Lightning extends streak

The Sage Hill School girls tennis team increased its Academy League

winning streak to 15 matches by topping visiting Capistrano Valley

Christian, 15-3, Friday at the Balboa Bay Club Racquet Club.

Sage sophomore Sarah Geocaris won 18 of 19 singles games and all

three Lightning doubles teams swept to help Coach A.G. Longoria’s

squad improve to 3-3, 1-0 in league.

CVC fell to 2-2, 1-2.

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Academy League

Sage Hill 15, Capistrano Valley Christian 3

Singles -- Langer (SH) def. Dazymkowski, 7-6 (7-5), def. Filipovich, 6-3, lost to Harris, 2-6; Geocaris (SH) won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-0; Hsu (SH) lost 6-7, won, 1-2 (retired), lost, 2-6.

Doubles -- Flynn- Webb (SH) def. Ruiz-Robiche, 6-4, def. Manasse-Rock, 6-0, def. Lasak-Guido, 6-0; Andrews-Cummings won, 6-1, 6-0, 6-1; Dokich-ee (SH) won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0.

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Eagles defeat Warren

* WATER POLO: Estancia High’s boys water polo team used a

nine-goal outburst in the third quarter to pull away and down Warren,

21-15, in a round-robin game of the Irvine tournament at Irvine High

Friday.

Estancia (3-2) will play its first of two consolation-round games

at 11:40 a.m. today.

Chad Kunert and Danny Alderete each scored seven goals while Sean

Goodman added four for the Eagles (3-2), who switched to a pressing

defense to generate several counterattacks in the third quarter,

Estancia Coach John Carpenter said.

Scott Hulett added two goals while Devon Mellin scored once for

the Eagles. Brock McDonald made six saves while Goodman stopped three

shots.

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Irvine tournament

Estancia 21, Warren 15

Score by Quarters

Warren 4 3 4 4 -- 15

Est 4 4 9 4 -- 21

Warren -- Mario 6, Ray 4, Laric 3, Corona 2.

Saves -- Kassel 7. Est -- Kunert 7, Alderete 7,

Goodman 4, Hulett 2, Mellin 1. Saves -- McDonald

6, Goodman 3.

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Lightning sweep Koalas

* VOLLEYBALL: The Sage Hill School girls volleyball team rallied

from deficits in the first two games to earn a 25-22, 26-24, 25-23

nonleague win over visiting Connelly Friday.

Junior outside hitter Cat Dailey led the winners (3-1) with 12

kills, while 6-foot-1 junior middle blocker Haywood Wright added nine

kills and eight blocks.

Kelly Hutchinson chipped in five aces and one key stuff block as

the Lightning scored four straight to reverse a 24-22 second-game

deficit.

Connelly fell to 1-2.

Crosson, Terry double up

* SOCCER: Freshman forward Chrstine Crosson and freshman

midfielder Elizabeth Terry scored two goals each Friday as the Orange

Coast College women’s soccer team shut out visiting Irvine Valley,

4-0, in Orange Empire Conference action.

Kara DeMille and Michelle Vahdatipour shared time in goal for

Orange Coast, but neither was forced to make a save because the

Lasers (0-4-1 overall and in conference) did not attempt a shot.

The Pirates (6-1-1, 4-1 in the OEC) visit Santiago Canyon at 3

p.m. Tuesday.

Pirates tame Tigers

* SOCCER: Orange Coast College’s Eli Solis scored in the 31st

minute on a Victor Cervantes assist and Miguel Ochoa added a

penalty-kick goal in the 52nd minute Friday as the Pirates defeated

Riverside, 2-1, in an Orange Empire Conference men’s soccer opener at

Riverside.

The Pirates, who improved to 3-2-1 overall, were sparked by goalie

Trent Painter’s two saves in the win over the Tigers (3-1-1, 0-1),

whose lone goal came in the 89th minute.

Orange Coast will host Santiago Canyon at 3 p.m. Tuesday.

Anteaters tie LMU

* SOCCER: The UC Irvine women’s soccer team and visiting Loyola

Marymount played to a scoreless tie Friday night at Anteater Stadium.

UCI sophomore goalkeeper Marissa Welliver picked up her third

shutout of the season with three saves. She leads the Big West with

51 saves on the year and is now part of a four-way tie for the Big

West lead in shutouts.

Sophomore Lauryn Birkinshaw had five shots for UCI (3-4-2), as

goalie Joslyn Slovek made six saves for LMU (5-3-1).

The Anteaters will play host to USC Sunday at 1 p.m.

Sailors silence Santa Ana

* FIELD HOCKEY: Julia Bernay and Sasha Grumman each scored

second-half goals to help lead the host Newport Harbor High field

hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Santa Ana Thursday at Harper

Community Center.

Reese Simmons opened the scoring with a first-half goal for

Newport (6-1-2) while Lara Schilling and Rachel Foster each added

assists for the victors, who fired 21 shots.

Newport goalkeeper Ciara Lawrence made one save.

Semis today at Costa Mesa

* TENNIS: Robert Haybittel of Australia and Lesley Joseph of the

U.S. will square off in one semifinal at 11 a.m. today while Rameez

Junaid (Australia) and Denis Zivkovic (U.S.) will follow in the

another in the United States Tennis Association men’s Futures Tour

Diadora Pro Championships at Costa Mesa Tennis Center.

The singles final is Sunday at noon.

Ventura sweeps Coast

* VOLLEYBALL: Host Ventura College sent Orange Coast to its first

loss, 30-28, 30-24, 30-28, in a nonconference women’s volleyball

match Friday night.

Melissa Zapiain paced the Pirates (3-1) with 15 kills, seven digs

and six blocks.

Ventura improved to 2-2.

Huskies blank UCI

* SOCCER: The UC Irvine men’s soccer team dropped a 2-0 decision

to host Washington in the Husky Fever Classic, Friday in Seattle.

The Huskies (6-2-1), ranked No. 10 in the nation, outshot the

Anteaters, 17-9.

Irvine (2-5-0), was blanked for the third time this season. The

Anteaters have lost three straight entering Sunday’s clash with No.

22-ranked Portland to conclude the tournament.

Daniel Marshall and Sean Iliff each had two shots on goal for UCI.