Loss Doesn’t Slow No. 1 Mater Dei

Mater Dei High School remained the top-ranked team in the Orange County Sportswriters’ Assn. prep baseball poll despite a 7-6 Angelus League loss to Bishop Amat last week.

The Monarchs received four first-place votes. Empire League rivals El Dorado and Los Alamitos each received one first-place vote.

In the featured game of the week, third-ranked Los Alamitos plays host to eighth-ranked Esperanza at 3:15 Wednesday in Empire League play.

The writers’ poll:

Pos. School (League) Record 1. Mater Dei (Angelus) 9-2 2. El Dorado (Empire) 11-2 3. Los Alamitos (Empire) 12-2 4. La Quinta (Garden Grove) 11-4 5. Irvine (South Coast) 10-3 6. Servite (Angelus) 10-4 7. Mission Viejo (South Coast) 10-2 8. Esperanza (Empire) 8-4 9. Huntington Beach (Sunset) 10-3 10. Pacifica (Garden Grove) 9-3

Also Receiving Votes: Saddleback (9-4).