Anteaters’ woes extended by UOP

The visiting women’s soccer team from the University of the Pacific

rallied for a 2-1 Big West Conference victory over UC Irvine Sunday

at Anteater Stadium.

Anteater freshman Frankee Kelly opened the scoring in the 24th

minute. The scoring opportunity began with a cross by sophomore

Britney Webster that was subsequently deflected by freshman Kim

Conlan.

UCI (3-9-2, 0-4-0 in conference) took a 1-0 lead into halftime,

but Carmen Padilla scored the equalizer for the Tigers (6-3-4, 2-0-2)

in the 52nd minute.

UOP’s Sadye Reish converted a cross from Padilla into the

game-winning goal in the 73rd minute.

UCI sophomore goalkeeper Marissa Welliver had eight saves, while

Jamie Souza had three saves for the Tigers.

Kelly had three shots for the hosts, for whom Webster and Tara

Weldon had two apiece.

It was the fifth straight loss for UCI and extended the ‘Eaters

winless streak to eight contests. UCI has scored just four goals in

those eight games and Sunday was the 12th time in 14 games this

season UCI has been held to fewer than two goals.

UCI continues Big West play Friday when it visits the Idaho

Vandals.

Former Sailor honored

* VOLLEYBALL: Adam Schlesinger, a 2004 Newport Harbor High

graduate, was named to Volleyball Magazine’s “Fab 50,” the

publication’s annual rating of the top 50 high school volleyball

players in the United States.

Schlesinger, one of only seven setters named to the list, earned

first-team All-Sea View League and Newport-Mesa Dream Team laurels

after helping the Sailors win the league championship in undefeated

fashion last spring.

The 6-foot-6 Schlesinger capped his prep career with 16 assists

for the North in June’s Dave Mohs Memorial Orange County boys

all-star volleyball match.

He was also a member of the Balboa Bay Volleyball Club team that

took fifth place in this year’s Junior Olympics in Austin, Texas.

Schlesinger will continue his volleyball career at Long Beach

State, the NCAA runner-up last spring.

-- Bryce Alderton

Crush loses Hawkins

* 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.