‘Eaters triumph

The UC Irvine men’s soccer team defeated Cal State Fullerton, 4-0,

Saturday night in Big West Conference action at Titan Stadium.

UCI junior Anthony Hamilton scored his fifth goal of the season in

the 12th minute. Junior Brad Evans gave a quick pass to junior Doug

Franco, who found Hamilton in stride for the goal.

Craig Ettinger gave UCI (6-3-2, 3-0 in the Big West) a 2-0 lead at

the 36:07 mark as he knocked it in after Franco’s shot rebounded off

the keeper.

In the 44th minute, UCI’s Rudy Mondragon dribbled around the right

side of the box and took a shot that was blocked by the keeper but

put back in by Kit Vitagliano.

Evans went one-on-one with Fullerton keeper Matt Cowan in the 55th

minute. Cowan blocked his first shot before Evans put the rebound

into the net for a 4-0 Anteater lead.

UCI senior keeper Ryan Mathy had one save on the night in earning

his fifth shutout of the season. Cowan had eight saves.

Eagles victorious

* VOLLEYBALL: The Estancia High girls volleyball team defeated

Saddleback, 25-8, 25-19, 23-25, 25-7, in a Golden West League match

Friday night at Estancia High. Taylor Brown led the way with 11

kills. Jaye Hellmich had six aces and three solo blocks and Stacie

Watson added 30 assists for Estancia, which hosts Santa Ana

Wednesday.

UCI challenge today

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine men’s tennis team will host the final day

of the UCI/Pre-Regional Challenge at the Anteater Tennis Stadium

today beginning at 9 a.m. The Anteaters will play singles and doubles

matches against Loyola Marymount. Arizona State will face Cal Poly in

singles and doubles matches as well.

Sea Kings drop two

* WATER POLO: Tom Money scored four goals in each game for Corona

del Mar High’s boys water polo team Saturday, but the Sea Kings lost

to Coronado, 14-9, and Miramonte, 9-6, in consolation play of the S&R;

Sport tournament at Irvine. CdM fell to 6-10.

Rojas wins for Lions

* CROSS COUNTRY: Point Loma Nazarene, ranked No. 10 in the NAIA,

earned the women’s team championship of the Vanguard invitational

Saturday at Fairview Park as the Sea Lions placed three runners in

the top 10 for a total of 46 points, taking first place among seven

teams.

Vanguard, ranked 12th, finished second among universities

participating, but came in third overall behind the club team “Run

With Us,” who also placed three runners in the top 10.

Vanguard’s Grace Jepngetich (18:35) finished second. Freshman

Rebecca Sopp (19:11) was Vanguard’s only other runner to place in the

top 10. Christol McDonald and Laura Bowman finished together with a

time of 19:53, tied for 18th place among a field of 72 runners, and

Kaylynn Gallo completed Vanguard’s scoring with a 26th-place finish

and a 20:08 time. Olivia Amstad (20:13), Sara Ann Medlen (22:48) and

Jen Lesher (23:26) also contributed for VU.

The Vanguard men posted the top two times at the invitational, but

Westmont won the team title.

Vanguard’s Humberto Rojas led from start to finish to take the

men’s individual title and Matt Meyer produced a strong late effort

that moved him into second place just 10 seconds behind Rojas.

Rojas earned the individual championship with a time of 26:15 and

Meyer was clocked at 26:25.

Travis Hartanov (eighth in 26:44) was Vanguard’s third runner in

top 10. Alex Castro (28:32) and Jason Thomas (28:39) were Vanguard’s

final two scoring runners.