‘Eaters’ Ned honored

UC Irvine sophomore Angie Ned was named second-team All-Big West

Conference in women’s basketball Monday.

Ned, a 5-foot-10 guard, averaged 16.1 points to lead the Anteaters

in the regular season. She also contributed more than four rebounds

per game and her 1.8 steals per game also lead UCI.

Ned is the No. 6 scorer in the conference and she ranks fifth

among Big West players in steals and free-throw percentage (80.4%).

Ned, who leads the Anteaters into Wednesday’s first-round Big West

tournament clash with Utah State at the Anaheim Convention Center,

was the only UCI women’s player recognized.

Junior guards Ross Schraeder and Aaron Fitzgerald received

honorable mention for men’s basketball all-conference laurels.

UCI defeats Pacific

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine men’s tennis team defeated University of

the Pacific, 5-2, Monday in a Big West Conference match at Anteater

Tennis Stadium.

Rye Kashiwabara teamed with Brian Morton to win the No. 1 doubles

match, 8-4, and Peter Surapol partnered with Aaron Ellis to win No. 3

doubles, 9-8, for UCI (6-6, 3-0 in conference).

Kashiwabara, Surapol, Victor Lamm and Mustafa Ulukan all earned

singles wins for the Anteaters.

Chen paces Lightning

* GOLF: The Sage Hill School boys golf team defeated JSerra,

229-246, at San Clemente Golf Course Monday in a nine-hole nonleague

contest.

Junior Josh Chen was the medalist, shooting a 4-over-par 40.

Senior John Neff was right behind with a 43.

Junior Rory Soubister (45), as well as sophomores Ryan Babbush

(48) and Geoffry Grant (53) also scored for the Lightning, who

improve to 2-1.

The lowest score for host JSerra was 46.

Sage Hill meets Irvine at Oak Creek Golf Club Thursday at 3 p.m.

Bucs’ woes continue

* SOFTBALL: Chaffey College handed the Orange Coast softball team

its eighth straight defeat Monday with an 8-5 decision in a

nonconference game.

OCC (1-13) took a 1-0 first-inning lead when leadoff hitter

Ashleigh Miller was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on

Heather Walker’s single up the middle.

The Panthers, who improve to 6-6, tied it in the third and took a

3-1 lead in the fourth on an RBI single and a wild pitch.

The Pirates battled back in the fourth when Miller reached base

and advanced to second on a Chaffey error. After stealing third,

Miller scored on a double to the left-center gap by Laura Van

Moorlegham, OCC’s starting pitcher who struck out three batters in

seven innings of work.

Chaffey scored widened the lead on a two-run home run in the fifth

and scored twice in the sixth on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly.

OCC was able to put up three runs in the sixth. Van Moorleghem

drove in two with a bases-loaded single and a double steal brought

Walker across the plate to cut Chaffey’s lead to 7-5.

Trailing, 8-5, in its final at-bat, Miller gave OCC hope with a

one-out triple. But Chaffey recorded the final two outs without her

advancing past third base.