COLLEGE ROUNDUP

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Orange Empire Conference

Individual Championships

MISSION VIEJO — Orange Coast College freshmen Brittany Bass and Brittnie Furuvald captured the doubles championship with a three-set victory Friday at Saddleback College.

Top-seeded Bass and Furuvald defeated No. 2-seeded Caroline Houston and Jenny Vatelia of Riverside, 1-6, 6-3, 6-1. Houston and Vatelia had defeated Orange Coast’s Evelyn Wallace and Kalin Eshelman, 6-1, 6-1, in the semifinals.

Bass, also the top seed in singles, fell in the final to Erina Hung of Saddleback, 6-1, 6-1.

Bass, Furuvald and Costa Mesa High alumna Wallace all earn all-conference recognition for singles, as do both Pirates doubles teams. Bass, Furuvald and Wallace also advance to the Southern California regional tournament scheduled to begin May 1 in Santa Barbara, as do both aforementioned OCC doubles teams as well as the team of Emily Garcia and Jasmine Mathieson, another Costa Mesa High product.

WOMEN’S WATER POLO

Loyola Marymount 9,

UC Irvine 7

LOS ANGELES — Lauren Machanis had nine saves for the Anteaters in nonconference action Friday.

Jessica Lewis led No. 8-ranked UCI with two goals while Nicole Hughes had four for No. 13 Loyola Marymount at the Burns Aquatic Center.

UCI (15-10) will compete at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship in San Diego which begins Thursday.

Nonconference

Loyola Marymount 9, UC Irvine 7

SCORE BY QUARTERS

UCI – Lewis 2, Collyer 1, Plummer 1, Flacco 1, Rossi 1, Haskell 1. Saves – Machanis 9.

LM – Hughes 4, Fish 2, Sandford 1, Romero 1, Volosin 1. Saves – Arellano 7.