Tars, CdM earn No. 2 seeds
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Sea View League champion Newport Harbor High and Pacific Coast League
runner-up Corona del Mar are seeded No. 2 in their respective
divisions to highlight four Newport-Mesa schools in the CIF Southern
Section girls volleyball playoffs.
The Sailors (21-5) open Division II-AA play Tuesday at home at 7
p.m. against Villa Park (10-10), an at-large entry from the Century
League.
CdM (18-9) is home Thursday at 7 p.m. in Division III-A against
Beaumont (13-4), the De Anza League runner-up.
Costa Mesa (8-6), which finished third in the Golden West League,
also opens Thursday in Division III-A, visiting No. 3-seeded Notre
Dame of Sherman Oaks (16-6), which tied for second in the Mission
League.
Sage Hill School, which finished third in the Academy League,
earned the program’s first postseason invitation. The Lightning (9-7)
are on the road against San Joaquin League champion Fairmont Prep
(13-4), Tuesday at 7 p.m.
If victorious, Newport Harbor and Sage Hill would play Thursday in
second-round action.
Mira Costa (26-3) is the top seed in Division II-AA, while Bishop
Montgomery (20-8) is the top seed in Division III-A.
Anteaters upset Waves
* WATER POLO: Sophomore Nate White scored the eventual
game-winning goal to lead No. 8-ranked UC Irvine to an 8-7 upset win
over No. 5 Pepperdine in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation men’s
water polo action Sunday at the Anteater Aquatics Complex.
White’s goal with 1:48 left gave the Anteaters an 8-6 lead.
Pepperdine senior Michael Hausmann scored with 1:33 remaining to cut
the margin to one and UCI had to weather a man-down situation with
less than a minute remaining to secure the victory.
Garcia led UCI (11-13, 3-4 in conference) with three goals while
White and Noon added two each. Sophomore goalie Joe Wynne had seven
saves.
Pepperdine fell to 15-6, 4-4.
Pirates capture third
* BASKETBALL: The Orange Coast College women’s basketball team
defeated Solano, 66-57, in the third-place game of the Mount San
Antionio College tournament Sunday.
Amy Shaw, named to the all-tournament team, led the Pirates (2-1)
with 18 points, all of them coming on three-pointers. Rhondi Naff, a
freshman from Costa Mesa High, added 15 points and Biava Arganda had
10.
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Mt. SAC tournament
Third-place game
OCC 66, Solano 57
Orange Coast -- Shaw 18, Naff 15, Arganda 10, Chades 8, Carrilo 6, Hauter 3, Van Buren 3, Stepanski 2. 3-pt. Goals -- Shaw 6, Naff 2, Arganda 2, Chades 1. Solano -- Gaines 17, Nickelberry 10, Paraiso 9, Thomson 6, Jurand 5, Albrecht 3, Aguila 3,
Steffens 2. 3-pt. Goals -- Nickelberry 1, Paraiso 1, Albrecht 1, Aguila 1. Fouled out -- Albrecht. Halftime -- OCC, 26-24.
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Bernstein wins finale
* DRAG RACING: Corona del Mar’s Kenny Bernstein won what could be
his final race Sunday, eclipsing Scott Kalitta in the top fuel final
at the NHRA Finals at Pomona Raceway.
Bernstein retired last season, allowing his son, Brandon, to take
over in the famous Budweiser King dragster. But after Brandon
suffered a season-ending injury in a crash earlier this season, Kenny
returned to driving duties.
He won four of his last five races, including Sunday’s final,
rewriting the finish to his career, which had included a first-round
loss in last year’s season-ending NHRA Finals.
Brandon will return to the driver’s seat for the 2004 season, with
Kenny expected to retire for a second time.
Pirates finish seventh
* SAILING: Orange Coast College finished seventh at the
Intercollegiate Sailing Association Sloop North American
Championships, completed Sunday in Throggs Neck, N.Y.
The Pirates, fourth after the first day of the two-day event,
earned 60 points. The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy won the title with
28 points.
Day leads Mustangs
* SOCCER: Freshman Sharon Day, a Costa Mesa High product, led Cal
Poly San Luis Obispo to a 2-0 win over UC Santa Barbara in the title
game of the Big West Conference women’s soccer tournament Sunday at
UC Irvine.
Day, a forward, scored a goal and added an assist en route to
tournament MVP honors. Her heroics helped Cal Poly advance to the
NCAA Tournament for the second straight season.
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