Yovan Goes Three Sets, Wins Title

Top-seeded Aaron Yovan of University needed three sets to defeat Corona del Mar’s Cameron Ball and win the Pacific Coast League boys’ tennis singles championship Wednesday at the Balboa Bay Club.

Coming off a three-set loss in the finals of the Ojai Tournament last weekend to Servite’s Patrick Buchanan, Yovan won the first set, 7-6, by winning a 7-5 tiebreaker. Ball, the league’s No. 2 seed, came back to win the next set, 6-4, before Yovan regained the momentum to win the third set, 6-4.

Corona del Mar was assured of winning the doubles championship, as Brian Morton and Garrett Snyder routed teammates Peter Kulmaticki and Michael Bean in the finals, 6-3, 6-0.

In the Freeway League:

No. 7 Troy 16, Buena Park 2--Jeffrey Das’ sweep at No. 1 singles included a 6-3 victory over Rodrigo Silveira, who came into the match with a 39-0 record. The Warriors (20-3, 9-1) clinched their second consecutive league title, sharing it with Sunny Hills.

In the Empire League golf finals:

Whang wins--Kennedy junior Peter Whang had a two-day total of nine-over-par 155 to earn medalist honors at Western Hills and Los Serranos golf courses. Sophomore Danny Min of El Dorado was tied for second with Kennedy’s Scott Sterry at 157.

In the South Coast League Finals:

Lipus wins--Garrett Lipus took a one-stroke lead into the second round at Redhawk in Temecula, and made it stand up to win the title with a score of 155, one better than Andrew Jason of Dana Hills.

In nonleague golf:

Freelance tournament--Mike Rim and Irene Cho each shot one-over 73 for Sunny Hills, which shot 385 and won the freelance tournament at Rio Hondo Country Club. The victory gave the Lancers a berth in the Southern Section Central Divisional tournament Monday at Oak Valley.

In the South Coast League:

Capistrano Valley 2, Mission Viejo 0--Brooke Weekley (14-5) pitched a perfect game, preserved by third baseman Jennifer Sciacqua, who fielded Katie Kipisz’s grounder headed for left field and threw her out to end the game.

In the Sea View League girls’ swimming preliminaries:

Mackey sets record--Nicole Mackey of Newport Harbor set a league record in the 100 backstroke with a time of 57.30 seconds. Mackey’s time broke Danielle DeAlva’s 1997 record of 58.23.