Snyder, Van’t Hof reach Ojai tournament semifinals

* TENNIS: On his 19th birthday, Corona del Mar High senior Garrett

Snyder won twice to advance to today’s semifinals of the boys singles

CIF division at the Ojai Valley Tennis Tournament.

Snyder, who is seeded 10th, defeated Servite’s Jonathan Sanchez,

6-4, 6-1, in the Round of 16, rallying from a 4-1 deficit in the first set. He then beat El Camino Real’s Bruce Aiken, 6-3, 6-1, in

the quarterfinals Friday.

The University of Texas-bound Snyder will face top-seeded Jeff Das

today at 8 a.m.

Kaes Van’t Hof, a Newport Beach resident who attends Mater Dei,

also advanced to the semifinals of the boys CIF singles division with

a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 victory over Arcadia’s Mark Contreras, then defeated

Santa Margarita’s Matthew Ozurovich, 7-6 (4), 6-1, in the

quarterfinals. He will face Torrey Pines’ Eric Riley today at 8 a.m.

The final will be at 2 p.m. today.

In boys 14s singles, top-seeded Jake Fleming of Newport Beach

advanced to the semifinals with two wins, beating Moorpark’s Drew

Jacobs, 6-4, 6-3 and San Gabriel’s Andre Felix, 6-1, 6-0, in the

quarters. Newport’s Fabian Matthews will be Fleming’s opponent today

at 8 a.m. Matthews beat Cerritos’ Abhinavr Venugopal, 6-4, 6-3, and

Arroyo Grande’s Andre Dome, 6-4, 6-1, in the quarters.

Costa Mesa’s Nelly Radeva will play in the semifinals of the girls

14s singles today at 8 a.m. against Indio’s Pamela Montez after

beating Westlake Village’s Blair Brzeski, 6-1, 6-0, in the Round of

16 and an 0-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6) decision against Irena Katzarkov in the

quarters.

Orange Coast College’s men’s doubles team of Mike Fulminante and

Spencer Solomon lost in the third round while Robert Chu lost in

singles . Fulminante and Solomon beat a team from Long Beach, 6-3,

6-0, to reach the third round while Chu beat Fresno’s Giovanni

Rodriguez, 6-3, 7-5, in the Round of 32.

On the women’s side, OCC’s Leah Becker defeated Jessica Sliger of

American River, 6-2, 6-0, in the Round of 32 before falling , in the

Round of 16.

Ashley Nelson and Leah Becker reached the Round of 16 with a 6-7,

7-5, 6-1 win over El Camino’s Nicole Arias and Joy Fleming, but lost

in the Round of 16 .

Orange Coast sweeps

* TRACK AND FIELD: Orange Coast College’s men’s and women’s track

and field teams each placed first at the Orange Empire Conference

championships Friday at Santa Ana .

Roseann Peters doubled in the 800 meters (2:17.50) and 1,500 (4:41.40), while Michelle Icban ran to first in the 5,000 (18:11.16).

Hanni Geider in the 400 hurdles (1:07.28) and Natalie St. Andre in

the 3,000 steeplechase (12:08.87) also placed first. Keinan Briggs

doubled for the Coast men in the triple jump (49-feet, 6 1/4inches)

and 110 hurdles (14.71). Gilbert Salas won the 3,000 steeplechase

(9:48.31), while Art Diaz in the 5,000 (15:40.11) and Anthony Daniels

in the 400 (48.80) crossed first for Coast in the finals.

OCC’s Tsai breaks mark

* SWIMMING: The Orange Coast College women continued to dominate

Friday in the second day of the three-day Orange Empire Conference

championships at Saddleback College, where the Pirates, with 502

points, are in first place ahead of runner-up Riverside (355).

OCC’s Sherry Tsai set an OEC record in the 200-yard individual

medley (2:05.04) and started the Pirates’ winning 200 medley relay

(1:53.09), which also included Nikki Stephens, Jennifer Nelson and

Ashley Lowden. OCC also won the 800 freestyle relay (8:04.41) with

Sara Natalizio, Lowden, Erica Nicholson and Kimberlee Frith. Nelson

and Frith also won individual titles in the 50 butterfly (26.82) and

200 free (1:55.40), respectively, while teammate Stephanie Wood

captured the 50 breaststroke (32.55).

The OCC men (393 points) are in a close race with Palomar (401)

for the team title, while Grossmont is in third with 383. Billy Jolly

and Matt Henry were individual winners for OCC in the 100 backstroke

(55.21) and 400 IM (4:20.98), respectively, while the Pirates’ 200

medley relay (1:40.17) finished first with Tyson Magnham, Roger Wong,

Billy Swanson and Paul Frankenberger.

‘Eaters blow lead

* BASEBALL: Cal State Northridge (10-34, 4-6 in the Big West

Conference) didn’t score until the seventh inning, then rallied for

three runs in the eighth to defeat host UC Irvine, 4-3, in a Big West

three-game series opener Friday night at Anteater Ballpark. The

‘Eaters fell to 16-26, 4-6.

UCI starter Brett Smith lasted 6 1/3 innings, giving up five hits

and no earned runs.

*--*

Big West Conference

CS Northridge 4, UC Irvine 3

Score by Innings

N’ridge 000 000 130 -- 4 8 1

UC Irvine 000 003 000 -- 3 10 3

Camacho, Robertson (7), Rosales (9) and

Cayton; Smith, Nicoll (7), Koehler (8)

and Werhum. W -- Roberton, 4-3. L --

Koehler, 1-4. Sv -- Rosales, 2. 2B --

Riordan (N), Simpson (N), Fisher (UCI).

3B -- Klemm (UCI)

*--*

Vaqs top Tars

* BASEBALL: Dave Erickson and Jeff Sachez scored runs for Newport

Harbor High, which lost, 11-2, to host Irvine Friday in Sea View

League play.

*--*

Sea View League

Irvine 11, Newport 2

Score by Innings

Newport 101 000 0 -- 2 4 7

Irvine 101 207 x -- 11 11 2

Cantarella and Sanchez; Haderlein and

Oliver. W -- Haderlein. L -- Cantarella,

3-6. 2B - Bradford (I), E. Oliver (I),

Vanderbilt (I), Wood (I)

*--*

Eagles mercied, 10-0

* BASEBALL: Estancia High’s baseball team suffered a 10-0 Golden

West League loss which came by mercy rule and at the hands of host

Westminster Friday.

*--*

Golden West League

Westminster 10, Estancia 0

Score by Innings

Estancia 000 00 -- 0 0 3

W’minster 217 0x -- 10 11 0

Hoffman, Gleason (3) and Crom; Carey, Shoup

(5) and Brinkman. W -- Carey. L -- Hoffman,

2-3. 2B -- Ramos (W)

*--*

Estancia falls

* SOFTBALL: The Estancia High softball team built a 3-0 lead after

the top of the second inning, but then allowed eight runs in the

bottom of the frame to host Westminster, which won, 15-5, in six

innings in Golden West League action Friday.

*--*

Golden West League

Westminster 15, Estancia 5

Score by Innings

Estancia 030 101 -- 5 7 10

W’minster 083 004 -- 15 10 2

Mason and Acosta; Bettancourt and Gaborno.

W -- Bettancourt. L -- Mason, 6-4. 2B --

Mason (E)

*--*

CdM in semifinals

* VOLLEYBALL: Corona del Mar High’s boys volleyball team advanced

to the semifinals of the Santa Barbara Tournament of Champions

following two victories Friday.

CdM defeated Santa Ynez, 15-6, 9-15, 15-5, 11-15, 15-8, in a quarterfinal match, getting 21 kills, eight blocks and five aces from

senior Eric Jones. The Sea Kings (13-8) knocked off Ventura in

first-round action Friday, 15-5, 15-9,. 8-15, 15-5. The Sea Kings

play today at 11 a.m. against top-seeded Buchanan [Fresno].

Newport Harbor defeated Laguna Beach, 15-6, 11-15, 15-7, 15-13, in

the first round Friday.

Jamie Diefenbach led the way for Newport with 26 kills . Newport

(13-10 lost in a quarterfinal against third-seeded Bullard [Fresno],

15-5, 15-7, 15-9.

VU posts two wins

* SOFTBALL: Vanguard posted nonconference wins of 5-2 and 1-0 on

its home field Friday over visiting Notre Dame de Namur. Shortstop

Lisa Jackson delivered the big blow in Vanguard’s 5-2 victory in the

first game with a two-run triple.

*--*

Nonconference

Game 1 Vanguard 5, Notre Dame de Namur 2

Score by Innings

N. Dame 002 000 0 -- 2 6 2

Vanguard 000 500 x -- 5 8 0

King and Petagara, Rodriguez; Ball and

Rolle. W -- Ball, 10-15. L -- King, 11-4.

3B -- Harmish (ND), Jackson (VU)

*--*

*--*

Game 2 Vanguard 1, Notre Dame de Namur 0

Score by Innings

N. Dame 000 000 0 -- 0 4 2

Vanguard 000 000 1 -- 1 4 2

Barretto and Petagara; Jessen and Rolle. W

-- Jessen, 4-2. L -- Barretto, 10-7. 2B --

Petagara (ND), Ramsey (VU)

*--*

Panthers sweep Mustangs

* VOLLEYBALL: Costa Mesa High senior Danny Krikorian blasted 10

kills, but host Orange earned a 15-2, 15-10, 15-9 Golden West League

boys volleyball victory over the Mustangs Friday.

Eagles ease past Lions

* GOLF: Senior Jason Cassidy led a steady Estancia High boys golf

team past Golden West League foe Westminster, 203-220, Thursday at

Meadowlark Golf Course.

Cassidy shot 3-over-par 35, while freshmen Greg Les and Marcus

Sostak each contributed with a 40. Senior Ryan Brown had a 42 and

junior Jason Les came in at 43 to help Estancia improve to 11-3, 6-0

in league.

Woodbridge downs Tars

* SOFTBALL: Host Woodbridge High got its bats going Thursday and

Newport Harbor couldn’t counter the onslaught. The Warriors defeated

the Tars, 9-2, in a Sea View League softball game.

*--*

Sea View League

Woodbridge 9, Newport 2

Score by Innings

Newport 000 000 2 - 2 6 5

W’bridge 021 060 x -- 9 10 1

Moore, Gleason (5) and Campbell; Crouch,

Seeman (5) and Peterson. W -- Crouch,

13-5. L -- Moore, 4-6. 2B -- Corso (W)

*--*

Newport edges Hawks

* BOYS TENNIS: Senior Jonathan Tweena’s victory at No. 2 singles

was one of several key wins that led the Newport Harbor High boys

tennis team to defeat Sea View League host Laguna Hills, 76-72, on

games after the 9-9 tie Thursday.

*--*

Sea View League

Newport 9, Laguna Hills 9 Newport wins on games, 76-72

Singles -- Deck (NH) def. Lee, 6-0, def. Takemoto, 6-2, def. Saul , 6-0; Tweena (NH) won, 6-1, 7-6 (10-8), 6-0; Davis (NH) lost, 0-6, Richardson (NH) substitute and lost, 2-6, Davis (NH) lost, 1-6. Doubles -- Hochwald-Serdyuk (NH) lost to

Panegon-Mercado, 5-7, def. Kim-Ainesworth, 6-2, lost to Tavares-Lauren, 6-7, Lutfy/Espley-Jones (NH) won, 6-3, lost, 2-6, won, 6-2; D’Eliscu-Lund (NH) lost, 2-6, 1-6, 2-6

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