UCI duo wins title

UC Irvine senior Jon Endrikat and junior Brian Morton, the top-seeded

doubles team, won the ITA West region championship on Saturday at the

Home Depot Center in Carson.

The pair defeated Pepperdine’s Scott Doerner and Calle Hansen,

8-5, to advance to the final. Then, Morton and Endrikat defeated

Jorgen Arnesen and Pablo Pires de Almeida of San Francisco, 8-6, in

the championship match.

“Brian and John were the No. 1 seed and the pressure was on them,”

UCI Coach Steve Clark said. “They really stepped up. They have to be

one of the best [UCI] doubles team since Mike Briggs and Trevor

Kronemann.”

On the year, Endrikat and Morton are 10-1 and will head to the

University of Michigan to compete in the National Intercollegiate

indoor championships Nov. 6-8.

Pirates take third place

* WATER POLO: The Orange Coast College men’s water polo team

finished third in the Saddleback tournament after splitting two games

Saturday.

The Pirates (16-11) defeated Fullerton, 12-10, to grab third place

in the 10-team tourney. Abner Castorena and Mike Martin scored four

goals each, while Tyler Morales, Alex Avetoon, Mike Vanderberg and

Jason Grijilva added one goal apiece. OCC goalie Mike Nichols

recorded 22 saves.

Abner and Martin scored the Pirates’ last two goals to break away

from a 10-10 tie. OCC lost to Rio Hondo, 12-11, in the semifinal,

when Martin scored five goals, Saturday morning.

The Pirates won by forfeit over Mt. San Antonio to open the

tournament Friday. They then defeated El Camino, 6-5, in triple

overtime. Castorena, who scored three goals, delivered the

game-winner, two and a half minutes into sudden death.

Northridge drops UCI

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine’s women’s volleyball team won the first

game, 30-23, then lost three straight to host Cal State Northridge,

30-25, 30-28, 30-24, in Big West Conference action Saturday night at

the Matadome.

Jennifer Fopma led Northridge (12-6, 8-3 in the Big West) with 27

kills, 10 kills and five block assists, while Kelly Wing paced UCI

(16-7, 7-4) with 22 kills. Dana Kurzbard (13 kills), Trisha White

(11) and Sami Cash (10) also led the Anteaters.

Cal sinks Anteaters

* WATER POLO: Attila Banhidy, Brian Kinsel and Andrija Vasiljevic

scored two goals apiece to lead No. 2 California past eighth-ranked

UC Irvine, 9-5, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men’s water

polo at Spieker Aquatics Complex in Berkeley Saturday.

The Golden Bears (14-4, 2-2 in the MPSF) took charge in the third

quarter outscoring the Anteaters 4-1 in that period to build a 7-2

lead. UCI pulled to within 7-4 on goals by Dan Noon and Rick Merlo

early in the fourth quarter but Cal’s Brian Bacharach scored with

3:39 left in the game to seal the win for the Bears.

Noon and Phil Garcia led the Anteaters (8-11, 0-2) with two goals

each. Joe Wynne had three saves in goal for UCI. UCI faces No. 14

Pacific in a MPSF game Sunday in Stockton at noon.

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Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

California 9, UC Irvine 5

Score by Quarters

UC Irvine 0 1 1 3 -- 5

Cal 2 1 4 2 -- 9

UCI -- Garcia 2, Noon 2, Merlo 1. Saves -- Wynne

3. Cal -- Banhidy 2, Kinsel 2, Vasiljevic 2,

Bacharach 1, Panawek 1, Quist 1. Saves -- Kates 8.

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UC Irvine men win

* SOCCER: UC Irvine’s men’s soccer team scored in the second

overtime Saturday night to pull out a 2-1 Big West Conference victory

over visiting UC Riverside.

In the 108th minute, UCI’s Sebastian Galmarini scored on an assist

from Sean Iliff. UCI tied the match, 1-1, in the 87th minute in

regulation on a penalty kick by Anthony Vizcarra.

Edgar Alejo scored in the first half for Riverside (6-7-1, 2-3-1

in the Big West) in the 36th minute. UCI improved to 5-8-1, 2-1-1.

VU rallies past Hope

* VOLLEYBALL: Kelli Whittaker (15 kills), Keri DeHaas (14) and

Jaclyn Lee (13) paced the Vanguard University women’s volleyball team

to a four-game victory Saturday night over visiting Hope

International, 27-30, 30-25, 30-24, 30-15, in Golden State Athletic

Conference action.

VU setter Marissa Cothran added 54 assists, while Sonrisa Peace

(four block assists) and Cothran (three) were solid at the net.

Lindsay Kaiser and DeHaas each contributed 15 digs.

The Lions, whose playoff hopes remain alive, improved to 13-7, 7-7

in the GSAC; Hope fell to 15-10, 7-7.

Tars take day off

* CROSS COUNTRY: The Newport Harbor High boys and girls cross

country teams did not compete in the Mt. San Antonio College

Invitational because of the weather conditions and air effected by

the fires nearby Saturday.

The teams conducted a workout in Newport Beach instead, said Eric

Tweit, the girls cross country coach and the school’s boys athletic

director.

The Mt. SAC Invitational had three-mile races in the morning, and

then went to two miles in the afternoon, when the Sailors were

expected to run.

In addition to the poor conditions, Tweit did not want to have his

runners experience the Mt. SAC course with just two miles of running

on it. Newport boys cross country coach Nowell Kay did not want his

runners to take in the bad air.

They decided Friday not to go to the meet.

Sailors down Irvine

* WATER POLO: Senior Michael Bury scored four goals to help lead

the Newport Harbor High boys water polo team past Sea View League foe

Irvine, 11-5, Friday at Corona del Mar High. Sean McGhie and Clay

Jorth scored two goals each, while the Auer brothers, Bryan and

Brett, along with Carson Hill added one apiece for the Sailors, who

improved to 2-1 in league.

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Sea View League

Newport Harbor 11, Irvine 5

Score by Quarters

Irvine 2 2 1 0 -- 5

Newport 3 3 3 2 -- 11

Irvine -- Natalizio 2, Uyn 2, Skidmore 1. Saves

-- Anascauge 11. Newport -- Bury 4, McGhie 2,

Jorth 2, Bre. Auer 1, Bry. Auer 1, Hill 1. Saves -- Robinson 13.

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