CdM girls sparkle at relays

* SWIMMING: Every Corona del Mar High girls swim relay team earned

a spot in the finals of the Capistrano Valley Relays after their

performances at Saddleback College Thursday in the preliminaries.

In varsity competition: Nikki Hendrickson, Ann Winners, Amy Strack

and Kathryn Bilder finished eighth in the 400-yard medley relay at

4:41.60. Danielle Carlson, Christina Hewko, Katya Eadington, Vivian

Liao, Jordan Anae and Brittney Bowlus came in first in the 6 x 50

freestyle in 2:34.21. In the 4 x 50 breaststroke, Hendrickson,

Winners, Flo Rodenhuis and Jackie McCoy took fifth ( 2:21.74).

Hendrickson, Eadington, Kelli Kline and Natalie Wayte finished sixth

in the 4 x 50 butterfly ( 2:02.19). In the 4 x 50 backstroke, Jessica

Harkins, Liao, Bilder and Hewko came in fourth (2:01.77). Anae,

Winners, Liao and Bowlus took third in the 400 free (3:47.22) and

Anae, McCoy, Eadington and Bowlus led the 200 medley relay team to

fourth (1:58.01).

The finals of the Capo Valley Relays, a 16-team tournament, will

be 10 a.m. Saturday at Saddleback College.

Tars lose, 1-0

* SOFTBALL: Northwood High’s Amanda Smith bunted down the first

base line to plate the game-winning run in a 1-0 nonleague,

eight-inning softball game against visiting Newport Harbor Thursday.

Ashley Gleason started for Newport (3-1) and went three innings

with two strikeouts and one walk while Kim Moore relieved her in the

fourth and threw 4 1/3 innings, giving up only one run on six hits

with one strikeout. Moore threw 42 strikes in 63 pitches and is now

3-1.

Julianne Bass and catcher Amanda Campbell had one single apiece

for Newport’s only two hits. Northwood had five.

Campbell threw out two runners at second and shortstop Athena

Vasquez snared a line drive in the seventh inning to prolong the

game.

*--*

Nonleague

Northwood 1, Newport 0

Score by Innings

Newport 000 000 00 - 0 2 2

N’wood 000 000 01 -- 1 5 0

Lewis, and Ota. Gleason, Moore (4), and

Campbell. 2B. - Salazar (NW), Lewis (NW)

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‘Eaters bite Dogs

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine Anteaters dealt the Yale Bulldogs a 4-3

nonconference men’s tennis defeat Thursday behind the winning efforts

of singles standouts Jon Endrikat, Brian Morton, Peter Surapol and

Eric Yandoc.

Yandoc, a freshman, clinched it with an 0-6, 6-4, 7-5 victory over

Matt Feldman in the No. 6 match.

OCC routs foe

* TENNIS: Orange Coast College’s women’s tennis team improved to

8-0, 6-0 in the Orange Empire Conference with a 9-0 victory at Irvine

Valley.

Leah Becker was the ringleader for the Bucs, with help from Ashley

Nelson, Sabrina Tansamal, Rachael Sessum, Kai Moriyama and Michelle

Wenski.

Vanguard splits

* SOFTBALL: Vanguard University escaped Riverside with a split

against California Baptist University in a Golden State Athletic

Conference softball double header Wednesday. Vanguard lost the

opener, 9-1, in six innings, and then came from behind to win 4-3 in

an eight-inning finale.

Trailing 3-0 in the sixth inning of Game 2, Vanguard put together

a three-run rally, all unearned, to tie the game.

After a scoreless seventh the Lions began the top of the eighth

using the international tiebreaker. Lisa Jackson doubled in Holly

Martinez for the go-ahead run, and eventual winning run as the Lion

defense rattled off a double play and held the Lancers scoreless in

the bottom of the eighth for the win.

Freshman Krystal Keltner scattered seven hits and struck out four

for the victory to improve to 6-0, and the Lions slide to 13-5-1

overall and 5-4 in GSAC.

Mesa ekes it out

* GOLF: Costa Mesa High’s golf team improved to 3-4 with a

narrow victory over Garden Grove in a nonleague encounter at Costa

Mesa G&CC;’s Mesa Linda course, thanks to a 49 by Joe Edwards.

Edwards, the sixth man, snapped a 217-217 tie after Nick Zimmerman

(40), Brian Beach (42), Billy Jackson (42), Adam Donovan (44) and

Alex Melhern (47) logged their scores.

Earlier, at the same site, the Mustangs handled Los Amigos,

203-311, with Zimmerman again the medalist (34).

Newport rolls

* TENNIS: All three Newport Harbor High boys singles players

swept their three matches in a 14-5 victory over visiting Fountain

Valley Thursday.

Robert Khoury, Tyler Deck and Charlie Farmer paced the Tars (3-1).

Deck won his first set, 7-6, before reeling off 12 straight games.

Newport’s No. 2 doubles team of Brandon Lufty and Brian Hochwald

won two of three matches, both by 6-4 counts.

Derek Davis and teammate Jonathan Tweena, along with Dylan

Espley-Jones and partner Jason Lund, each took one set in doubles for

Newport.

*--*

Nonleague

Newport 13, Ftn. Valley 5

Singles -- R. Khoury (N), def. Lau, 7-5; def. Nguyen, 6-1; def. Lim, 6-0; Deck (N), won, 7-6, 7-6, 6-0; Farmer (N), won, 6-3, 6-2, 6-1. Doubles -- Davis-Tweena (N), lost to Nguyen-Nguyen, 1-6; def. Dinh-Bam, 7-5; lost to Drilling-Marino, 6-7; Lufty-B.

Hochwald (N) lost, 1-6, won, 6-4, 6-4.; Lund-Espley-Jones (N) lost, 2-6, won, 6-2, lost , 3-6

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OCC falls, 5-3

* TENNIS: Orange Coast College’s men’s tennis team dropped a 5-3

Orange Empire Conference decision at Irvine Valley Thursday, falling

to 4-4, 3-3 in the OEC. Robert Chu led a 1-2 burst in singles, but

Irvine Valley, 9-3, 4-3, had too much depth and prevailed.

Eagles rule

* GOLF: Despite falling to host Sunny Hills High Thursday,

Estancia won the two-day, 18-hole nonleague match, 414-423.

Estancia (2-0) shot 214 Thursday to Sunny Hills’ 208 at the par-36

Los Coyotes Golf Course in Buena Park.

Jason Cassidy shot 76 over the two days to earn medalist honors,

netting a 40 Thursday followed by Marcus Sostak (42), Jason Les (43),

Austin Serr (44) and Greg Les (45).

Sailors triumph

* GOLF: Newport Harbor High’s boys golf team (2-1) finished out

strong, beating Canyon, 406-425, in the conclusion of a two-day

nonleague match Thursday at the par-36 Anaheim Hills Country Club.

Davis Pemstein carded a 36 Thursday to go with a 41 in the opening round. Brandon Sowers tallied a 37 followed by Michael Benvenuti

(40), Garrett Whitfield (41) and Rhett Palmer (45). Whitfield tallied

a 46 in the first round at Big Canyon Country Club.

Canyon’s Jimmy Pigneri shot 35 Thursday to tie Pemstein for

co-medalist honors for the 18 holes. Pemstein birdied the par-3

second hole Thursday.

Eagles win, 7-3

* SOFTBALL: Muriel Mason struck out nine and Laura Morton

delivered a two-run double to pace Estancia High’s softball team to a

7-3 nonleague victory at Sage Hill Thursday, improving to 3-1.

Catherine Dailey went 3 for 4 for Sage Hill and Katie McKitterick

had two base hits.

*--*

Nonleague

Estancia 7, Sage Hill 3

Score by Innings

Estancia 012 022 0 -- 7 6 4

Sage Hill 100 110 0 -- 3 5 3

Mason and Acosta; Dailey and Toriua. 2B --

Morton (E), Yoder-Lee (SH)

*--*

Mustangs miss

* TENNIS: Despite a sharp performance by the doubles team of

Andrew Nguyen and John Hang, Costa Mesa’s boys tennis team was an

18-0 victim at El Modena in nonleague play Thursday.

Mesa falls to 0-3. El Modena improves to 4-1.

Sage Hill in four

* VOLLEYBALL: Sage Hill School’s boys volleyball team dealt

visiting Oxford Academy a 15-1, 10-15, 15-4, 15-8 Academy League

lesson Thursday behind the play of Kevin Joyce (15 kills) and Julian

Smith-Newman (28 assists). The Lightning improved to 2-0, 1-0 in

league.

CdM succumbs

* SOFTBALL: Corona del Mar High’s girls softball team was

limited to two hits and committed eight errors as visiting Rancho

Alamitos cruised to an 11-0 nonleague victory Thursday. CdM falls to

2-3.

*--*

Nonleague

R. Alamitos 11, CdM 0

Score by Innings

Rancho 123 410 0 -- 11 9 1

CdM 000 000 0 -- 0 2 8

Hernandez, Yost (5) and Rayle; Gaar,

Zoelle (4) and Tyson

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