Eagles sweep Saints

The host Estancia High boys volleyball swept Santa Ana, 25-16, 25-14,

25-13, Friday to remain the top contender in the Golden West League

with a 5-0 league record.

Junior brothers Scott and Shaun Markley led the Eagles (11-6) with

14 kills apiece, while junior Dallas Kopp added 12 kills. Senior setter Trevor Holmes had 32 assists.

Santa Ana (5-3, 3-1) remains third in league while Costa Mesa is

second. Estancia visits Saddleback at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Pitching sparks Sage

* SOFTBALL: Senior pitcher Rebecca Hembarsky pitched a

complete-game three-hitter with six strikeouts and the Sage Hill

School softball team allowed one unearned run in a 4-1 victory over

host Fairmont Friday.

Sage (5-3) scored four runs in the fifth inning to pull away, as

junior Alison Gonzalez and Hembarksy were both 2 for 3 at the plate.

The Lightning visit Estancia at 4 p.m. Monday in a makeup game.

Nonleague

Sage Hill 4,

Fairmont 1

Score by Innings

*--*

Sage 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 9 3

Fairmont 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 3

*--*

Hembarsky and Torina; Frankstan and Mcgaudhey. W -- Hembarsky,

5-3. L -- Frankstan. 2B -- Gonzales (SH).

Sage Hill tops rival

* TENNIS: Only one doubles set was lost as the Sage Hill School

boys tennis team cruised to a 13-5 victory over visiting Academy

League rival St. Margaret’s Friday at Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club.

The doubles teams of Dan Chin and Tyler Ross, as well as Michael

Garrison and Conrad Whitaker, swept their sets for the Lightning

(6-5, 2-0 in league), ranked No. 4 in CIF Southern Section Division

V. Karam Sethi and Robert Wee won two of three doubles sets.

Tristan Cordier and Martin Park both won two sets at Nos. 1 and 2

singles, respectively. Sage plays host to Fairmont Prep Tuesday.

Academy League

Sage Hill 13,

St. Margaret’s 5

Singles -- Cordier def. Drake, 6-0, lost to Barett, 7-6, def.

Adams, 6-4; Park (SH) lost, 6-0, won, 6-3, 6-0. Gerdau (SH) lost,

6-3, 6-0, won, 6-0.

Doubles -- Chin-Ross def. Wang-Bajawa, 6-1, def. Limb-Pavlovich,

6-4, def. Fuji-Chung, 6-3; Garrison-Whitaker (SH) won, 6-3, 6-0, 6-0;

Sethi-Wee (SH) lost, 6-2, won, 6-0, 6-1.

Leapaldt leads Lions

* TRACK AND FIELD: Sophomore Megan Leapaldt finished no worse than

third in all five events she competed in for the Vanguard University

women’s track and field team at the Coast Six-Way meet Friday at

Orange Coast College.

Leapaldt finished second in the 100-meter hurdles in 18.39

seconds, second in the long jump (16 feet, 8 1/2 inches), second in

the triple jump with a Vanguard record 35-7 1/2 and helped lead the

400 and 1,600 relay teams to first and third finishes, respectively.

Erik Van Aken won the 200 for the men in 22.96 while placing

second in the 100 in 11.39. Brandon Shaw topped the 400 in 49.56 and

helped the 1,600 relay team to a first-place finish.

Hornets sting ‘Eaters

* TENNIS: The Sacramento State University women’s tennis team,

ranked 34th nationally, improved to 15-4 overall with a 5-2 victor

over host UC Irvine Friday.

The Hornets, who have won 13 of 14, swept the three doubles

matches for the doubles point and lost two singles matches.

Freshmen Jessica Broadfoot and Inna Agababian, who defeated

Roberta Fessenko, 6-7, 6-4, (13-11) earned singles victories for UCI

(10-9), which hosts UC Davis at 2:30 p.m. today in its final

regular-season home match.

VU falls to Biola

* BASEBALL: The visiting Biola University baseball team scored two

runs in the sixth inning to pull ahead and eventually defeat

Vanguard, 3-2, in a Golden State Athletic Conference game Friday.

Vanguard (12-19, 8-9 in the GSAC) reliever Robert Klein entered

the game in the sixth inning and threw four scoreless innings with

six hits, but the Lions couldn’t muster the offense to pull ahead.

Isaac Salazar went 2 for 4 at the plate with an RBI for Vanguard,

while Todd Merz and Joseph Candelaria were both 1 for 3 with doubles.

Golden State

Athletic Conference

Biola 3,

Vanguard 2

Score by Innings

*--*

Biola 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 3 8 1

VU 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1

*--*

Hamblet and Kroeker; Erickson, Klein (6) and Westerfeld. W --

Hamblet, 5-3. L -- Erickson, 2-4. 2B -- Merz (VU), Candelaria (VU).

Lightning in slump

* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School boys volleyball team fell to

0-8 on the season following a 25-23, 25-14, 21-25, 25-18 loss to host

Whitney in an Academy League match Friday.

Sage (0-2 in league) was led by junior Mike Morgan with six kills.

Freshman Carl Hillgren had 18 assists at the setter position, while

Jamie McGee, Jake Lazere and Will Rogan tallied four kills each.

OCC tops Saddleback

* TENNIS: The Orange Coast College men’s tennis team defeated

Saddleback, 6-3, Thursday in the Orange Empire Conference

regular-season finale.

The win lifted the Pirates (12-3, 10-3) into a second-place tie

with the Gauchos, who defeated the Pirates, 6-3, in their first

meeting.

Colby Morita (No. 1), Spencer Solomon (No. 2), Jared Haley (No. 3)

and Victor Jacobs (No. 5) were singles winners for the Pirates.

Sage splits meet

* TRACK AND FIELD: The Sage Hill School track and field teams

split victories in an Academy League dual meet Thursday at Saddleback

College. The boys won, 73-62, while the girls lost, 74-62.

Junior Chris Neale led the boys, winning the 100 meters in 11.9

seconds, the 200 in 24.8, the long jump in 17 feet, 3 inches, while

also running on the winning 400 relay team. Zach Chandy, Tyler Ellis

and Chris Lee rounded out the 400 relay team while Ellis, Eric Good,

Ian Dull and Tim Lefler made up the winning 1,600 relay team (3:51.3).

Lefler won the 400 in 54.6, Chandy won the 800 in 2:11.3, Connor

Rose topped the 1,600 in 5:02.9 and Mike Voge won the 3,200 in

11:10.9.

On the girls side, Kelsey Rose won the 100 in 13.5 and the 200 in

28.2. Erica Faris won the 800 in 2:41.2, while Laura Gordon won the

100 hurdles (17.6), long jump (14-11) and triple jump (33-2). Amy

Werblin won the shot put (25-2) and discus (77-1).

Cougars tame Lions

* TENNIS: The Vanguard University men’s tennis team fell, 7-2, to

host Azusa Pacific Friday in a Golden State Athletic Conference

match.

The top-ranked Cougars (17-3, 7-0 in conference)swept the doubles

action and won four of the six singles matches.

Dieter Weislmaier and Cyril Contry were the only winners for the

Lions (11-4, 5-2).

VU holds off Azusa

* TENNIS: The host NAIA second-ranked Vanguard University women’s

tennis team held off No. 4 Azusa Pacific, rallying from a 2-1 deficit

to win, 7-2, in a Golden State Athletic Conference match Friday.

Vanguard (16-3, 11-0 in the GSAC) took five of six singles matches

as Olga Hlushchanka (No. 1), Jenny Edner (2), Amy Brown (3), Alena

Votavova (5) and Olivia Amstad (6) defeated their opponents.

Anae, Fullen honored

* WATER POLO: Jordan Anae was named Co-MVP and Brittany Fullen was

named goalie of the year for the Pacific Coast League after leading

the Corona del Mar High girls water polo team to its fourth straight

CIF division title.

Anae led CdM with 65 goals and Fullen had 221 saves. Laguna

Beach’s Addison Doud is the other Co-MVP.

Joining Anae and Fullen on the first team is fellow senior Katlin

Kubas, junior Camille Hewko and sophomore Katie Indvik.

Second-team all-leaguers include junior Ashley Chandler and

sophomore Cari Levine.