Briefs: Rutlege-Galli win Laguna beach volleyball tourney title

The 36th annual Women’s Laguna Open Beach Volleyball Tournament was held Saturday at Main Beach in Laguna Beach. Lisa Rutlege and Lynn Galli won the title for the second straight year. They defeated Sarah Pavan and Geena Urango in the final.

Equal third-place were the teams of Sara Hughes and Delaney Knudsen, and Josie Schatz/Mackenzie Brook. Equal fifth-place were the teams of Traci Morin/Aurora Skarra-Gallagher, Heather Lowe/Gabriela Roney, Summer Ross/Sarah Day, and Monica Lynch/Dede Ravenhorst.

Next month, the 58th annual Men’s Laguna Open, the second-oldest continually held tournament in the state, starts June 15.

For tournament information, visit https://www.cbva.com, or email Kirk Morgan at kirkmorgan@cox.net. To follow all tournaments, classes and beach volleyball events, visit the “Laguna Beach Volleyball” page on Facebook.

— From staff reports

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Woloson a champ

Travis Woloson, a 2010 graduate of Laguna Beach High and now a sophomore outside hitter at UC Irvine, was part of the Anteaters squad that won the 2013 NCAA men’s volleyball national title Saturday.

UCI, the tournament’s at-large team, swept top-seeded BYU, 25-23, 25-22, 26-24, before 6,295 at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. The Anteaters also won the 2012 national title with a sweep of USC, and Saturday’s win gave the program back-to-back championships, a first in the sport since UCLA accomplished the feat in 1995-96.

It is the fourth national title in men’s volleyball for UCI, which won its first two championships in 2007 and 2009.

A campus celebration was held Tuesday to honor the team.

— From staff reports

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South Coast offers physicals

South Coast Medical Group will offer sports physicals to incoming Laguna Beach High athletes for the 2013-14 school year on June 5 (3 to 5 p.m.) and June 7 (2:30 to 5 p.m.) at the school.

The cost per physical is $40 with $25 of that fee going to the Laguna Beach High School Athletic Boosters.

— From staff reports