Lion pitchers throw blanks

* SOFTBALL: No matter who pitched for the Vanguard University

softball team, the result was the same Wednesday: no runs allowed.

Vanguard pitchers Jill Jessen and Celina Camarillo each pitched

shutout victories Wednesday against visiting Whittier in a

nonconference doubleheader. Jessen pitched a one-hit, six-hit shutout

in the second game, an 8-0 triumph. She also sparkled at the plate,

knocking two hits and driving in three runs for the Lions (25-22-1).

Camarillo added two hits and two RBIs while Beth Burchell tallied

three hits in the second game.

Camarillo showed her pitching prowess in a 3-0, three-hit shutout

in the first game. Alison Smidt and Lindsey Dyer each had two hits,

with Smidt knocking a double that drove in one run in Vanguard’s

two-run sixth inning. Rachael Rolle and Jill Ramsey each tallied one

RBI in the hosts’ nine-hit attack.

Whittier falls to 4-29.

*--*

Nonconference

Game 1 Vanguard 3, Whittier 0

Score by Innings

Whittier 000 000 0 - 0 3 2

Vanguard 010 002 x -- 3 9 0

Lum and Titcomb; Camarillo and Rolle. W --

Camarillo, 3-1. L -- Lum, 3-11. 2B -- Smidt

(V)

*--*

*--*

Game 2

Vanguard 8, Whittier 0

Score by Innings

Whittier 000 000 -- 0 1 2

Vanguard 203 003 -- 8 11 1

Lum, Caldera (4) and Titcomb; Jessen and

Smidt. W -- Jessen, 3-2. L -- Lum, 3-12.

2B -- Mauro (V), Jessen (V). 3B --

Camarillo (V)

*--*

Costa Mesa denied

* SOFTBALL: Costa Mesa High’s rally came up short, as host

Saddleback won, 2-1, in a Golden West League softball battle for

first place Wednesday.

Trailing, 2-0, Ann Marie Topps smacked her seventh home run of the

season, a solo shot in the top of the sixth. But that would be as

close as the Mustangs (10-6, 4-2 in league) came. Saddleback improved

to 4-2 in league.

*--*

Golden West League

Saddleback 2, Costa Mesa 1

Score by Innings

C. Mesa 000 001 0 -- 1 4 1

S’back 001 100 x -- 2 4 1

Butler and Miller; Fernandez and Paniela. W

-- Fernandez. L -- Butler, 9-3. HR -- A.

Topps (CM)

*--*

Sea Kings second

* GOLF: The Corona del Mar High boys golf “A” team finished second

with the “B” team taking fifth in the two-day Tribute to Youth

Tournament in Palm Springs that ended Tuesday.

Robert Ury, Tim Frohling, Brad Chamberlin and Nick Sherman

combined to fire a 273 over the two days to lead the “A” team, which

finished two strokes behind winner Riverside Poly.

Matt Story, Ben Tilsen, Zach Rabinovich and Alex Chikovani

combined for a two-day total of 283 for Coach Mike Starkweather’s Sea

Kings.

Kendall keys OCC win

* GOLF: Behind medalist David Kendall, the Orange Coast College

men’s golf team defeated Golden West, 381-444, in an Orange Empire

Conference match Wednesday on the par-72 Los Serranos Golf Course in

Chino Hills.

Kendall birdied three holes and parred No. 13 to shoot a 1-under

71. He was followed by Brad Champion (76), Kelly Wicks (77), Jared

Bruce (78) and Jason Hethcoat (79).

OCC (12-9, 8-8 in the OEC) next plays Riverside in a conference

match Monday.

UCI overpowers UCR

* TENNIS: Jenny Bowman, Anna Bentzer, Christie Posner and

Veronica Fermin won in singles to help lead the UC Irvine women’s

tennis team to a 5-2 victory over Big West Conference host UC

Riverside Wednesday.

The match was originally scheduled for Feb. 27.

The Anteaters (13-9, 5-2 in conference) won the doubles point,

sweeping the three matches.

UCI’s Turpin sits third

* TRACK AND FIELD: UC Irvine junior Annmarie Turpin is in third

place after the first day of competition in the California

Invitational Heptathlon at Azusa Pacific University.

Turpin totaled 3,111 points Wednesday to trail Missouri’s Fionna

Asigbee (3,270) and Abbe Ohneck (3,194) in the 27-athlete field.

Anteater senior Jessica Stafford is in eighth place with 2,911

points.

In Wednesday’s action, Turpin recorded marks of 15.03 in the

100-meter hurdles, 5-7 1/4 in the high jump, 36-6 3/4 in the shot put

and 25.94 in the 200 meters. Stafford had marks of 14.76 in the

hurdles, 5-5 in the high jump, 30-3 1/2 in the shot put and 26.40 in

the 200 meters.

Dons dominate Pirates

* SOFTBALL: Emilee Bodiford smashed a solo home run in the first

inning, but Orange Coast College’s softball team couldn’t keep that

momentum and dropped an Orange Empire Conference game at Santa Ana

Wednesday, 10-2.

Santa Ana’s Elaina Alcaraz improved to 11-2 on the season with a

complete game two-hitter. The Dons (18-17-1, 10-6 in the OEC) pounded

out 13 hits against Coast (9-15, 4-11 in the OEC).

*--*

Orange Empire Conference

Santa Ana 10, OCC 2

Score by Innings

OCC 100 01 -- 2 2 0

Santa Ana 103 51 -- 10 13 3 Mathes and Sharum; Alcaraz and Ortega. W --

Alcaraz, 11-2. L -- Mathes, 6-11. HR --

Bodiford (OCC)

*--*

49ers drop ‘Eaters

* WATER POLO: The UC Irvine women’s water polo team closed out

their regular season with an 8-2 loss to host Long Beach St., ranked

No. 4, in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action Wednesday.

The Anteaters (18-20, 1-9 in the MPSF) were led by junior

goalkeeper Sun Chamblee who held the 49ers to a goal in the opening

quarter. UCI junior Rebecca Wedemeyer tied the game at 1-1 in the

second quarter. Long Beach scored two unanswered goals after to take

a 3-1 lead at halftime. The 49ers dominated the second half with six

goals.

*--*

Mountain Pacific Sports Federation

Long Beach St. 8, UC Irvine 2

Score by Quarters

UC Irvine 0 1 0 1 -- 2

Long Beach 1 2 2 4 -- 8

UCI -- Wedemeyer 1, O’Donnell 1. Saves -- Chamblee

6. LBSU -- Stewart 3, Wawrzynski 2, Azevedo 2,

Garcia 1. Saves -- Hawkins 9

*--*

Northwood sweeps VU

* TENNIS: The Vanguard University men’s and women’s tennis teams

dropped nonconference matches Tuesday at Northwood University in

Florida.

Calle Mumsden, Calle Holmgren and Philip Mardh earned singles

victories for the Lions in the 5-4 loss.

Olga Hlushchanka won in singles and teamed with Alena Votavova to

win a doubles match in the women’s 7-2 setback.

The Lions’ men are 12-9 and the women are 11-10.