Cal sweeps Anteaters

The UC Irvine women’s volleyball team fell to No. 24-ranked Cal,

30-19, 30-21, 30-26, Sunday night in the finale of the UC Irvine

Tournament at Crawford Court.

Junior outside hitter Kelly Wing had a match-high 15 kills for the Anteaters (3-1), who also receives 34 assists from Ashlie Hain.

Senior libero Brenda Waterman had 11 digs.

* Earlier Sunday, the Anteaters swept West Virginia, 30-19, 31-29,

30-21, holding the Mountaineers to an .088 hitting percentage at

Crawford Court.

The Anteaters were keyed by sophomore outside hitter Terbrie

Taylor’s career-high 21 kills and .606 hitting clip, while added 14

kills and 12 digs.

Waterman had a match-high 16 digs.

UCI also posted an 18-9 advantage in blocks, with junior middle

blocker Sami Cash leading the way with five.

Dmitra Havriluk, a Corona del Mar High product, had three kills,

seven digs and two ace serves for the Mountaineers.

May gets another title

* VOLLEYBALL: Newport Harbor High product Misty May teamed with

Kerri Walsh to win another Association of Volleyball Professionals

beach volleyball tour event Saturday as the top-seeded duo defeated

Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, 21-11, 21-17, in the title match of

the Chicago Open.

Former Corona del Mar High and Orange Coast College standout Brian

Lewis finished equal third with partner Scott Ayakatubby in the men’s

event that concluded Sunday.

Estancia High product Matt Fuerbringer teamed with Casey Jennings

to earn a ninth-place finish in the event.

The tour visits Las Vegas for a tournament scheduled Thursday

through Sunday.

OCC men impressive

* CROSS COUNTRY: The Orange Coast College men’s and women’s cross

country teams opened their seasons Saturday, finishing third and

seventh, respectively, at the Cal State Fullerton Invitational at

Carbon Canyon Regional Park in Brea.

The Coast men scored 106 points while Cal State Fullerton won with

51.

The OCC women finished with 179 points.

The Vanguard University men’s team finished 10th with 245 points

while the women’s squad placed 13th with 278 points. Cal State

Fullerton also took the women’s title, tallying 90 points.

Vanguard sophomore Ava Jones finished second in the women’s 5k

race at 18:26.20 while Lion Jenny Thune finished 11th in 18:55.70.

Coast sophomore Sandra Montoya finished 15th in 19:03.60 on the

women’s side and Vanguard’s Liz Huipe was 23rd in 19:20.50.

Vanguard senior Tony Magana led the Lions with a 43rd-place finish

(26:51) in the men’s 8k race, followed by Erick Garcia (26:58) and

Mikael Larsson (27:09).

Juan Altamirano led all Coast men with a 27:17 clocking. Coast’s

Kohyar Naderi finished in 27:19.70 on the men’s side while Vanguard’s

Matt Meyer crossed in 27:29.10. Coast runners Andre Brown (27:52.50),

Jason Valenzuela (28:07.20), Chris Durst (28:14.10), Joshua Gerard

(28:24.60), Matt Staggs (28:36.50), Chris Mansi (28:39.30), Abel

Flores (28:55.90), Ignacio Perez (28:56.10), Mario Cruz (30:11.40)

and Carlos Leon (31:09.70) all finished, as did Vanguard’s John

Nelson (28:09.50) and Costa Mesa High product Zach Powell (31:05.80).

Other OCC women’s finishers inlcuded Ludi Valdez (54th, 20:19.60),

Jessica Huerta (55th, 20:20.20), Annie Garton (20:30.60), Jane Alder

(20:44.60), Hanni Geider (20:46.80), Jasmine Geider (21:08.80),

Jennifer Sliwa (21:38), Claudia Sanchez (21:41.10), Viviana Gutierrez

(23:46.10) and Lucy Perez (23:57.00).

Vanguard’s Bridget Lonsdale (21:19.70), Christol McDonald

(22:14.70) and Jennifer Saxton (23:39) finished for the Lions.

The meet attracted schools such as USC, Concordia, San Diego

State, Biola Cal State Dominguez Hills and Chapman.

Lions’ women split

* SOCCER: The Vanguard University women’s soccer team rallied to

tie the game, but gave up the final goal in a 4-3 loss to Trinity

International of Illinois Saturday at the Westmont Tournament in

Santa Barbara.

The loss forced the Lions to accept a split in the two-day

tournament, after dominating Dominican University in a 5-0 triumph

Friday.

Saturday, Zenifer Zipprich scored the first goal for the Lions,

converting a long through ball from fellow freshman Heather Hutton to

tie the game, 1-1.

Trinity then scored twice to regain control, but Zipprich and

Hutton combined again on a goal in the 50th minute, with Zipprich

finding the net.

Hutton headed in an Ashley DeLoach corner kick six minutes later

for the equalizer, but Trinity’s Cori Sanchez netted her third goal

in the 60th minute to even Vanguard’s record at 1-1.

Friday, Zipprich tallied two goals, among Vanguard’s four

second-half scores, after the Lions held the Penguins without a shot

on goal in the first half.

DeLoach got the lone first-half score when she connected off a

cross from Hutton in the seventh minute.

Hutton scored seven minutes in the second half and then notched

her second assist 10 minutes on Zipprich’s first goal.

Hutton also assisted Zipprich’s second goal, as did Bryanna

Gonzales.

Sophomore Brooke Grindle finished off the scoring, putting away a

rebound after Gonzales hit the post with 14 minutes to play.

Goalie Stacy Britton earned her first collegiate victory and

shutout in her first career start.

Pelzel, U.S. third

* VOLLEYBALL: UC Irvine senior All-American Jimmy Pelzel was a

member of the United States men’s volleyball team that won the bronze

medal Sunday at the World University Games in Korea.

The Americans defeated France, 19-25, 25-22, 26-24, 20-25, 15-10,

in the bronze-medal match.

Local player advances

* TENNIS: Dieter Weislmaier, a Costa Mesa resident who is expected

to play tennis at Vanguard University in the spring, advanced to the

quarterfinals of the Costa Mesa Men’s Futures prequalifying event at

the Costa Mesa Tennis Center Sunday when Corona del Mar High standout

Cameron Ball had to default in the Round of 16 due to injury.

Ball, who won the first set, 6-3, elected to default due to a torn

nerve between his biceps and forearm, according to CdM Coach Tim

Mang, who was in attendance.

Weislmaier, a native of Germany, then defeated Brenn Auld from

Corona, 3-6, 6-1, 6-3, in the quarterfinals and will meet Aaron Yovan

from Irvine in today’s 9 a.m. semifinal match.