Fill-In Proves Fine as Mater Dei Wins

With the county’s top pitcher taking a rest, Marissa Becerra filled in nicely for Mater Dei teammate Tia Bollinger, pitching her first complete game for a 1-0 softball victory over Glendora St. Lucy’s Thursday.

Becerra struck out four and gave up two hits. Her victory in the unbeaten Monarchs’ 18th game was only the second by a pitcher other than Bollinger.

The Monarchs scored in the top of the seventh when Kristin Jones singled, driving in Molly McLean. Allison Solis had two hits for Mater Dei.

In other nonleague games:

Capistrano Valley 1, No. 3 Fountain Valley 0 (8)--Krista Woodward had two hits and scored the lone run in the bottom of the eighth, as the Cougars upset the Barons for the third year in a row by the same score. Jillian Miles (3-4) struck out seven in picking up the victory for Capistrano Valley (7-6). Natalie King (7-3) struck out 13 for Fountain Valley (7-4), which lost its second in a row.

In the Empire League:

No. 5 Kennedy 4, Katella 0--Pam Young pitched a three-hitter and Lorraine Geiger hit a home run and drove in three runs for visiting Kennedy (10-1, 1-0). Michelle Turner had a double and two singles and scored two runs for the Fighting Irish.

El Dorado 5, Century 2--Kristen Karanzias pitched a four-hitter, striking out three, and tripled, singled and scored two runs to spark the Hawks.

Lauren Gallardo drove in two runs for El Dorado (5-5-1, 1-0).

In the Garden Grove League:

Los Amigos 13, Bolsa Grande 1--Kimberly Orem pitched a one-hitter, striking out 14, for visiting Los Amigos (5-8, 1-3). Nancy Grajeda had two hits and three RBIs for the Lobos.

In the Olympic League:

No. 9 Orange Lutheran 9, Brethren Christian 0--Tiffany Worthy had three hits, including a run-scoring double in the third inning for host Orange Lutheran (10-2-1). Jessica Edwards struck out 11 for the Lancers.

In Sea View League boys’ golf:

No. 6 Irvine 181, Laguna Hills 208--Jon Friedman shot a one-under-par 36 to medal for the Vaqueros, and teammates Mike Finney and Chris Lavery both finished at par at Aliso Creek.

In the South Coast League:

Dana Hills 208, No. 4 Capistrano Valley 210--The Dolphins pulled off their second upset of the week, as Andrew Jason shot a two-over 38 at El Niguel for Dana Hills (7-1, 4-0). Dana Hills beat eighth-ranked San Clemente on Tuesday.

In the Sunset League:

No. 3 Huntington Beach 196, Marina 206--At SeaCliff, co-medalists Andy Leavelle and Gilbert Jalomo each shot two-over 38 for Huntington Beach (7-0, 3-0).

In nonleague boys’ golf:

No. 6 Newport Harbor 386, El Dorado 425--Medalist Dan Kush shot a one-under 70 for Newport Harbor (8-0, 3-0) at Santa Ana and Western Hills. Kush birdied three holes at Western Hills.

In Century League boys’ tennis:

No. 9 Canyon 11, Foothill 7--Travis Kula and Kevin Saman teamed to sweep in doubles, 6-1, 6-3, 6-0, for Canyon (9-2, 2-0).

In the Freeway League:

No. 7 Troy 16, Sonora 2--Freshman Jeffery Das swept in singles, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1, for the host Warriors (13-0, 2-0), improving his record to 38-1.

The Mendoza twins, Edwin and Edward, teamed to sweep in doubles, 6-2, 7-5, 6-1, for Troy.

In the Pacific Coast League:

No. 1 Corona del Mar 15, Costa Mesa 3--Justin Ning swept in singles, 6-0, 6-2, 6-2, for host Corona del Mar (12-2, 4-1).

No. 2 University 16, Estancia 2--Aaron Yovan didn’t drop a game in sweeping three singles matches for host University (9-0, 5-0). Doubles teammates Jeff Lawrence and Anson Hsu also won, 6-0, 6-0, 6-0, for the Trojans.

In the South Coast League:

No. 4 Capistrano Valley 18, Mission Viejo 0--Sophomore Logan Johnson swept at No. 2 singles, 6-0, 6-1, 6-0, for host Capistrano Valley (6-1, 2-0).

In the Sunset League:

Huntington Beach 10, Marina 8--Huntington Beach won seven of nine doubles points, led by the team of David Murphy and Sean Kaddura, who won, 6-1, 6-3, 6-3. The Oilers are 9-1 overall, 3-0 in league.

In nonleague boys’ volleyball:

Santa Margarita 3, No. 4 Newport Harbor 0--The unranked Eagles never allowed the Sailors to establish an offense, winning, 15-9, 15-9, 16-14. Damian Scott recorded a match-high 16 kills for Santa Margarita.