Orange County Area Roundup : UCI Women’s Volleyball Team Signs 3

Three high school seniors have signed national letters of intent to play volleyball at UC Irvine next season.

Carolyn Janisch, Sue Olszewski and Alison Wood will give the Anteaters much needed height on the front line.

Janisch, a 5-foot 11-inch outside hitter, was a first-team All-CIF 4-A selection at Long Beach Wilson and a 1985 U.S. Volleyball Assn. Junior All-American. She was also a member of the 1985 USA Pacific Rim Team and earned the Principal’s Trophy for outstanding academics and athletics at Wilson.

Olszewski, a 5-11 middle blocker, earned All-CIF 3-A honors at Rim of the World. She was Most Valuable Player of the Sunkist League.

Wood, a 6-0 middle blocker and outside hitter, was an All-Bay League player at Rolling Hills.

“An area of weakness on our team last year was offense,” UCI Coach Mike Puritz said. “We did not match up well, partly due to size. These three players will give us added strength at the net.”

The Mater Dei-Servite Soccer Cup games, rained out on Feb. 1, will be played Saturday at Chapman College.

The games are scheduled throughout the day, beginning with two freshman-sophomore games at noon. The boys’ varsity teams from Servite and Mater Dei will cap the day with an 8 p.m. game. The host Monarchs are the defending champions.

Should it rain again Saturday, the games, which are sponsored by the Mater Dei soccer booster club and are used as a fund raiser to support the Monarchs’ program, will be played at Mater Dei. Admission is $2 at the gate. For more information, call Frank Robitaille at 978-9090.

The March 10 middleweight boxing title fight between Marvin Hagler and John “The Beast” Mugabi will be shown live on a closed-circuit telecast at the Irvine Marriott Hotel.

The fight will be shown in the Marriott’s grand ballroom along with the Thomas Hearns vs. James Shuler and Richard Sandoval vs. Gaby Canizales title matches. The bouts will begin at 6 p.m.

All seats are priced at $20 and will go on sale today in the Marriott’s gift shop.

Angel team orthopedist Dr. Lewis Yocum will conduct a clinic entitled, “How to be a Great Little League Parent,” from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Centinela Hopital in Inglewood.

The clinic will deal with nutritional and psychological aspects of children in sports and will include an appearence by former Angel pitcher Geoff Zahn, who announced his retirement from baseball Wednesday.

Around the Area Santiago High School’s varsity baseball team will hold a clinic Saturday for boys and girls ages 8 to 12. The clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Elks Park (Trask and Newhope streets) in Garden Grove. . . . The Sweatin’ Sweethearts 10-mile twosome run is scheduled for 8 Sunday morning at Mason Regional Park in Irvine. Entry fee is $18 per couple.