ROUNDUP : Mortensen, of Course, Sets Another Record

Kim Mortensen of Thousand Oaks High rolled to her second course record in as many weeks, winning her race in the Mt. Carmel Invitational cross-country meet Saturday at Morley Field in San Diego.

Mortensen timed 14 minutes 54 seconds over the 2.6-mile course to win the senior girls’ race. She chopped 32 seconds off the course mark she set in last year’s junior race.

“She looked very under control,” Thousand Oaks Coach Jack Farrell said. “You knew there were two or three more gears there if she had needed them.”

Although there were no team scores kept in the meet, the Thousand Oaks girls were impressive. Tara Marsden placed fourth in the senior race in 16:20 and Erin Sorensen finished third in the sophomore race in 16:41.

Todd Disney and Josh Carolan placed fourth and sixth for Thousand Oaks in the senior boys’ race with times of 15:28 and 15:34 over the 2.9-mile course.

Aztec Invitational--Jamie Whitmore and Lori Miller of Cal State Northridge placed 19th and 21st to help the Matadors to a fifth-place finish at Balboa Park in San Diego.

Whitmore timed 19:31 and Miller clocked 19:38 over the 5,000-meter course. Ellen Muench finished 28th in 19:55 for Northridge, which totaled 148 points. UCLA edged Utah, 49-52, for the team title, followed by Fresno State (63) and Idaho (80).

Westmont Invitational--Amy Van Atta’s third-place finish led Cal Lutheran to fifth in the team standings with 86 points. Van Atta, a freshman from Buena High, timed 21:10 over the 5,000-meter course.

Westmont and the San Luis Distance Club tied for first with 54 points.

Woodbridge Invitational--Canyon took the Division II crown, and Quartz Hill and Hart finished fifth and sixth in Division I. Danielle Day of Quartz Hill ran a personal best 18:02 for the second-best time in the meet. Julie Harris of Canyon finished third in Division II with a time of 18:21.

Pepperdine 19, Marymount 41--Shannon Rogers led the Waves to a sweep of the first three places in the West Coast Conference meet at Pepperdine. Rogers timed 21:01 over the 5,000-meter course.

MEN’S CROSS-COUNTRY

Aztec Invitational--Javier Ramirez of Cal State Northridge placed 23rd to spark the Matadors to a sixth-place finish at Balboa Park in San Diego.

Ramirez, a freshman from Nordhoff High, timed 26:09 over the 8,000-meter course in his first college race. Northridge totaled 158 points.

Fresno State, led by the fourth-place effort of former Taft High runner Kipp Ortenburger, placed first with 35 points, followed by Utah (53), UCLA (63), UC San Diego (78) and Arizona State (130).

Senior Brian Godsey (26:25) and freshman John Greene (26:45) finished 29th and 35th for Northridge.

Westmont Invitational--Jed Colvin of Cal Lutheran finished fourth to lead the Kingsmen to a fourth-place finish.

Colvin timed 20:49 over the 6,000-meter course. Cal Lutheran had 82 points. Westmont won with 29 points, followed by the San Luis Distance Club (42) and Caltech (78).

Pepperdine 20, Loyola Marymount 38--The Waves, led by Jeremy Haug, took four of the first five places in the West Coast Conference meet at Pepperdine. Haug finished first in 17:24 over the 5,000-meter course.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Cal Lutheran 3, La Verne 0--Jill Gallegos scored two goals and Kim Holeman added one for Cal Lutheran (4-0-1, 2-0) in a Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference match at La Verne. Amy Walz made seven saves for Cal Lutheran.

MEN’S WATER POLO

Pepperdine 8, UC San Diego 7--Larry Felix scored with two minutes to play to lead the Waves to an 8-7 nonconference victory over UC San Diego at Pepperdine. Felix’s second goal of the match climaxed a four-goal second half by the Waves (3-3), who trailed, 7-4, at halftime.

Sean Lane, Alan Herrmann and Scott Seminoff also scored in the second half.

Valley 8, Mt. San Antonio 5--Valley used a two-point goal by Alfred Khoshnudyan in the fourth quarter to secure the victory in the sixth-place match of the Mt. San Antonio tournament.

Khoshnudyan, Argisht Abramyan and Gilbert Abramyan each scored twice for the Monarchs (3-3-2). Goalie Serjik Amiryan made 11 saves.

Ventura 12, Long Beach City 9--John Argel accounted for five points as Ventura (7-2) upset the state’s second-ranked team in the fifth-place match of the Wells Invitational at Cuesta College. Earlier in the tournament, Ventura defeated Saddleback, 10-4. Ryan Hodgins accounted for three points. Ventura’s Palo Teixeira had 27 saves in the two matches.

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Idaho d. CS Northridge, 15-9, 16-14, 15-6--Carrie Kapfenberg had 15 kills and Crystal Newquist added 12 kills and 10 digs as Northridge (1-12) dropped its second match of the day in the round-robin Idaho tournament.

Lynne Hyland had 40 assists and Lina Yanchulova had 19 kills for Idaho (9-2)

Earlier, the Matadors lost to Oral Roberts 15-5, 15-1, 15-8. Oral Roberts improved to 9-0 with the victory.

Cal Lutheran d. Cal State Los Angeles, 15-11, 8-15, 16-14, 12-15, 17-15--Darcy White had 18 kills and Tracy Little had 15 kills and 16 digs for the Regals (4-1) in the fourth-place match at the Cal Poly Pomona Bronco Invitational. Middle blocker Jennifer Pappas had 12 kills and 18 digs for Cal Lutheran.

In an earlier match in pool play, Cal Lutheran defeated San Francisco State, 15-3, 15-6, 15-6.

Pepperdine d. San Diego State, 15-6, 15-12, 15-13--Nicole Sanderson had 16 kills, and Ann Windes added 12 kills and eight assists for the Waves (8-1) in a nonconference match at San Diego. Anna Witkowski and Carrie Romer each added nine kills for Pepperdine, and Becci Roehl had 44 assists. San Diego State is 8-2.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL

Pasadena Poly tournament--Village Christian lost to South Hills, 6-15, 16-14, 15-7, in the championship match. Earlier in the day, the Crusaders defeated Pasadena Poly, Silverado and Ramona Convent and Flintridge Prep. Lindy James and Amber Hanson were named to the all-tournament team.

Mayfair Invitational--Danielle Odiorne was named the tournament MVP after leading Hart (3-0) to the championship, the first tournament title in the program’s history. Teammates Katie Jefferies and Wendy Downen made the all-tournament team.

HIGH SCHOOL WATER POLO

Millikan tournament--Rick Rauth scored three goals in the championship match, but Harvard-Westlake fell to Villa Park, 7-6. Albert Won led Harvard (4-1) with 15 goals in five tournament matches.

Riverside Poly tournament--Bill Bruininga scored seven goals in two games, but Royal (4-2) finished fourth among 32 teams.

Los Gatos 16, Newbury Park 13--Paul Prins scored five goals but the Panthers lost to a perennial state power. Newbury Park’s Chris Adams had 14 saves.

Riverside Poly tournament--Crescenta Valley defeated Hemet, 14-6, to win the consolation bracket title of the 32-team tournament. Joey Bennett scored 19 goals and Jon Conrad had 17 in the Falcons’ five matches.

Thousand Oaks tournament--The Lancers finished highest among area teams at fifth place in the eight-team tournament won by Los Gatos. Alemany finished sixth, Burbank eighth.