Dana Hills’ Hollaway Resigns as Coach

Dave Hollaway has resigned as Dana Hills girls’ volleyball coach to become girls’ volleyball coach at Santa Clara University.

In two seasons, Hollaway, 27, guided Dana Hills to a 32-7 record, two South Coast League titles and two Division I quarterfinal appearances.

The Santa Clara offer “came out of the blue,” said Hollaway, whose previous college Division I coaching experience was as an assistant at Long Beach State. “It was too good an offer to pass up.”

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Yvette Ybarra, who was hired as the Costa Mesa girls’ volleyball coach in May, was named boys’ volleyball coach, replacing Jon Carlew. Ybarra, the first woman to coach a boys’ team at Costa Mesa, will continue to coach the girls’ team.

Ybarra, 26, coached at Saddleback College last fall. The Gauchos finished third in the Orange Empire League conference, and 14-7 overall.

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Brian Morten, 14, a freshman at Corona del Mar High, won the 13-14 age-group championship Thursday in the Pacific Coast Junior National Tennis Championships at Round Hill Country Club in Alamo, Calif.

Morten, ranked 17th in the nation for his age group, beat Stephen Amritraj of Calabasas, 6-3, 6-4. Morten defeated Randall Smalley of Mesa, Ariz., to advance to the finals.