Exhibition to help Morton

Mesa Verde Tennis Center will host an exhibition doubles match at

noon Sunday in hopes of raising money for the family of Glenn Morton,

Orange Coast College’s men’s tennis coach who remains hospitalized

after an automobile crash in Costa Mesa on April 27.

Devin Bowen, a former Estancia High standout who then played at

Texas Christian University, along with Tim Leonard, will face Andy

Stewart, a teaching pro at Mesa Verde, and Brian Morton, Glenn’s son

who concluded his UC Irvine career last week.

Admission is free and the event is open to the public.

Randy Myers, Mesa Verde’s director of tennis, said the idea for

the exhibition arose after brainstorming with Glenn Morton’s brother,

Scott.

“Glenn needs our support,” Myers said.

Donations to help the Morton family will be accepted. Make checks

payable to: Scott and Brian Morton on behalf of Glenn Morton.

Donations may be delivered to the club at 3000 Clubhouse Rd., Costa

Mesa, 92626 or mailed to Scott Morton at 20882 Hunter Lane,

Huntington Beach, 92646.

Myers visited Glenn Morton at Western Medical Center earlier this

week.

“His eyes are open and he is tracking people that come into the

room,” Myers said of Glenn Morton. “He is off the respirator and can

squeeze a ball.”

Glenn Morton had been in a coma since the collision. He was

driving his Volkswagen van on Adams Avenue April 27 when another

vehicle veered into oncoming traffic and collided head-on with

Morton’s van.

-- Bryce Alderton

Three Kings advance

* TENNIS: Corona del Mar High senior Wesley Miller, along with the

doubles team of seniors Matt Chou and Spencer Reitz, advanced to the

Round of 16 of the CIF Southern Section individual tennis

championships following wins Friday at the Costa Mesa Tennis Center

Miller, who had a bye in the first round, swept Villa Park’s

Garrett Gillon, 6-0, 6-0, in the first round and defeated Newport

Harbor’s Jake Fleming, 6-3, 6-4, in the Round of 32 to advance to the

Round of 16 at 11 a.m. Friday at the Seal Beach Tennis Center.

Chou and Reitz, also receiving a first-round bye, defeated the

Woodbridge duo of Michael Calderon and Mark Shevness, 6-2, 6-4,

following a 6-1, 6-1 opening-round win over a Chadwick duo.

The CdM doubles team of seniors Sean Pham and Alex Nguyen won

their first two matches, then lost to a Redondo Union duo.

UCI places 18th

* GOLF: The UC Irvine women’s golf team, in just its fourth year

of existence, finished 18th in the NCAA championship that concluded

Friday at the Sunriver Resort Meadows Course in Sunriver, Ore.

The Anteaters shot 299 Friday and finished with a four-round total

of 1,211. Duke won the team title with a total of 1,170, five shots

ahead of runner-up UCLA.

UCI freshman Selanee Henderson shot a 2-over 73 in the final round

for a tournament total of 297 and tied for 27th place. Junior Angela

Won also fired a 73 Friday and finished 45th at 300.

Freshman Jane Chin, with a 76 in the last round, placed 60th at

303, while junior Carling Cho had a 77 Friday and finished 103rd with

a total of 311. UCI freshman Kim Lorenzana finished with a round of

82 Friday and a four-day total of 322 for 124th place. Anna Grzebien

of Duke was medalist with a total of 2-over 286.

The Anteaters advanced to the national tournament after winning

their second Big West Conference title in four years and placing

sixth at the NCAA West regional.

UCSB holds off ‘Eaters

* BASEBALL: The UC Irvine baseball team scored twice in the top of

the eighth, but the comeback fell short as the Anteaters lost to host

UC Santa Barbara, 4-3, in the three-game Big West Conference series

opener Friday.

UCI’s Erik Johnson gave the Anteaters their first run in the first

with an RBI single while pinch-hitter Matt Anderson delivered with a

two-out, two-run single in the eighth to score Johnson and

pinch-runner David Kennedy.

The Anteaters (28-23, 7-9 in conference) threatened in the ninth.

With two outs, catcher Mark Wagner walked and first baseman Jaime

Martinez extended the rally with a single to deep short. However,

Johnson hit a grounder to short to end the game.

The Gauchos (23-28, 5-11) broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh with a

two-run home run by outfielder Matt Wilkerson, his 12th of the

season, to give UCSB a 3-1 lead.

A sacrifice fly in the seventh by catcher Matt Kalafatis scored

first baseman Bill Rowe, who had reached base on a double to right.

UCI starter Chris Nicoll struck out six and allowed four runs on

seven hits in seven innings to fall to 6-3. Anderson paced UCI with

two RBIs while Wagner had two hits.

The two teams play again today at 1 p.m.

Big West Conference

UC Santa Barbara 4

UC Irvine 3

Score by Innings

*--*

UCI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 10 0

UCSB 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 4 8 3

*--*

Nicoll, Nakashima (8), Erickson (8) and Wagner; Morlock, Fraser

(8), McRobbie (8) and Kalafatis. W -- Morlock, 6-7. L -- Nicoll, 6-3.

Sv -- McRobbie (12). 2B -- Dalton (UCI), Rowe (UCSB). HR -- Wilkerson

(UCSB).

Sapp shoots 75

* GOLF: UC Irvine freshman Garrett Sapp shot a 5-over 75 in the

second round of the NCAA men’s golf west regional at Stanford

University Golf Course Friday and is in 68th place with a two-day

total of 148 entering Saturday’s final round.

Sapp, who is playing as an individual, had one birdie, four bogeys

and one double bogey for his round. Oscar Alvarez of BYU continues to

lead the 141-player field after shooting a 1-over 71 Friday for a

36-hole total of 6-under 134.