Morton paces Anteater men

UC Irvine senior Brian Morton won in singles and doubles to lead the

Anteaters to a 4-3 nonconference men’s tennis win over host Furman

Friday in Greenville, S.C.

Morton, a Corona del Mar High product who grew up playing at Mesa

Verde Tennis Club in Costa Mesa, defeated Allen Simmons, 6-4, 6-4, at

No. 1 singles. Morton then teamed with senior Rye Kashiwabara to win

at No.1 doubles, 8-5.

Peter Surapol, Mustafa Ulukan and Olof Sjorlund also earned

singles victories for the ‘Eaters (4-4).

Keligian advances

* WRESTLING: Corona del Mar High 215-pound wrestler Andrew

Keligian advanced to the second day of the CIF Southern Section

Masters meet at Fountain Valley High Friday.

Keligian defeated Eric Soto from Bell Gardens, 6-2 in his second

match, rebounding from a 6-5 loss in his opening match against Steve

Castro from Alta Loma.

The top eight wrestlers from each weight class advance to the

state tournament March 4-5 in Bakersfield. Keligian must win three

matches today in order to break into the top eight. The consolation

round begins at 9 a.m. and Keligian is expected to wrestle sometime

between 10 and 11.

CdM’s Brian Feeley withdrew from the Masters meet because he tore

the meniscus in his left knee in last week’s divisional third-place

match -- which he eventually won 5-2.

Coast men sweep

* TENNIS: The Orange Coast College men’s tennis team blanked

visiting Cypress, 9-0, in Orange Empire Conference play Friday.

In No. 1 singles, Jared Haley swept his opponent, 6-0, 6-0, while

Spencer Soloman, Scott Fielder, Victor Jacobs, Shawn Maguire and

Fernando Jota all defeated their opponents.

The doubles teams of Haley-Soloman and Fielder-Maguire both won.

OCC (4-1, 2-1 in the OEC) hosts Fullerton 2 p.m. Tuesday.

OCC women advance

* TENNIS: Six Orange Coast College women’s tennis players won in

the round of 16 at the Southwestern individual tournament Friday in

Chula Vista, and advance to the quarterfinals today at 9 a.m.

Jessica Rice, Michelle Esquivel, Julie Haley, Ai Takamori and

Rachael Sessum defeated their opponents -- from various junior

colleges in Southern California -- while Emily Paulson had a bye.

The doubles teams of Esquivel-Rice, Paulson-Sessum and

Haley-Takamori also advanced to the quarterfinals today. The semis

will follow at 11 a.m.

UCI still in first

* SWIMMING AND DIVING: The UC Irvine women’s swimming and diving

team increased its lead to 55 points at the Big West Championships at

Belmont Plaza in Long Beach Friday. The Anteater men are currently in

third place.

Freshman Chelsea Nagata won the 100 fly Big West Championship with

a NCAA automatic qualifying time of 53.54. Nagata took second in the

100 back with her third UCI record of the meet with a time of 55.84.

Sophomore Aubrie Smallwood broke the UCI record with her prelim time

of 1:04.06 in the 100 breast, finishing fourth in the finals. The 400

medley relay of Chelsea Nagata, Aubrie Smallwood, Ashley DePaul and

Katina Economides broke the UCI record with their fourth place time

of 3:47.88.

The UCI women will look to capture the first Big West Swimming and

Diving Championship in UCI history Saturday with finals beginning at

6 p.m.

VU handles Azusa

* TENNIS: The host Vanguard University women’s tennis team

outmatched Azusa Pacific, 7-2, to still remain undefeated on the

season.

Olga Hlushchanka, Jenny Edner, Amy Brown and Olivia Amstad all won

their singles sets for the Lions (7-0, 5-0 in the GSAC). All three

Vanguard doubles teams -- Hlushchanka-Brown, Edner-Damia Donkervoort

and Alena Votavova-Olivia Amstad -- won their sets.

Vanguard visits Point Loma Nazarene in San Diego at 1 p.m. today.

Crouch drives Lions

* BASEBALL: Vanguard University, returning from a three-game road

trip, beat California Baptist, 8-7 in a Golden State Athletic

Conference matchup.

The Lions put together 10 hits in the victory, including Nik

Crouch’s two homeruns.

Crouch hit a two-run blast to left field in the first inning, and

his two-run homer to right in the seventh gave Vanguard a 7-5 lead.

Vanguard improves to 4-7 and 1-2 in the conference while Cal

Baptist falls to 3-4-1 and 0-1. The two clubs will play a

doubleheader today at 11 a.m. at Cal Baptist.

Golden State

Athletic Conference

Vanguard University 8,

Cal Baptist 7

Score by Innings

*--*

CB 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 - 7 12 1

VU 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 x - 8 10 2

*--*

Thiessen, Wells (3), Hartsock (5) Johnson (9) and Hendricks;

Guernsey, Klein (7), Brown (9) and Grant and Westerfeld (9). W --

Guernsey, 1-0. L -- Thiessen, 1-1. Sv -- Brown (1). 2B -- Seuss

(CBU), Walters (CBU), Iverson (VU), Grant (VU), Westerfeld (VU). HR

-- Iverson (VU), Crouch (VU) 2.

Errors cost ‘Eaters

* BASEBALL: A pair of errors allowed Clemson to score the

game-winning unearned run in the eighth inning of a 3-2 nonconference

baseball victory Friday over visiting UC Irvine.

Brad Chalk reached on a leadoff walk in the eighth against UCI

reliever Nash Robertson, who threw wildly to second after fielding a

subsequent bunt. Chalk went to third on Robertson’s error, then

scored when center fielder Erik Johnson’s throw to the infield was

wild.

UCI (6-3), ranked No. 18 by Baseball America, had tied it in the

eighth on back-to-back doubles by junior catcher Mark Wagner and

junior third baseman Matt Anderson.

Wagner, who was 2 for 4, drove in the first UCI run in the first.

Anderson was 3 for 4, as the Anteaters had seven hits to the

Tigers’ six.

UCI starter Chris Nicoll surrendered two runs on six hits in 4 2/3

innings.

Robertson pitched 2 2/3 innings of no-hit relief and Blair

Erickson closed the game with 2/3 of an inning without allowing a

hit.

UCI had four errors.

The game, before 3,748, was the home opener for Clemson (2-2).

The two teams are scheduled to resume their three-game series

today.

Nonconference

Clemson 3, UC Irvine 2

Score by Innings

*--*

UCI 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 7 4

Clemson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 x - 3 6 1 *--*

Cribb, Kopp (7), Moskos (8), Clyner (9) and Casanova; Nicoll,

Robertson (5), Erickson (8) and Wagner. W -- Moskos, 1-1. L --

Robertson, 0-1. Sv -- Clyne (1). 2B -- Johnson (UCI), Wagner (UCI),

Anderson (UCI) 2, Colvin (C), Demmink (C). 3B -- Harbin (C).

Comeback falls short

* BASEBALL: The Orange Coast College baseball team had the tying

runs on second and third in the eighth inning but failed to drive

them home in the team’s 6-2 nonconference loss at Cuesta College in

San Luis Obispo Friday.

The Cougars took a 4-0 lead, but OCC’s Luke Beck singled in Matt

Cline, Robbie Blauer scoring on Stephen Schneider’s single.

Beck and Blauer were sacrificed to third and second bases, but the

Pirates were not able to bring either one across the plate.

OCC, which falls to 6-4, plays a doubleheader against Cuesta,

which improves to 3-2, starting today at 10 a.m.

Nonconference

Cuesta College 6,

Orange Coast College 2

Score by Innings

*--*

OCC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 -- 2 10 2

Cuesta 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 2 x -- 6 9 0

*--*

Sternberg, Handerlein (8), Gattis (8) and Gentry; Klipp, Hunter

(8), Martinez (8) and Gentry. W -- Klipp, 1-0. L -- Sternberg, 1-1.

Sv -- Martinez (2). 2B -- Brown (CC), Cavaletto (CC). 3B -- Cavaletto

(CC). HR -- Brown (CC).

UCI losses on the road

* VOLLEYBALL: The UC Irvine men’s volleyball team lost, 30-25,

27-30, 22-20, 26-30, at BYU in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

match Friday.

The Anteaters (6-10, 4-7 in the federation) were led by Steffan

Rangel’s 12 kills. Brian Thornton added 41 assists for the

11th-ranked ‘Eaters.

Ivan Perez had a match-high 14 kills for BYU (7-6, 2-4). The

seventh-ranked Cougars received 49 assists from Rob Neilson.

UCI will play a rematch against BYU today at 7 p.m.

Azusa outmatches VU

* TENNIS: The Vanguard University men’s tennis team lost to

visiting Azusa Pacific, 7-2, in Golden State Athletic Conference

action Friday.

Andreas Reckziegel defeated Adam Davidson, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, for

Vanguard (2-1, 1-1 in the GSAC), while Christoph Schramm accounted

for the Lions’ other win, a 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 victory over Gordon Hong.

Vanguard visits Point Loma Nazarene in San Diego at 1 p.m. today.

UCI’s Bentzer honored

* TENNIS: UC Irvine senior Anna Bentzer has been named Big West

Conference Co-Player of the Week in women’s tennis.

Bentzer, playing No. 1 singles, defeated Marielle Gruenig, 6-1,

6-4, to help lead a 4-2 Big West victory over UC Santa Barbara Feb.

19.

She also defeated Silvia Gutierrez, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, to help UCI

earn a 4-3 conference win over Cal State Northridge Feb. 15.

Lightning boys honored

* SOCCER: Academy League boys soccer coaches placed four Sage Hill

School players on the first-team All-Academy League squad and three

players on the second team.

Alex Edelstein, Braden Ross, Conrad Whitaker and junior Zach

Milder were named first-team All-Academy League.

Sophomores Tyler Ellis, Richard Gadbois and freshman Beau

Caillouette were named to the second team.