CdM girls undefeated

The Corona del Mar High girls swim team remained undefeated with a

103.5-67.5 Pacific Coast League victory over host Tesoro Wednesday.

In the boys meet, Corona del Mar junior Bryan Buhagiar won the

200-yard freestyle (1:53.25) and the 100 backstroke (57.1), but the

Sea Kings lost to Tesoro, 112-104.

Kim McKay, Ashley Chandler, Jordan Anae, Jacqueline Duzac, Vivian

Liao and Katie Indvik were individual winners for the CdM girls (3-0,

2-0 in league). McKay won in the 200 free (2:04.64), Chandler in the

200 individual medley (2:20.89), Anae in the 50 free (26.75), Duzac

in the 100 butterfly (1:02.84), Liao in the 100 free (55.57) and

Indvik in the 100 breaststroke (1:15.07).

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Pacific Coast League

Girls

Corona del Mar 103.5, Tesoro 67.5

200 medley relay -- 1. Corona del Mar (Chandler, Rodenhuis, Indvik, Liao), 1:58.05. 200 free -- 1. McKay (CdM), 2:04.64; 2. Fernandez (T), 2:11.38; 3. O’Brien (T), 2:13.47. 200 IM -- 1. Chandler (CdM), 2:20.89; 2. Indvik (CdM), 2:27.99; 3. Sobin (T),

2:31.44. 50 free -- 1. J. Anae (CdM), 26.75; 2. Foss (T), 26.81; 3. Kubas (CdM), 26.81. 100 fly -- 1. Duzac (CdM), 1:02.84; 2. Hutchison (CdM), 1:08.01; 3. Ama. Catlin (CdM), 1:08.64. 100 free -- 1. Liao (CdM), 55.57; 2. Bebout (T), 56.5; 3. J. Anae

(CdM), 57.56. 500 free -- 1. Fernandez (T), n.t.; 2. Sobin (T), n.t. 3. Wayte (CdM), 6:11.58. 200 free relay -- 1. Corona del Mar (McKay, J. Anae, Liao, T. Anae), 1:48.25. 100 back -- 1. Bebout (T), 1:03.60; 2. Duzac (CdM), 1:05.46; 3. Lingren (T),

1:06.85. 100 breaststroke -- 1. Indvik (CdM), 1:15.07; 2. Rodenhuis (CdM), 1:16.03; 3. Johnson (T), n.t. 400 free relay -- 1. Corona del Mar (J. Anae, McKay, T. Anae, Liao), 3:48.40.

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UCI shuts out foe

* TENNIS: The UC Irvine women’s tennis team shut out its second

straight opponent and won its fifth match in a row with a 7-0 Big

West Conference victory against host Cal State Fullerton Wednesday.

Junior Anna Bentzer, who was named the conference’s athlete of the

week for the fourth time this season, defeated Ruya Inapulat, 6-0,

6-4, and teamed with Jayme Hu to claim a 9-8 victory in doubles for

UCI (13-7, 6-2 in the Big West).

Bentzer’s four honors equal the conference’s single-season and

career records set by former Anteater Jonni Seymour.

UCI senior Tiffany Chang swept Gina Le, 6-0, 6-0, while Hui Leow

won the final two sets against Ioana Sisoe.

The ‘Eaters compete in the conference championships April 22-25 in

Indian Wells.

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Big West Conference

UC Irvine 7, Cal State Fullerton 0

Singles -- Bentzer (UCI) def. Inapulat, 6-0, 6-4; Chang (UCI) def. Le, 6-0, 6-0; Leow (UCI) def. Sisoe, 2-6, 6-3, 10-3; Boss (UCI) def. Rocha, 6-4, 6-0; Hu (UCI) def. Tran, 6-3, 7-5; Posner (UCI) def. Freeman, 7-5, 6-1. Doubles -- Chang-Leow (UCI) def.

Sisoe-Inapulat, 8-5; Bentzer-Hu (UCI) def. Rocha-Tran, 9-8; Posner-Boss (UCI) def. Arias-Le, 8-5.

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Sea Kings rule Titans

* VOLLEYBALL: The Corona del Mar High boys volleyball team

improved to 3-0 in the Pacific Coast League with a 25-21, 28-26,

25-20 victory over visiting Tesoro Wednesday.

Brothers Tom and Kevin Welch tallied 19 and 16 kills, respectively, while Kevin Welch had two aces in jump serving for

seven straight points during a key stretch in the third game.

Setter Dominic Rubino tallied 37 assists while Tom Welch and Shane

Collins each had four digs to go with three digs by Austin Brawner

for CdM (10-7, 3-0 in league), ranked third in CIF Southern Section

Division II.

CdM Coach Steve Conti said his team eliminated some unforced

errors and played with more confidence.

The two teams face one another at 5:30 p.m. Friday at Tesoro.

UCI upends Gauchos

* VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team, ranked ninth,

kept its postseason hopes alive with a 30-25, 30-24, 27-30, 30-26

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation victory over No. 8 UC Santa

Barbara Wednesday at Crawford Court.

Pelzel led UCI with 15 kills and three block assists. Matt Webber

had 14 kills, while freshman Jayson Jablonksy recorded 13 kills.

Senior middle blocker Kyle Weichert added 10 kills without an error

on 14 attempts. Brett Reid totaled 59 set assists in the win for the

Anteaters (13-17, 7-14 in the MPSF), who own the eighth and final

spot to compete in the MPSF championships with one game to play.

Tilsen, Miller end fourth

* GOLF: The Corona del Mar High duo of Ben Tilsen and Eric Miller

finished fourth in the Keppel Classic for boys golf at El Prado Golf

Course Wednesday.

Tilsen and Miller produced a 68 on the par-72, 18-hole Chino Creek

course. They played in a two-man, best-fall format, meaning the

lowest score from the duo was used for competition.

In junior varsity, a three-man, total-score format, Cody Stuart

(80), Matt Story (80) and Scott Leimauhler (81) finished fifth on the

par 72 Butterfield course.

Newport boys fall

* SWIMMING: Michael Bury, Daniel Furman and Eric Carlson won an

event each, but the Newport Harbor High boys swim team lost to Sea

View League host Aliso Niguel, 94-75, Wednesday.

Bury won the 100-yard butterfly (58.7), while Furman won the 50

freestyle (23.11) and Carlson took first in the 100 backstroke

(59.7). Newport dropped to 2-3, 0-3 in league.

Pirates blow 2-0 lead

* VOLLEYBALL: The visiting Irvine Valley College men’s volleyball

team survived a match point in the fourth game and erased a 2-0

deficit to claim a 18-30, 41-43, 30-27, 33-30, 15-13 Orange Empire Conference win over Orange Coast Wednesday.

Kaimana Kamalani led the Pirates (15-3, 7-2 in the OEC) with a

season-high 24 kills to go with 12 digs and two aces.

Teammate Poyer Poia slammed 21 kills and added 10 digs and three

blocks while Jon Larson tallied 12 kills.

Turpin 6th in heptathlon

* TRACK AND FIELD: UC Irvine senior Annmarie Turpin is in sixth

place after the first day of competition in the Mt. San Antonio

Relays Heptathlon at Azusa Pacific University Wednesday.

Turpin has 3,182 points after the first four events. Kim

Vanderhoek of the Calgary Spartans is in first with 3,456.

Turpin, who has the most points in the field, had marks of 14.49

in the 100-meter hurdles, 5-7 1/4 in the high jump, 36-1 1/4 in the

shot put and 25.85 in the 200.

In the California Invitational Decathlon at Azusa Pacific,

Anteater senior Jon Stewart is in 13th place in the A Division with

3,422 points after five events and freshman Eric Nyberg is 10th in

Division B with 3,235 points. The heptathlon concludes today with

competition in the long jump, javelin and 800.

Wolverines subdue Tars

* GOLF: Mike Vackar and Brandon Sowers each shot 1-over-par 37,

but it was not enough as host Newport Harbor High dropped a Sea View

League boys golf match, 187-193, to Aliso Niguel Wednesday.

Chris Willard carded a 39 while Rhett Palmer and Davis Pemstein

each shot 40 for Newport (7-8, 2-5 in league).

Aliso improved to 15-2, 5-1 in league.

Newport hosts Servite in a nonleague match at 3 p.m. Tuesday at

Big Canyon Country Club.

Sailors come close

* TENNIS: Newport Harbor High’s boys tennis team took an early

lead, but narrowly failed in its upset bit of visiting Santa Barbara,

which earned a 10-8 nonleague victory Wednesday.

The Sailors (10-5) led, 7-5, after the second round against the

Dons (13-0), ranked third in CIF Southern Section Division I.

Sophomore Robert Khoury lost just one game in sweeping in singles

while freshman Jake Fleming took two of three sets for Newport.

Fleming led junior Blake Muller, 5-4, before succumbing, 7-5.

Tyler Deck and Dylan Espley-Jones claimed two doubles sets while

Charlie Farmer and Ruslan Serydyk won one set and had three match

points against Greg Roberson and Greg Soulages in a tiebreaker won by

the Santa Barbara duo, 11-9.

The Tars host Aliso Niguel in a Sea View League match at 3:15 p.m.

today.

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Nonleague

Santa Barbara 10, Newport Harbor 8

Singles -- Casserly (NH) lost to Muller, 0-6, lost to Stein, 0-6, lost to Sean Ferguson, 1-6; Khoury (NH) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0; Fleming (NH) lost, 5-7, won, 6-2, won, 6-1. Doubles -- Bendheim-McLaren (NH) lost to Roberson-Soulages, 1-6, lost to

Hurpand-Tuenez, 0-6, lost to Ho-Abrams, 0-6; Farmer-Serydyk (NH) lost, 6-7 (9-11), won, 6-2, lost, 5-7; Deck/Espley-Jones (NH) lost, 4-6, won, 6-2, 6-3.

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USD stumps ‘Eaters

* TENNIS: Junior Brian Morton and senior Jonathan Endrikat

defeated Jason Pongsrikul and Nic Beuque, 8-6, for the UC Irvine

men’s tennis team’s lone doubles win as host University of San Diego

earned a 5-2 nonconference victory Wednesday.

Morton, a former Corona del Mar High standout, and Ryusuke

Kashiwabara scored the two singles victories for UCI (11-8).

The Aneaters conclude the regular season against host Fresno State

at noon on Saturday.

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Nonconference

San Diego 5, UC Irvine 2

Singles -- Endrikat (UCI) lost to Ysern, 6-1, 6-4; Morton (UCI) def. Blair, 7-5, 7-6; Kashiwabara (UCI) def. Pongsrikul, 7-6, 7-6; Ulukan (UCI) lost to Beuque, 6-1, 6-2; Wijemanne (UCI) lost to Koristovic, 6-1, 6-4; Surapol (UCI) lost to Das, 6-4, 7-5.

Doubles -- Endrikat-Morton (UCI) def. Pongsrikul-Beuque, 8-6; Ulukan-Wijemanne (UCI) lost to Blair-Koristovic, 8-4; Williams-Surapol (UCI) lost to Ysern-Plotnik, 8-4.

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Lions go down early

* BASEBALL: Robert Klein struck out four and walked none in six

innings, but suffered the loss as the visiting Cal Baptist baseball

team took advantage of its opportunities to defeat Vanguard

University, 6-3, in a Golden State Athletic Conference game Tuesday.

Cal Baptist (21-16) scored four runs in the top of the third to

take a commanding 6-1 lead after Vanguard (10-27) took an early 1-0

edge.

Jason Searle had a hit, scored a run and tallied one RBI while

Adam Yoder singled and scored for Vanguard, which had seven hits

facing six Cal Baptist pitchers.

Matt Rodriguez went 2 for 4 with two runs scored and one RBI and

was the only Cal Baptist player with more than one hit.

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Golden State Athletic Conference

Cal Baptist 6, Vanguard 3

Score by Innings

C. Baptist 024 000 000 -- 6 11 0

Vanguard 100 200 000 -- 3 7 3

Wells, Bowman (2), Bayle (4), Lessa (5),

Hibbard (7), Serrato (9) and Walters,

Alworth. Klein, Erickson (7), Franco (8)

and Brunett (9) and Westerfield. W --

Wells, 3-4. L -- Klein, 0-4. 2B --

Salazar (VU), Martin (VU).

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