Mustangs perfect in Golden West League again

Costa Mesa High’s girls soccer team capped its second consecutive

undefeated Golden West League season with a 4-0 triumph over host

Westminster Tuesday.

The Mustangs (15-5, 12-0 in league), ranked sixth in CIF Southern

Section Division IV, received two goals from junior Nilani Duarte

along with one each from Jasmin Day and Kara Jenkins.

Mesa, which earned a share of the Division III crown last year,

has outscored league foes, 124-3, in two years.

Brittney Banning and Kyla Flores each had an assist while Kindra

Bailey made two saves in goal. Jenkins scored the final goal on a

45-yard free kick.

CIF playoff seedings will be announced Monday.

Werblin powers Sage

* SOCCER: Junior Amy Werblin scored four goals while Ali

McLaughlin added one to maintain the Sage Hill School girls soccer

team’s third-place Academy League standing Tuesday after a 5-0

victory over visiting Whitney.

Freshman Emily Webb and Desiree Carver-Thomas each tallied one

assist while Laura Gordon (three saves) and Kendra Bostwick (one

save) each guarded the goal for the Lightning (8-6-2, 4-4-1 in

league), who are in a battle with Brethren Christian for third place

in league and a guaranteed spot in the CIF playoffs, Sage Hill Coach

Amy Ray said.

Sage Hill hosts Oxford (6-2 in league before Tuesday), to conclude

league play at 3:15 p.m. Thursday.

Waves edge ‘Eaters

* BASEBALL: The would-be tying run was thrown out at the plate

trying to score from second on a wild pitch for the final out as the

UC Irvine baseball team opened its season with an 8-7 nonconference

loss Tuesday at Pepperdine.

UCI sophomore Matt Anderson went 4 for 5 with three RBIs,

including a solo home run, to lead the Anteaters.

Jordan Szabo went 3 for 5 and starter Chris Nicoll fanned seven in

five innings, allowing only one run for UCI.

-- Barry Faulkner

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Nonconference

Pepperdine 8, UC Irvine 7

Score by Innings

UCI 000 100 204 -- 7 11 1

Pepp 100 002 50x -- 8 7 2

Nicoll, Huff (6), Schroer (6), Cassel

(7), Erickson (8) and Wagner and Werhun

(7); Barrack, Coleman (2), Johnson (4),

Boesch (5), Kleen (7), Kometani (8) and

Caraballo. W -- Kleen, 1-0. L --

Schroer, 0-1. 2B -- Anderson (UCI),

Brightwell (Pepp) 2. HR - Anderson

(UCI), Baguio (Pepp), Rooney (Pepp).

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OCC beats SD Mesa

* BASEBALL: Freshman Daniel Sokarda nailed his first home run of

the season, a three-run shot to help lead the Orange Coast College

baseball team to an 8-7 nonconference victory over host San Diego

Mesa Tuesday.

Sokarda’s home run gave OCC (3-1) a 7-4 lead in the fifth inning.

Jose Casteneda earned an RBI single in the top of the eighth for the

Pirates. The Olympians nearly came back with three runs in the bottom

of the frame.

OCC freshman Matt Cline went 2 for 3 with three runs scored and

three stolen bases, and fellow freshman Ryan Clear picked up the save

when he relieved Josh Gagne in the eighth. Freshman pitcher Steven

Johns collected his first win of the season.

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Nonconference

Orange Coast 8, Mesa 7

Score by Innings

OCC 002 140 010 -- 8 11 3

Mesa 210 100 030 -- 7 10 1

Johns, Gagne (7), Clear (8) and Hazen,

Hicks (9); Roberts, Ramirez (6), Yeager

(8) and Cunningham. W -- Johns, 1-0. L

-- Roberts. Sv. -- Clear (2). 2B --

Young (OCC), R. Martin (M), K. Martin

(M). 3B -- Hazen (OCC). HR -- Sokarda

(OCC).

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Milder scores hat trick

* SOCCER: Sophomore forward Zack Milder scored three goals to lead

the host Sage Hill School boys soccer team to a 7-0 Academy League

victory over Whitney Tuesday.

Defender Jordan Salinger added two goals while Braden Ross and

Julian Smith-Newman each added one apiece for the Lightning (10-5,

8-1 in league), who entered Tuesday tied with St. Margaret’s for the

league lead.

Smith-Newman added two assists while Milder and Ross each added

one.

Goalkeeper Cesar Arriaga made four saves for Sage Hill, which

faces host Oxford to close out league play at 3:15 p.m. Thursday.

VU swept at home

* SOFTBALL: Freshman Catherine Buttrey hammered two home runs and

collected four RBI, but the Vanguard University softball team was

swept in its nonconference doubleheader against visiting Cal State

Bakersfield Tuesday.

Buttrey’s first home run was a three-run shot in the third inning

that pulled the Lions (4-4) to within, 6-4. But the Roadrunners (7-1)

outscored Vanguard, 3-0, over the final four innings and won, 9-4.

Buttrey, who plays third base, had her other home run in the

fourth inning of the nightcap that was called after five innings

because of darkness, as Bakersfield won, 8-1.

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Nonconference Game one

Cal State Bakersfield 9, Vanguard 4

Score by Innings

CSUB 006 030 0 -- 9 15 2

VU 103 000 0 -- 4 8 6

Hill and Licuanan; Keltner, Rynda (3),

Olvera (5) and Rolle, Bell. W -- Hill,

3-1. L -- Keltner, 1-1. 2B -- Licuanan

(B), Hilvers (B), Buttrey (VU). HR --

Buttrey (VU).

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Cal State Bakersfield 8, Vanguard 1

Score by Innings

CSUB 401 30 -- 8 11 0

VU 000 10 -- 1 7 1

Daniels and Licuanan; Willis, Olvera (4) and

Rolle, Benson. W -- Daniels, 4-0. L -- Willis,

1-3. 2B -- Rios (B), Hilvers (B). HR --

Buttrey (VU).

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