Cal tops UCI in series finale

Visiting Cal broke a 4-4 tie in the seventh inning and never looked

back, defeating UC Irvine, 10-4, in a nonconference baseball game

Sunday before 986 at Anteater Ballpark.

The win allowed the Golden Bears (5-4) to avert a sweep in the

three-game series, evening UCI’s record at 2-2.

Designated hitter R.J. Brown and right fielder Danny McCarthy

paced UCI’s six-hit attack with two hits apiece.

UCI starter David Huff lasted three innings, giving up three runs

on six hits. Reliever Justin Cassel fell to 0-1, allowing two runs on

five hits in 3 2/3 innings, while striking out four.

Cal starter Adam Gold gave up just one earned run and six hits

while striking out five in five innings, but left the game tied at

four.

Alex Trafton. Trafton earned the win with three shutout innings.

UC Irvine visits Fresno State Tuesday at 6:35 p.m.

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Nonconference

Cal 10, UC Irvine 4

Score by Innings

Cal 102 010 105 -- 10 14 3

UCI 102 010 000 -- 4 6 0

Gold, Trafton (6), Swanson (9) and

Grossman; Huff, Cassel (4), Fox (7),

Alstot (8), Koehler (9) and Werhun,

Wagner. W -- Trafton, 1-0. L -- Cassel,

0-1. 2B -- Brown (UCI). 3B -- Nicholson

(C), Craig (C), Nelson (C).

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Turpin wins two events

* TRACK AND FIELD: UC Irvine senior Annmarie Turpin won two events

in a four-way indoor track and field meet at the Walkup Skydome in

Flagstaff, Ariz., Saturday.

Turpin won the 60-meter hurdles in 8.78 seconds and the high jump

at 5 feet, 8 inches.

Freshman Orlisha Henlon placed second in the high jump at 5-6.

Freshman Kirsten Loftin finished second in the pole vault (11-9

3/44) while the Anteaters went 2-3-4 in the triple jump with freshman

Adonica Shaw (37-3 1/4), junior Amber Nefas (36-2) and freshman

Ashlee Marshell (35-8 1/2).

In the long jump, freshman Kat Dawkins was third (17-11 1/4),

Marshell was fourth (17-9 3/4), and junior Kim Harper fifth (17-9

1/4). The Anteaters’ 1,600 relay of Dawkins, Nefas, Lauren Adams and

Suzanne Purmort was second (3:55.27).

UCI lost to Northern Arizona 92-48, to Southern Utah 96-44 and to

New Mexico 74.5-62.5 in the dual-meet scoring. The Anteaters’ next

competition is the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Indoor

Championships in Seattle Feb. 27-28.

UCI wins in double OT

* WATER POLO: The UC Irvine women’s water polo team earned a 5-4

road win in double overtime Sunday over Mountain Pacific Sports

Federation rival Hawaii at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.

Aleah Amr scored with 22 seconds left in the second overtime to

give UCI the victory, helping the Anteaters improve to 5-4, 1-1 in

the MPSF.

Hawaii fell to 4-4, 1-2.

Erica Horman scored twice for UCI, which also received single

goals from Rebecca Wedemeyer and Michelle Carey. Sunceray Chamblee

had six saves for the winners.

49ers dispatch ‘Eaters

* TENNIS: Tiffany Chang and Anna Bentzer earned singles victories

to provide the only highlights for visiting UC Irvine, which dropped

a 5-2 women’s tennis decision to Long Beach State Sunday.

UCI fell to 2-3, while Long Beach State is now 2-3.

Chang defeated Nicole Bouffler, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. Bentzer beatLindsey

Marvel, 6-3, 6-0.