Ochoa’s hat trick leads Orange Coast

Freshman forward Miguel Ochoa of Orange Coast College scored three

goals and teammate Dante Zena added two as the visiting Pirates

defeated Fullerton, 6-2, in an Orange Empire Conference men’s soccer

game Monday. It was Ochoa’s first career hat trick.

The Pirates (15-3-4, 8-1-4 in the OEC) built a 3-0 halftime lead

as Ochoa scored his team’s first two goals and Zena scored late in

the first half. Fullerton fell to 6-11-3, 4-7-1.

Ochoa scored in the game’s fourth minute, then again in the 18th

minute, after Wes Watkins played the ball to Juan Cervantes, whose

cross set up Ochoa. Zena scored on a penalty kick early in the second

half to give OCC a 4-0 lead.

Ochoa scored his third goal in the 56th minute on a pass from

Zena. OCC’s Muluwa Manda added his team’s sixth goal in the 73rd

minute on a Joel Sotolongo assist.

Orange Coast will play again in the Southern California Regional

Playoffs Nov. 19. The site, time and opponent will be determined

later this week.

MEN’S TENNIS: UCI duo advance

UC Irvine tennis standouts Brian Morton and Jonathan Endrikat

defeated the UCLA tandem of Tobias Clemens and Lassi Ketola, 7-6,

7-5, to win the men’s doubles title at the Southern California

Intercollegiates Monday at the Los Angeles Tennis Center.

Morton and Endrikat are ranked 23rd nationally, but are now

expected to move into the top 15 when the next rankings are released

later this month, UCI Coach Steve Clark said.

“We’ve had some phenomenal doubles teams here, but this is the

first (UCI) doubles team to win this event since 1989,” Clark said.

Morton and Endrikat won three matches in the tournament, which

began Wednesday but was shortened by rain.

MEN’S SOCCER: UCI tops Riverside

The UC Irvine men’s soccer team defeated host UC Riverside, 2-1,

Monday in a Big West Conference game as UCI’s Anthony Vizcarra scored

at the 22:31 mark of the first half and Scott Bowman added a goal at

the 62:17 mark of the second half. The Anteaters improved to 8-7-3,

3-3-2 in Big West play. The Highlanders fell to 3-11-3, 1-6.

WOMEN’S GOLF: ‘Eaters eighth

The UC Irvine women’s golf team is tied for eighth place after the

first round of the three-day Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown at the

Anthem Country Club in Henderson, Nev.

Host UNLV leads after the opening day at 303, three shots ahead of

New Mexico. UCI and San Diego State are tied for eighth at 319 in the

15-school field.

UCI sophomore Stella Lee is tied for ninth at 76 and freshman Sara

Huber is in 26th place after shooting a 79. Anteater sophomore Shelly

Raworth is 40th at 81, with junior Channing Lovejoy and freshman

Angela Won tied for 52nd at 83. The tournament runs through

Wednesday.