Almquist assists Sea Kings’ win

Senior captain Grant Almquist had two assists in the Corona del Mar

High boys soccer team’s 2-0 win over host University in a Pacific

Coast League opener Wednesday afternoon.

Sophomore Allan Hardison took a cross from Almquist in the 30th

minute and went one-on-one with University’s goalie, slipping it by

for a 1-0 lead before halftime.

In the 49th minute, Senior Nick Ossipoff took a deflected corner

kick from Almquist and fired it in from the top of the penalty box,

and CdM (7-4-2, 1-0 in league) rode it out from there on defense.

Mesa improves to 2-0

* WATER POLO: Senior Sarah Bowman tallied two goals and the Costa

Mesa High girls water polo team improved its league record to 2-0

with a 5-3 Golden West League victory over visiting Saddleback

Wednesday at Estancia High.

Carley Millian, Chandra Malapira and Allyson Harris all scored one

goal for Costa Mesa, and Christine Twohig was credited with one

assist.

Golden West League

Costa Mesa 5, Saddleback 3

Score by Quarters

*--*

Saddleback 1 0 1 1 -- 3

Costa Mesa 0 2 1 2 -- 5

*--*

Mesa -- Bowman 2, Millian 1, Malapira 1, Harris 1. Saves --

Gentling 5.

Tars rope Wolverines

* SOCCER: The Newport Harbor High boys soccer team used a twin

connection to earn its second win of the season, defeating host Aliso

Niguel, 1-0, Wednesday in Sea View League play.

Ruben Trujillo crossed a pass to his twin brother, William, in the

15th minute and the latter Trujillo avoided Aliso’s charging goalie

and squeaked the ball past for the lone goal of the game.

Newport (2-7-2, 1-1 in league) took six total shots on goal with

one of them getting by, and the Sailors used their defense for the

remainder.

Vanguard stumbles

* BASKETBALL: Brian Kim had four three-pointers and 24 points for

the Vanguard University men’s basketball team, but the Lions fell to

Westmont, 94-72, in Golden State Athletic Conference action Wednesday

in Santa Barbara.

Levi Seekings contributed 22 points for Vanguard (7-8, 2-4 in the

GSAC), while Leon Rosborough chipped in eight points.

Golden State

Athletic Conference

Westmont 94, Vanguard 72

Vanguard -- Roberts 7, Seekins 22, Burnette 1, Rosborough 9, Kim

24, Jones 2, Watson 2, Henry 5.

3-pt. goals -- Roberts 1, Kim 4.

Westmont -- Bechler 27, Tudor 3, Debban 10 Burkholder 14, Aguiree

12, Bartel 3, Ware 3, Larkin 2, Wilson 3, Allen 17.

3-pt. goals -- Bechler 7, Tudor 1, Allen 2.

Halftime -- 40-29, Westmont.

Fullerton tops Coast

* BASKETBALL: Lance Ortiz had a game-high 31 points, but it wasn’t

enough, as the Orange Coast College men’s basketball team lost to

visiting Fullerton, 71-63, in Orange Empire Conference play Thursday.

Mykel Valentine chipped in 10 points for the Pirates (8-8, 0-3 in

the OEC), while Dave Seifert grabbed eight rebounds.

Hornets handle OCC

* BASKETBALL: The Orange Coast College women’s basketball team

shot 27.5% from the field and lost to visiting Fullerton, 61-43,

Wednesday in Orange Empire Conference play.

Valerie Katayama shared a game-high 12 points with Fullerton’s

Caricia Jones and Joial Griffith, while Rhondi Naff scored 11 points

for the Pirates (12-6, 2-1 in the OEC).