COMMUNITY COLLEGE ROUNDUP : Cypress Wins at Saddleback, Takes Over First Place Alone

Digna Salas’ double with two outs in the top of the seventh inning scored Char Taguinod from first base, giving Cypress a 1-0 victory Wednesday at Saddleback and sole possession of first place in the Orange Empire Conference softball race.

In other Orange Empire Conference softball games:

Fullerton 3, Riverside 1--Lorraine Garcia had an RBI double in the bottom of the sixth inning to put Fullerton ahead, 2-1, and Debbie Dunigan (1-1) pitched a three-hitter for Fullerton (1-15, 1-3).

Golden West 10, Rancho Santiago 0--In a game stopped after five innings because of the mercy rule, Pam Fogg (8-3) pitched a two-hitter and had three hits and scored three times to lead Golden West (15-8, 3-2).

In Orange Empire Conference women’s tennis:

Cypress 5, Rancho Santiago 4--The match was decided in doubles, where Cypress’ Dorothy Takahashi and Sharon Tuemmler came from behind to defeat Heather Meier and Joraya Lara, 6-7, 6-1, 6-1. Sabrina Burke defeated Tiffany Tighe, 6-3, 6-3, for visiting Cypress (7-3, 3-1).

In Orange Empire Conference men’s swimming:

Orange Coast 64, Palomar 42--Orange Coast (3-0) was led by Randy Jones, who won the 200-yard individual medley in two minutes 4.46 seconds. Jones also won the next event, the 200 butterfly, in 2:05.22. OCC’s Tony Harris won the 500 free in 4:45.45.

In Orange Empire Conference women’s swimming:

Orange Coast 80, Palomar 46--Orange Coast (3-0), which has now won 66 consecutive dual meets dating to 1982, was led by Christine Williams, who won the 500 freestyle (5:16.64), and Celina Lemke, who won the 200 IM (2:16.48).

In South Coast Conference men’s volleyball:

Santa Barbara 3, Golden West 2--Santa Barbara (9-1) won, 15-9, 12-15, 15-6, 14-16, 15-8, at Golden West (5-5). Greg Ryan had 20 kills for Golden West.

Orange Coast 3, Long Beach 0--Matt Lyles had 16 kills to lead Orange Coast (9-1) to a 15-7, 15-6, 15-0 victory at Long Beach (7-4).