CdM rolls over Monarchs

* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High boys tennis standouts Garrett Snyder

and Carsten Ball each had hard-fought singles battles with Newport

Beach resident and Mater Dei junior Kaes Van’t Hof decided by a

tiebreaker Friday in the Sea Kings’ 15-3 nonleague victory at Los

Caballeros Racquet Club in Fountain Valley.

Snyder, a senior, defeated Van’t Hof, 8-6, in the tiebreaker,

while Van’t Hof prevailed over Ball, a sophomore, 8-6, in the

tiebreaker, after Ball had rallied from a 2-6 deficit.

The CdM doubles teams of Bryan Warsaw and Brennan Roberts, as well

as Wesley Miller and Issei Saida, swept for the Sea Kings, who

improved to 4-0.

Mater Dei fell to 4-2.

CdM hosts Woodbridge Monday in another nonleague clash.

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Nonleague

CdM 15, Mater Dei 3

Singles -- Snyder (CdM) def. Van’t Hof, 7-6, def. Danse, 6-0, def. Burrows, 6-1; Reitz (CdM) lost, 2-6, won, 6-0, 6-3; Ball (CdM), lost, 6-7, won, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles -- Warsaw-Roberts (CdM) def. Nguyen-Williams, 6-4, def. Herrell-Miles, 6-2, def.

Gonzalez-Lam, 6-1; Miller-Saida (CdM) won, 6-3, 6-2, 6-0; Gingold-Nguyen (CdM) lost, 1-6, 6-4 (sub Pham-Gingold) won, 7-5

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UCI men win, 4-3

* TENNIS: UC Irvine’s men’s tennis team edged visiting Portland

University in a nonconference match Friday, posting a 4-3 decision

behind the play of singles standouts Jon Endrikat, Zoran Korac, Brian

Morton and Eric Yandoc at Anteater Tennis Stadium.

Yandoc, playing in the No. 6 singles slot, clinched the victory

with a 6-2, 5-7, 6-2 win over Peter Miskovic.

UCI improves to 10-7. The Anteaters return to play March 27-30 at

the 24th annual Anteater Classic.

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Nonconference

UCI 4, Portland 3

Singles -- Endrikat (UCI) def. Malacek, 6-7, 6-1, 6-2; Korac (UCI) def. Borvanov, 5-7, 6-4, 6-4; Morton (UCI) def. Hernandez, 6-1, 6-4; Borchard (P) def. Biorkman, 3-6, 7-6, 7-5; Redpath (P) def. Surapol, 6-2, 6-2; Yandoc (UCI) def. Miskovic, 6-2, 5-7,

6-2

Doubles -- Endrikat-Morton (UCI) def. Hernandez-Borvanov, 8-2; Borchard-Redpath (P) def. Korac-Prentice, 8-1; Malecek-Garrison (P) def. Williams-Surapol, 8-5

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UCI women win

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine Anteaters’ women’s tennis team improved

to 9-7 with a 5-2 nonconference victory over visiting Central Florida

Thursday, with junior Tiffany Chang leadling the way at No. 1 singles

at the Newport Beach Tennis Center.

Also with wins in singles were Anna Bentzer, Amy Tranckino and

Kristina Boss.

The Anteaters will return to action on March 23 when they take on

the Nebraska Cornhuskers. UCI will also begin the eight-team 6th

annual UCI Spring Invitational March 23.

Grossmont wins, 6-1

* TENNIS: Defending state champion Grossmont College proved its

billing Friday, knocking off Orange Coast, 6-1, in a nonconference

women’s tennis match shortened due to darkness.

Freshman Michelle Wenski won her last two sets to gain the only

win for Coast (8-1, 6-0 in the Orange Empire Conference). Freshman

Rachel Sessum won the only other game for Coast Friday.

“They are real good competition, which is good for us,” said Coast

Coach Janice Maran about playing Grossmont.

Coast begins the second round of OEC play Tuesday when it faces

Riverside, which is second to the Pirates in the conference

standings.

Estancia dominates

* SWIMMING: Estancia High’s boys and girls swim teams both

recorded blowout victories Friday in a nonleague dual meet at

Santiago in Garden Grove.

The Eagle boys won, 127-19, while the girls posted a 129-29

margin.

Sophomore Richard McElveney, senior Frank Gamboa and Chad Kunnert

each won two events to lead the Eagles (3-0). Anthony Hermann

(100-yard breaststroke) and Sean Goodman (100 butterfly) each took

one event Friday.

Santiago had only one swimmer place in the top three in individual

events (second in the 50 free). Kunnert won that event in 24.9.

On the girls side, senior Lihini Keenawinna, Jayme Fay and Marilyn

Reich each won two events to pace the Eagles (2-1).

Keenawinna, Fay and Reich each were in on two of the Eagles’

sweeps in the relay events.

Coach Bob Bandaruk said several girls garnered personal records

Friday, including junior Britta Pitti, who shaved four seconds off

her time in the 100 butterfly to touch in 1:22.89.

Vanguard sweeps

* SOFTBALL: Vanguard University swept to 4-2 and 7-2

nonconference softball victories over visiting Dominican Friday to

improve to 15-5-1.

Marciea Ball spun a seven-hitter for the win. Jill Jessen had a

run-scoring double and Lisa Jackson had an RBI-single.

Krystal Keltner had an eight-hitter for the win in the nightcap.

Jackson was 2 for 4.

Lightning wins first

* TENNIS: The Sage Hill School boys tennis team earned its first

victory of the season Friday, topping nonleague host Ocean View,

17-1.

The Lightning’s No. 1 doubles team of senior Mark Ramadan and

freshman Ara Demirjian led a 9-0 doubles sweep for the visitors

(1-3).

Ocean View fell to 1-4.

Sailors bumped

* VOLLEYBALL: Newport Harbor High’s boys volleyball team finds

itself in a third world of sorts this morning as the Sailors continue

the San Diego Tournament of Champions in the consolation bracket at

Frances Parker High.

Newport dropped its opener Friday to Long Beach Wilson, 14-16,

15-7, 15-10, defeated Basic of Las Vegas, 15-2, 15-6, then lost to

Frances Parker, 15-9, 15-10.

Mike Toole (13), Chad Rorden (12) and Nedim Pajevic (11) were the

kill leaders in the opener. Rorden (six) and Adam Schlesinger (six)

were kill leaders against Basic.

Nick Glassic had six kills against Frances Parker.

Coast pounds Mesa

* VOLLEYBALL: Orange Coast College’s men’s volleyball team

defeated host San Diego Mesa Friday night, 30-19, 30-23, 30-28, in an

Orange Empire Conference match.

Setiam Allah led the Pirates (10-3, 7-2 in the OEC) with 12 kills

followed by Poyer Poia’s 11. David Doxey had 28 assists and also

tallied four solo blocks and two service aces.

Paul Pomroy led Coast with nine digs and Poia added eight. Dane

Gilliam collected four blocks.

San Diego Mesa falls to 1-8, 3-9.

CdM wins twice

* VOLLEYBALL: The Corona del Mar High boys volleyball team went

2-1 in pool play Friday to advance to the championship division of

the San Diego Tournament of Champions.

The Sea Kings, playing without 6-foot-6 Stanford-bound senior

middle blocker Eric Jones (sprained ankle) defeated Capistrano

Valley, 15-5, 15-10, then handled Grant of Los Angeles, 15-5, 15-10,

before being topped by Mt. Carmel, 15-10, 8-15, 15-6.

Sophomore Kevin Welch had a team-high eight kills against Capo

Valley and shared the team lead with senior brother Bart (12) against

Mt. Carmel.

Senior Miles Yourman’s seven kills led the team against Grant.

Greg Gabriel had a combined 43 assists against Capo Valley and Mt.

Carmel and Brian Brinkerhoff was another consistent standout for CdM,

which begins double-elimination play today at 9 a.m.

UCI falls in four

* VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team, ranked No. 7,

was defeated at No. 3-ranked Brigham Young, 30-17, 30-25, 28-30,

30-23, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation match Friday.

Jimmy Pelzel had 12 kills and Jarrett Jensen added 10 for the

Anteaters (15-7, 8-7 in conference).

Jaime Mayol led BYU with 18 kills to help the Cougars improve to

14-4, 12-3.

The two teams battle again tonight at BYU.