Chapman Hires Carrillo to Coach Soccer Teams

Eddie Carrillo has been hired as the men’s and women’s soccer coach at Chapman, the university announced Wednesday.

Carrillo replaces Gregg Murphy, who resigned last month to become women’s coach at Loyola Marymount. Carrillo, who played for Chapman from 1984-86, coached the boys’ soccer team at Trabuco Hills High last season and coached at Orange High the previous seven seasons, leading his Orange teams to three league titles and a 93-48-29 record.

He takes over two programs that turned the corner under Murphy, a former Chapman player. Murphy started the women’s program in 1988 and in eight seasons was 68-72-11. Last season, the team finished 13-5, its best record.

In six seasons as men’s coach, Murphy was 56-49-11, including a school-record 17-4-1 last year when the Panthers advanced to the NCAA Division III semifinals.

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Erica Sorgi of the Mission Viejo Nadadores Diving team was second in the semifinals to earn a berth in the finals of the Phillips 66 National Diving Championships in Moultrie, Ga.

Sorgi, 14, finished with 474.30 points on the three-meter springboard. Also advancing was Kristen Marquis, 15, who was seventh. Marquis of the McCormick Diving Team in San Juan Capistrano had 453.69 points.

In the men’s 10-meter platform, Nate Smith of Laguna Niguel was fourth in the semifinals with 542.91.

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The 11th Area Code baseball games, featuring teams of 16- to 18-year-old players from the United States and Australia, begin today at Blair Field in Long Beach.

The team representing Orange and Riverside counties (area codes 714 and 909), the Angels, plays its first game at 8 p.m. Saturday against the Reds, representing Central California (area codes 209 and 408). On Sunday, the Angels play at 3 p.m. against the Royals, representing the San Fernando Valley (area code 818).

The tournament concludes with an all-star game at 6 p.m. Monday.

The event will serve as tryouts for the U.S. team that will participate in the 11th Goodwill Games, to be Aug. 31-Sept. 2 at Blair Field.

Professional scouts will stock the U.S. team with players from this event.

The Goodwill Games schedule:

Aug. 31: Australia vs. Japan, 11:30 a.m.; Latin America vs. Japan, 2:30 p.m.; United States vs. Latin America, 6 p.m.

Sept. 1: Latin America vs. Australia, 11 a.m.; Australia vs. United States, 2:30 p.m.; Japan vs. United States, 5:30 p.m.

Sept. 2: United States vs. Australia, 11 a.m.; Japan vs. Latin America, 2:30 p.m.; championship game, 5 p.m.

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Fans of women’s sports are invited to the Evian’s Salute to Women in Sports, tonight from 6-9 p.m. at the Waterfront Hilton Beach Resort in Huntington Beach. The reception will feature speeches by Benita Fitzgerald, a three-time Olympian and gold medalist in the hurdles, Lydia Stephans, vice president of programming for ABC Sports, and Maria Barnes, a sports commentator for ABC.

Beach volleyball players scheduled to attend include U.S. Olympians Nancy Reno, Holly McPeak, Linda Hanley, Barbra Fontana Harris, Gail Castro and Deb Richardson and WPVA players Liz Masakayan, Angela Rock and Karolyn Kirby.

Other U.S. Olympians include soccer player Julie Foudy and softball players Lisa Fernandez and Dot Richardson.

The event benefits the Women’s Sports Foundation as well as Women in Sports and Events. It is open to the public and a $15 donation will be accepted at the door. RSVP: (310) 572-9974.