Newport tops Mater Dei in surfing, remains undefeated

The Newport Harbor High surf team put another ‘W’ in the win column

and have yet to touch the loss column as the Sailors defeated Mater

Dei to improve to 6-0 on the season Wednesday at Brookhurst Street in

Huntington Beach.

Newport scored 87 points out of a possible 105, taking 12 of the

21 top three positions in the seven heats. The Sailors won three of

the four events, earning victories in boys short board, boys long

board and body board.

Sophomores Luke Sequeira, Rob Delorme and Andrew Nahin each gained

a first-place finish in their respective heats in short board

competition.

Sophomore Daniel Matthews won the body board competition for the

Sailors, while freshman Tanner Prairie won the boys long board.

With Wednesday’s five first-place finishes, the Sailors have had

22 different surfers win a team heat this season. There are 39

surfers on the team.

The Sailors will face Calvary Chapel Nov. 13 at 6:15 a.m. at 56th

Street in Newport Beach.

Riverside blanks UCI

* SOCCER: The UC Irvine men’s soccer team had the same number of

shots as host UC Riverside, but the Highlanders were the ones who

found the back of the net, winning the Big West Conference game, 1-0,

Wednesday.

UCR’s Jordan Arias broke a scoreless tie in the 74th minute,

scoring on a free kick from 25 yards out. Anteater goalkeeper Cameron

Rossi had three saves UCI (6-10-3, 3-3-3 in conference), while

Highlander goalkeeper Josh Alexander recorded eight saves, earning

the shutout for UCR (7-10-1, 3-5-1).

UCI will close out the season Saturday, hosting the No. 15 UC

Santa Barbara Gauchos at 7 p.m.

OCC sweeps Riverside

* VOLLEYBALL: Christine Woller of Orange Coast College totaled 10

kills and teammate Donka Drozd added nine as the host Pirates easily

swept Riverside, 30-11, 30-9, 30-14, Wednesday in Orange Empire

Conference women’s action.

Amber McCarthy (25 assists), Melissa Sherman (12 digs) and Brenda

Bailey (three blocks) also paced OCC (15-2, 10-2 in the OEC and

ranked second in the state behind nemesis Golden West). Riverside

fell to 4-13, 2-11.

Won paces Anteaters

* GOLF: The UC Irvine women’s golf team finished 13th at the Las

Vegas Collegiate Shootout at the Anthem Country Club in Henderson,

Nevada.

Under cold and rainy conditions, the Anteaters shot 321 Wednesday

to end with a 54-hole total of 943.

UCI’s Angela Won, after shooting a career-low 69 on Tuesday,

finished with an 80 to place 35th at 230 (81-69-80). Minnie Choi,

Shelly Raworth, Karlie Ward and Reana Yun also scored.

UCI assistant honored

* BASKETBALL: UC Irvine assistant women’s basketball coach Kim

Lummus-Crabtree will be inducted into the Texas High School

Basketball Hall of Fame Saturday in Waco, Texas.

Lummus-Crabtree was a four-year starter at Cleburne High from

1991-95 and was a four-time all-district selection for Coach Judy

Brown-Mizell. While Lummus-Crabtree was at Cleburne, the team went

105-30 and won a state championship in 1995.

Her senior year, Lummus-Crabtree made every all-state team and was

the 4A Player of the Year, as well as MVP of the state tournament.

She was the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches free-throw

champion (83%) in 1993-94 and the three-point champion (114 of 220

for 52%) in 1994-95, making her the only player to ever win both

titles.

She received honorable mention for USA Today’s All-America

selections as a senior.

Lummus-Crabtree, in her fourth year as an assistant at UCI, went

on to play for the University of Texas from 1995-99.