Briefs: CdM golfer shines

Newport Beach resident Aylaa Abdulghany reached the round of 32 at the USGA Girls’ Junior Championship at Ridgewood Country Club in Paramus, N.J.

Aylaa, who as a sophomore at Corona del Mar High won the 2016 CIF State individual championship, finished tied for seventh among 156 competitors in the 36-hole stroke play portion of the event completed Tuesday.

She shot one-over-par 147 (70 and 77) to advance to match play. In the round of 64 on Wednesday, she defeated Ellie Slama of Salem, Ore. 6 and 5.

In the round of 32 on Thursday, Abdulghany fell to Lucy Li of Redwood Shores, Calif., 4 and 3.

Abdulghany, who was also the Pacific Coast League individual champion for CdM, won the Toyota Tour Cup Series event at Charlton Oaks Golf Club in March.

— From staff reports

— From staff reports

Kipp represents USA

Kendall Kipp, who will be a sophomore at Corona del Mar High in the fall, is a member of the United States girls’ youth national volleyball team that is competing in the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. through Saturday.

Kipp, a 6-foot-4 middle blocker who earned Newport-Mesa Dream Team and second-team All-Pacific Coast League recognition as a freshman in 2015, will also travel with Team USA to San Juan, Puerto Rico for the NORCECA U18 Continental Championships, Aug. 31 through Sept. 8.

Kipp, who had 208 kills and 58 blocks for the Sea Kings as a freshman, is one of three middle blockers on the American roster.

The competition in Florida began Tuesday.

— From staff reports

— From staff reports

Locals set record

Newport Beach boat owner and captain Manouch Moshayedi’s super maxi sailboat Rio 100 set the course record in the Pacific Cup yacht race completed Wednesday.

Rio 100 started the 2,070-nautical-mile race across the Pacific Ocean on Friday in San Francisco and finished in Oahu, Hawaii in five days, two hours, 41 minutes, 13 seconds.

The time was nearly three hours faster than the previous record, set in 2004.

The boat won Line Honors as the first among the 64 entrants to finish.

The Rio 100 crew included Keith Kilpatrick and Tyler Wolk from Costa Mesa, and Newport Beach residents Peter Kinney and Sebastian Moshayedi.]

— From staff reports

— From staff reports

Team USA fifth

The U.S. men’s national team finished fifth in the Federation Internationale de Volleyball World League in which its road came to an end Friday in Krakow, Poland.

Team USA, including UC Irvine product David Smith, a 6-foot-7 middle blocker, lost to Brazil, 24-26, 21-25, 28-26, 25-21, 15-12, for the right to advance to the semifinals on Friday.

The United States knew going into Friday’s match that it needed three points to beat Italy and make the semifinals. To achieve that, it had to sweep or win in four games against Brazil.

Team USA also lost to Italy, 25-22, 25-23, 25-23, on July 14. The U.S. squad finished 8-3 in World League matches.

“We’re going to have to take this break before the Olympic Games and evaluate, regroup and train as hard as we can to come back and play at a level we have been at the last two summers,” said U.S. Coach John Speraw, formerly the coach at UCI.

— From staff reports

— From staff reports