OCC entries march onward

Orange Coast College men’s tennis player Colby Morita advanced to

today’s singles quarterfinals, while two OCC men’s doubles teams are

also in today’s quarters at the Orange Empire Conference men’s tennis

tournament at Saddleback College.

Morito, the No. 5 seed, defeated Brian Valparaiso, 6-3, 6-1,

Thursday, to advance to today’s 10 a.m. date with No. 4-seeded Carlos

Catalan from College of the Desert.

Morita and Spencer Solomon, a Costa Mesa High product, earned

their doubles quarterfinal berth with a victory Tuesday.

The OCC doubles team of Hiroshi Muto and Scott Fielder defeated

Dan Loney and Sam Choe from Irvine Valley, 5-7, 7-5, 6-4, in the

round of 16 Thursday to advance to today’s quarterfinals.

Fielder and Solomon were eliminated in the singles round of 16 for

the Pirates, coached by Glenn Morton, who has been named conference

Coach of the Year.

OCC women advance

* TENNIS: Top-seeded Michelle Esquivel of the Orange Coast College

women’s tennis team advanced to the singles final of the Orange

Empire Conference individual tournament after victories in the

quarterfinals and semifinals Thursday at Cypress College.

Esquivel will face second-seeded Amanda Varela of Saddleback at 2

p.m. today for the conference individual singles crown. OCC’s

unseeded Emily Paulson upset Saddleback’s fourth-seeded Meghan Ehlers

in the quarters before falling to Esquivel in the semis, while the

Pirates’ Jessica Rice advanced through the quarters and lost to

Varela in the semifinals.

OCC’s doubles teams of Esquivel and Rice, along with Paulson and

Rachel Sessum, advanced to the doubles semifinals, scheduled to begin

after the singles final today.

Sailors sweep Hawks

* VOLLEYBALL: The Newport Harbor High boys volleyball team had 17

aces in its 25-14, 25-18, 25-10 Sea View League victory over visiting

Laguna Hills Thursday.

Brett Perrine had 10 kills to go with his three aces for the

Sailors while Brett Auer had five kills and seven aces.

The Sailors (9-9, 4-0 in league) are tied for first place with

Woodbridge in the Sea View League.

Doubles come through

* TENNIS: Estancia High’s boys tennis team claimed all nine

doubles sets and cruised to a 17-1 Golden West League victory over

host Ocean View Thursday.

David Do and Chase Raymond, along with the duos of Chris Alvergue

and Cesar Gonzalez and Mike Fennessey and Shane Thompson shined for

the Eagles (7-6, 6-2 in league), who have won six straight.

Scott Braunsdorf and Brad Fisher swept in singles. Fisher and

Braunsdorf improved to 22-2 and 21-3 on the season, respectively,

Coach Rachel de los Santos said.

Golden West League

Estancia 17,

Ocean View 1

Singles -- Braunsdorf (E) def. Stone, 6-2, def. Q. Tran, 6-0, def.

Pham, 6-0; Fisher (E) won, 6-4, 6-2, 6-0; Nelson (E) lost, 4-6, won,

6-0, 6-2.

Doubles -- Alvergue-Gonzalez (E) def. Phan-Luu, 7-6 (7-1), def. M.

Tran-Luong, 6-3, def. K. Nguyen-A. Nguyen, 6-1; Do-Raymond (E) won,

7-5, 6-2, 6-0; Thompson-Fennessey (E) won, 7-5, 7-5, 6-3.

Local trio moves on

* TENNIS: Newport Beach residents Alexa Glatch and Carsten Ball

each won quarterfinal matches in their respective divisions in the

38th Easter Bowl United States Tennis Association championships

Thursday at the Riviera Resort in Palm Springs while Costa Mesa

resident Nelly Radeva will compete in a quarterfinal match today.

The top-seeded Glatch, 15, defeated Megan Alexander of Tyler,

Texas, 6-1, 6-0, in girls 18s singles and faces fifth-seeded Yasmin

Schnack from Sacramento, who upset third-seeded Eliz Plotkin of San

Francisco, 6-0, 3-0 (ret.).

Glatch, who won the girls 14s singles Easter Bowl title two years

ago, has lost just seven games since a three-set opening match

against Krista Damico.

Ball, the No. 2 seed, downed Stefan Hardy of Santa Maria, Calif.,

3-6, 7-5, 6-2, in boys 18s singles and takes on third-seeded Jesse

Levine of Boca Raton, Fla., in the semifinals, the furthest he has

gotten in this event. He reached the quarterfinals in the same

division last year.

Radeva has won all four of her matches in straight sets, including

two tiebreakers against her previous two opponents. She faces Joanne

Mather of Duluth, Ga., at 9 a.m. today.

CdM wins in eighth

* SOFTBALL: The Corona del Mar High softball team cashed in two

eighth-inning errors by visiting Calvary Chapel to earn a 3-2 Pacific

Coast League victory Thursday.

After committing four errors, that led to two unearned runs by the

Eagles, CdM started its winning rally with two out when Lauren Gega

reached on a fielding error by the third baseman.

Heather Lohrman followed with a single to left that got past the

left fielder for a two-base error, allowing Lohrman to score the

game-winner.

Michelle Tolfa, who struck out nine and surrendered just five

hits, got the pitching victory and joined Holly Van Hiel as a hitting

star.

Tolfa and Van Hiel were both 2 for 4 with second-inning RBIs to

help the Sea Kings (11-7, 2-1 in league) win their third straight.

Pacific Coast League

Corona del Mar 3,

Calvary Chapel 2 (8 innings)

Score by Innings

*--*

CC 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 5 3

CdM 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 7 4

*--*

Herrera and Gerbais; Tolfa and Schulte. W -- Tolfa, 11-6. L --

Herrera. 2B -- Redelsheimer (CdM), Van Heil (CdM), Herrera (CC).

Les’ score is least

* GOLF: Greg Les tallied a 1-under-par 34 to earn medalist laurels

and Estancia High’s boys golf team cruised to a 190-267 victory over

Westminster Thursday at Meadowlark Golf Course to remain unbeaten in

the Golden West League since entering nearly three years ago.

Ryan Gleason shot 37, while Pat Flannery (39), Garrett McMasters

(40) and Austin Serr (41) notched scores for the Eagles (9-8, 5-0 in

league).

Su medals in win

* GOLF: Sophomore David Su shot even par 35 to earn medalist

honors and lead the Corona del Mar High boys golf team to a 193-219

Pacific Coast League victory over visiting Calvary Chapel Thursday at

Newport Beach Country Club.

Su birdied the 143-yard par-3 fourth hole, shooting into the wind,

while senior Zach Rabinovich shot 38 for the Sea Kings (5-5, 3-3 in

league). Jamie Bloom (39), Jack Francis (40), Ben Wu (41) and Ben

Tilsen (41) all scored for CdM, currently in fourth place in league.

UCI closes with win

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine women’s tennis team claimed five of six

singles matches and concluded the regular season with a 6-1 Big West

Conference victory over host UC Riverside Thursday.

Anna Bentzer, Becky Bernhard Jessica Broadfoot and Inna Agababian

all won their singles matches in straight sets for the Anteaters

(12-9), who compete in the conference championships beginning

Thursday at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden.

Foothill edges Sailors

* TENNIS: Host Newport Harbor High won all nine singles sets, but

Foothill claimed all the doubles matches and edged the Sailors on

games, 77-73, in a Sea View League boys tennis match Thursday.

Sophomore Jake Fleming, freshman John Hutchinson and senior Dylan

Espley-Jones all won three sets for the Sailors (4-7, 2-2 in league),

who were tied, 3-3, and, 6-6, with the Knights through the first and

second rounds, respectively.

Coast rally falls short

* BASEBALL: Host Fullerton College scored four runs in the first

two innings and held off a late charge by Orange Coast to post a 4-3

Orange Empire Conference baseball victory Thursday.

OCC catcher Josh Banda stole home with two outs in the top of the

ninth inning to cut the lead to 4-3. With a runner at third, Hornet

reliever Chris Garcia induced a groundout to short to end the

contest.

Stephen Schneider, who went 2 for 4 with two RBIs and a run

scored, slammed his seventh home run of the season, a two-run shot in

the seventh for Coast (16-13-1, 7-5-1 in the OEC).

Knights catch Tars

* GOLF: Newport Harbor High lost sole possession of second place

in the Sea View League by falling, 188-194, to visiting Foothill in a

boys golf match at Big Canyon Country Club Thursday.

Foothill’s Andrew Gunson shot 2-under-par 34 to earn medalist

honors, allowing the Knights (11-6, 4-2 in league) to pull into a

second-place tie with the Sailors (9-7, 4-2).

Davis Pemstein and Spencer Quinn (both 37) paced the Sailors,

whose scorers also included Paul Neff (38), Brandon Sowers (40) and

Rhett Palmer (42).