Lightning still perfect

The Sage Hill School girls volleyball team improved its league record

to 2-0 Friday, defeating Capistrano Valley Christian, 25-11, 25-11,

25-14, in an Academy League match at Capo Valley Christian High.

Cat Daily led the Lightning (8-4, 2-0 in league) with eight kills

and two blocks, and sophomore center Kelsey Lawler had a match-high

20 assists to set up Sage’s win.

Sage’s serving was on fire with the team dishing out 14 total

aces, seven coming from co-captain Vista Murphy.

Sage plays St. Margaret’s Tuesday in its biggest league match of

the year. St. Margaret’s defeated Sage twice in league last season.

Vanguard sets record

* VOLLEYBALL: The host Vanguard University women’s volleyball team

set a school record for victories in a season after defeating

visiting Westmont, 26-30, 32-30, 30-25, 30-22, in Golden State

Athletic Conference play Friday night.

The Lions (19-7, 6-4 in the GSAC) were paced by Sonrisa Peace (18

kills), Jaclyn Lee (14) and Keri Dehaas (10). They travel to Point

Loma Tuesday.

Eagles win in overtime

* WATER POLO: Chad Kunert scored in overtime to give the Estancia

High boys water polo team a 10-9 victory over La Quinta in the

Estancia tournament Friday at Estancia.

Estancia won that game, but lost its first game, 11-7, against

Sage Hill School.

Kunert led in the victory game with five goals, while Danny

Alderete had three. Alderete and Kunert both had three in the loss to

Sage.

*--*

Estancia tournament

Sage Hill 11, Estancia 7

Score by Quarters

Sage 2 2 4 3 -- 11

Estancia 1 1 1 4 -- 7

Estancia -- Alderete 3, Kunert 3, Hulett 1. Saves

-- McElveny 5

*--*

*--*

Estancia 10, La Quinta 9

Score by Periods

Estancia 3 1 3 2 1 -- 10

La Quinta 2 2 3 2 0 -- 9

Estancia -- Kunert 5, Alderete 3, Mellin 1,

Buchman 1. Saves -- McDonald 8.

*--*

UC Irvine sweeps Davis

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine’s women’s volleyball team swept UC Davis

in three games, 30-25, 30-12, 30-22, to improve its overall record to

12-4 Friday in nonconference action at UCI.

Kelly Wing racked up 14 kills for the Anteaters, while Sami Cash

had 12 as the Anteaters as a team combined for 51 total kills in the

win.

Sage breezes to win

* TENNIS: The Sage Hill School girls tennis team obliterated

Whitney, 17-1, in an Academy League matchup Friday at Whitney High.

No. 1 singles player Stephanie Langer and No. 3 singles player

Alyssa Lee both swept their sets, while No. 2 singles player Sarah

Geocaris won two out of three.

The entire doubles team, consisting of Sarah Flynn, Alle Hsu,

Carissa Cummings, Salen Andrews, Brina Dokich and Rachel Heyler all

swept their sets.

The Lightning (6-4, 4-1 in league) will host St. Margaret’s in

another Academy League match on Tuesday.

*--*

Academy League

Sage Hill 17, Whitney 1

Singles -- Langer (SH) def. Vo, 6-2, def. Wong, 6-0, def. Chen, 7-5; Geocaris (SH) won, 6-0, 6-0, lost, 6-2; Lee (SH) won, 6-2, 7-5, 6-2.

Doubles -- Flynn-Hsu (SH) def. Pang-Park (SH), 6-0, def. Gong-Tse, 6-1, def. Chen-Dun, 6-0; Andrews-Cummings won, 6-2, 6-2, 6-3; Dokich-Heyler won, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0.

*--*

Mesa bites into Orange

* VOLLEYBALL: The Costa Mesa High girls volleyball team devoured

Orange in three games, 25-17, 25-19 and 25-21, Friday afternoon at

Costa Mesa High.

Lindsey Navarrette lead the Mustangs with nine kills, while

Danielle Morton had six kills and three blocks.

Jackie Havens added four aces and 17 assists.

OCC men win, 2-1

* SOCCER: The Orange Coast College men’s soccer team defeated

Golden West, 2-1, Friday afternoon in an Orange Empire Conference

game at Golden West.

Golden West’s Steve Armendariz scored in the 11th minute to put

the Rustlers up, 1-0. But OCC shot back in the 35th minute with a

header by Jose Serpas off a corner kick from Will Sanchez.

Matt Schirmer scored in the 74th minute to seal the victory for

the Pirates.

Eight enough for OCC

* SOCCER: Orange Coast College’s women’s soccer team scored a

season-high eight goals, each from a different player, in an 8-0

shutout over visiting Golden West in Orange Empire Conference action.

OCC goalies Kara DeMille, Michelle Vahdatipour and Maria DeMesa

shared time in the net, but none were forced to make a save in the

win.

Orange Coast (8-2-1, 6-2-0 in the OEC) travels to Saddleback at 3

p.m. Tuesday.

Golden West fell to 0-7-3, 0-7-1.

Corona del Mar splits

* WATER POLO: Corona del Mar defeated Coronado in the first round

of the S and R Sport Water Polo Cup, but lost to Long Beach Wilson in

the second round, Friday at the Irvine William Woollett Jr. Aquatics

Complex.

Tom Money and Jacob Murphy had four goals apiece to lead the Sea

Kings against Coronado in the 16-11 win, and Thomas Pearson had three

goals in CdM’s 15-5 loss to Long Beach.

Sea Kings’ goalie Gaston Sanford combined in both games for 21

saves.

*--*

S & R Sport tournament

First round Corona del Mar 16, Coronado 11

Score by Quarters

CdM 5 3 5 3 - 16

Coronado 4 1 3 3 - 11

CdM -- Money 4, Murphy 4, Pirdy 3, Pearson 2,

Buhagiar 1, Hersh 1, Schoenberg 1. Saves --

Sanford 11.

*--*

*--*

Second round Long Beach Wilson 15, Corona del Mar 5

Score by Quarters

CdM 2 1 1 1 - 5

Long Beach Wilson 3 3 5 4 - 15

CdM -- Pearson 3, Money 1, Buhagiar 1. Saves --

Sanford 10.

*--*

Mesa tests Tustin

* WATER POLO: The Costa Mesa High boys water polo team could not

close the game in the fourth quarter, and lost 13-9 to Tustin

Thursday in a nonleague game at Tustin High.

Up by one point entering the fourth quarter, the Mustangs (9-3,

3-0 in league) couldn’t stop Tustin’s constant barrage of shots and

also could not counter in goals, scoring none in the final period.

Kyle Thorsness led Mustang scoring with four goals, while Luke

Yellin added two.

Matt Jaroslawski had seven saves for Mesa.

*--*

Nonleague

Tustin 13, Costa Mesa 9 Score by Quarters

Costa Mesa 4 2 3 0 - 9

Tustin 5 2 1 5 - 13

Costa Mesa -- Thorsness 3, Yellin 2, Adamowicz 2,

Douglas 1, Spencer 1. Saves -- Faroslawski 9.

*--*

UCI falls to Matadors

* SOCCER: The host UC Irvine women’s soccer team lost, 2-0, to Cal

State Northridge in a Big West Conference game.

Freshman Tryna Tafoya put the Matadors (9-2-1, 3-0 in conference)

up, 1-0, at the 10:32 mark off an assist from Brianna Monka. Casey

Dodd added a goal off an assist by Rebecca Hidalgo at the 37:15 mark

to give Northridge a 2-0 lead at the half.

Sophomore goalkeeper Marissa Welliver had six saves for the

‘Eaters.

UCI (3-8-2, 0-3) will host Pacific at noon Sunday.

Orange Coast swept

* VOLLEYBALL: The Orange Coast College women’s volleyball team

lost, 30-22, 32-30, 30-17, to visiting Riverside in an Orange Empire

match.

The Pirates (5-3, 1-2 in league) had a chance to even the match in

the second game, but a hitting error and a Riverside kill put the

game away. Donka Drozd and Melissa Zapian each had 10 kills to lead the Bucs.

The Tigers (3-3, 2-1) took advantage of poor OCC defense,

registering 45 kills and 13 service aces.

OCC hosts Irvine Valley Wed. in another Orange Empire match.

Hawkins leaves Crush

* BASKETBALL: Juaquin Hawkins, the first player signed by the

Orange County Crush, an American Basketball Association expansion

franchise scheduled to play at the Costa Mesa Fairgrounds. signed

earlier this week with the Milwaukee Bucks, the Crush announced

Thursday.

Hawkins, a 6-foot-7 forward, played 58 games with the Houston

Rockets in the 2002-03 season, averaging 2.3 points and 1.3 rebounds.

He played the 2003-04 campaign with the Long Beach Jam, earning

ABA Defensive Player of the Year recognition under the guidance of

Jam Coach Earl Cureton, who is now the coach of the Crush.

Hawkins, 31, is among 19 players listed on the roster for the

Bucks, who open their eight-game preseason schedule Wednesday at home

against the Minnesota Timberwolves.