefeated

The No 1-ranked Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team

maintained its perfect record this season with a three-game rout of

host Santa Ana Friday night.

The Bucs, 14-0, 8-0 in the Orange Empire Conference, defeated

Santa Ana, 0-14, 0-8 in the OEC, 30-23, 30-19, 30-19, behind seven kills apiece from Kelly Overby and Christine Ryan.

Jessica Lippi led the Bucs with four service aces and Michelle

Vanderford led the team with four blocks.

Janelle Jeremiah led OCC with seven digs and Elisha Counts tallied

17 assists.

“I thought it was nice to be able to use three different lineups

and everyone was successful,” said OCC Coach Chuck Cutenese.

Coast hosts Fullerton in an OEC match Wednesday at 7 p.m.

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COLLEGE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Anteaters sweep

UC Irvine’s women’s volleyball team blitzed visiting UC Riverside

in Big West Conference play Friday at Crawford Hall, 30-25, 30-17,

30-19, to improve to 12-9, 5-6 in the Big West.

Sophomores Kelly Wing and Dana Kurzbard were both errorless,

putting away six and five kills, respectively. Senior Chanda McLeod

led all players with seven digs.

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COMMUNITY COLLEGE SOCCER

OCC doubles up

Orange Coast College women’s soccer team improved to 16-1-2,

11-1-1 in the Orange Empire Conference, with a 2-1 win over host

Cerritos Friday in a nonleague game.

Jaycee Mahler scored both Coast goals and Margaret Landeros made

five saves in goal.

OCC’s men’s soccer team, 14-3, 7-1-3 in the OEC, defeated

conference foe Golden West, 5-13-1, 4-7 in the OEC, 3-1 in Huntington

Beach Friday behind goals from Joe Salinas, Wes Watkins and Niki

Knezovich.

Jarred Zitt, Miguel Ochoa, Bobby Dulle and Joel Sotolongo each

tallied assists and Hilario Arriaga made three saves in goal.

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COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER

Anteaters fall, 2-1

The UC Irvine Anteaters (7-10-1, 4-3-1) dropped a women’s soccer

match to the Cal State Northridge Matadors (3-13-1, 2-5-1) Friday,

2-1 in overtime.

Senior Sara Henderson scored her first goal of the season at the

65:19 mark of the second half with Hayley McNallan picking up the

assist. With just under six minutes remaining in the second half Leah

Sims tied the game at 1-1 with a goal at the 84:06 mark.

Tthe Matadors won it on a goal by Melissa Cleal 4:40 seconds into

the overtime period with an assist to DeVos.