UCI goes extra innings to beat Cal again

It took 12 innings, but the UC Irvine baseball team claimed its

second straight victory over Cal, 4-3, in nonconference action

Saturday night.

The Anteaters scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to

tie Cal, 3-3, and pushed the final run across with two outs and the

bases loaded in the 12th.

Steve Schroer pitched two scoreless innings, striking out five, to

notch his first win of the year. Matt Fisher went 1 for 5 with a

double and knocked in two runs for the ‘Eaters (2-1).

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Nonconference

UC Irvine 4, Cal 3

Score by Innings

Cal 000 000 001 200 -- 3 12 2

UC Irvine 010 000 000 201 -- 4 7 2

Crist, Johnson (8), Ingram (9) and

Grossman and Bussiere; Swanson,

Nicoll (6), Alstot (9), Erickson

(9), Schroer (11) and Wagner. W --

Schroer, 1-1. L -- Ingram, 0-1. 2B

-- Horwitz (Cal), Fisher (UCI). 3B

-- Bussiere (Cal).

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‘Eaters hold off UCR

* BASKETBALL: Christina Callaway scored a team-high 18 points and

grabbed 14 rebounds as the UC Irvine women’s basketball team battled

through 12 lead changes to finally defeat visiting UC Riverside,

56-55, in a Big West Conference game Saturday.

Lauren Yadon added 17 points while Ashley Biggins came off the

bench to score 12 points for the Anteaters (5-16, 4-9 in conference),

who went 0 of 11 from three-point range.

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Big West Conference

UC Irvine 56, UC Riverside 55

UC Riverside -- Reber 3, Harris 12, Reeves 28, Muir 2, Peters 0, Peterson 0, Valdez 2, Stephens 0, Spegal 8. 3-pt. goals -- Reeves 2. Fouled out -- Reber, Spegal. UC Irvine -- Urban 0, Yadon 17, Callaway 18, Ferguson 2, Green 5, Stanley 2, Biggins 12,

Ned 0. 3-pt. goals -- None. Halftime -- UC Irvine, 24-22.

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Sailors improve to 23-3

* WATER POLO: The Newport Harbor High girls water polo team held

nonleague host Coronado to one goal through three goals en route to a

9-6, regular-season ending win Saturday.

Junior Ashling Taylor led the Sailors (23-3) with three goals,

while seniors Jessica Ball and Carolyn Conway, along with junior Anne

Belden contributed two goals each. Ball recorded seven steals for

Newport Harbor, ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division I, and

Belden and Taylor had two steals apiece. Senior Sarah Mutt provided

two assists.

Senior goalies Kim Housepian and Terin Cottam stopped three shots

each.

The Sailors’ junior varsity also defeated Coronado, 8-0. Kally

Lucas and Amanda Barto scored three goals each. Lucas produced eight

steals and Leah Robertson had five. Goalie Kendal Nelson had seven

saves to go with her shutout.

CdM defeats Montebello

* WATER POLO: Vivian Liao, Katya Eadington and Camille Hewko

scored two goals each, leading the Corona del Mar High girls water

polo team to a 7-3 nonleague victory over visiting Montebello to

close out the regular season Saturday.

Eadington scored both of her goals in the first quarter as CdM

(18-9), ranked No. 1 in CIF Southern Section Division II, took a 2-1

lead. Corona del Mar junior goalie Brittany Fullen anchored the

defense with nine saves. Ashley Chandler contributed three steals,

while Liao had two. Hewko also provided two assists.

VU blows out Bethany

* BASEBALL: The Vanguard University baseball team swept visiting

Bethany in a nonconference doubleheader, scoring 28 runs with two

shutouts in a total of 12 innings because of mercy rules Saturday.

Vanguard first baseman Scott Martin went 2 for 3 with four RBIs

and Jason Searle went 2 for 3 with three RBIs, leading the Lions to a

16-0 defeat in seven innings. The Lions (4-2) had 12 hits, including

David Hudgins’ 2-for-2 performance that came with two runs scored and

two RBIs.

Hudgins delivered a 2-for-3 effort with three runs scored, while

Mike Sparks (2 for 2 with two runs scored) and Andrew Freeman

contributed three RBIs each in Vanguard’s 12-0 win over Bethany in

five innings. Nikolas Crouch and Brandon Cox added two RBIs each.

Hudgins had the game’s lone triple.

UCI downs NAU

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine men’s tennis team nearly shut out Northern

Arizona, but defeated the Lumberjacks 6-1 in a nonconference match at

Anteater Tennis Stadium.

The Anteaters (2-3), ranked No. 75, won the doubles point, winning

all three doubles matches. In No. 1 doubles, junior Brian Morton, a

Corona del Mar High product, and junior Ryusuke Kashiwabara defeated

Thibault Schram and Lew DeLeon 8-1. Senior Jon Endrikat and senior

Wkwesi Williams cruised past Jamie Maxwell and Jonas Jegers 8-1 in

No. 2 doubles.

In singles, Kashiwabara was edged by the Lumberjacks’ Jeremy Coll,

7-5, 7-5. But the Anteaters won the rest.

Endrikat defeated Thibault Schram, 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 1 slot.

Brian Morton defeated Jonas Jegers, 6-3, 6-2 in No. 2 singles. Zoran

Korac, a former Orange Coast College standout, earned the ‘Eaters’

closest margin of victory, defeating Jamie Maxwell, 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 in

the No. 4 slot. Senior Renouk Wijemanne took out Lew DeLeon, 6-0, 6-3

in the No. 5 match. In No. 6 singles, Mustafa Ulukan defeated Ronson

Taylor, 6-2, 6-2.

UCI sweeps Tritons

* VOLLEYBALL: Jimmy Pelzel and Spencer Bemus slammed 19 and 13

kills, respectively, leading the UC Irvine men’s volleyball team to a

three-game, Mountain Pacific Sports Federation victory over visiting

UC San Diego Saturday.

The Anteaters (6-8, 3-6 in the MPSF) won, 30-25, 30-26, 31-29, to

snap their three-match skid.

Brett Reid contributed 46 assists, six digs and eight block

assists, while David Smith added seven block assists.

Paulson two behind

* GOLF: Dennis Paulson (Costa Mesa High) shot a 5-under-par 67

Saturday on the South course at Torrey Pines in La Jolla and trails

John Daly by two strokes for the lead after 54 holes of the PGA

Tour’s Buick Invitational.

Paulson, who lives 10 miles away from Torrey Pines, carded

consecutive 69s in the first two rounds and sits in third

(11-under-par 205) heading into today’s final round.

Trio hot for Lions

* BASKETBALL: Kevin Dalafu, Brian Kim and Horace Wormely combined

for 80 points, leading the Vanguard University men’s basketball team

to a 90-81 victory over The Master’s in a Golden State Athletic

Conference game at the Pit Saturday.

Kevin Dalafu, a reserve, scored a career-high 30 points, including

27 in the final 20 minutes, while Kim also had 30 and Wormely

contributed 20 points and eight assists for the Lions (11-14, 4-10 in

conference). The Mustangs dropped to 15-9, 6-7.