COLLEGE ROUNDUP

BASEBALL

Orange Coast 4, Riverside 3

COSTA MESA — Freshman designated hitter Scott Stidham smacked a three-run home run in the eighth inning to lead the Pirates to the Orange Empire Conference win Tuesday.

Sophomore Ryan Sheeks went two for four with a double. Beck Wheeler, Scott Hong and D.J. Arellano also had two hits each for OCC (10-8, 1-2 in conference). Riverside dropped to 10-8, 1-2.

Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast 4, Riverside 3

SCORE BY INNINGS

Mendoza, Morgan (7) and Hambright; Licon, Williams (7), Wallach (9) and Arellano. W – Williams (3-0). L – Morgan. Sv. – Wallach (1) 2B – Hambright (RCC); Sheeks (OCC) 2. 3B – Hamilton (RCC). HR – Stidham (OCC).

 

Vanguard 10, Occidental 6

COSTA MESA — Senior starter Shane Day pitched six innings in a nonconference game Tuesday, striking out four batters to earn his first victory of the season for the Lions.

Jason Schaniel went three for five with a home run and five runs batted in for Vanguard (3-9).

Nonconference

Vanguard 10, Occidental 6

SCORE BY INNINGS

Belter, Pomerantz (3), Doherty (4), Suzuki (5), Smallman (6), Eyrich (7), Saraceni (7), Banuelos (8) and Garrett; Day, Curtis (7), Oseguera (9) and Romero. W – Day, 1-1. L – Suzuki. 2B – JebbLa (OC), Manzano (VU), Craddock (VU). HR – Schaniel (VU).

 

SOFTBALL

Cal State San Marcos 3,

Vanguard 1

CS San Marcos 2,

Vanguard 1

COSTA MESA — Junior Glenn April and senior Sarah Howe each drove in runs in the Lions’ nonconference doubleheader Tuesday.

Patty Olvera pitched well in the opening game for Vanguard (9-6), recording seven strikeouts in seven innings.

Cal State San Marcos rallied with three runs late to win.

 

Nonconference

Game 1

Cal State San Marcos 3, Vanguard 1

SCORE BY INNINGS

Lerno and Stokes; Olvera and St. Croix. W – Lerno, 5-3. L – Olvera, 4-2. 3B – Klarenbach (VU).

 

Game 2

Cal State San Marcos 2, Vanguard 1

SCORE BY INNINGS

McLaughlin, Ortiz (5) and Carlson; Olvera, Dempster (7) and St. Croix. W – Olvera, 1-0. L – McLaughlin, 0-1. Sv. – Salvino (1). 2B – Lindsay (LV), Glenn (VU), Daniels (VU). HR – Olvera (VU).

 

MEN’S TENNIS

Orange Coast 9,

Los Angeles Pierce 0

WOODLAND HILLS — Freshman Laurent Minguez won in No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles play during the Pirates’ nonconference match Tuesday.

The match was scheduled on Feb. 5, but rain postponed it. OCC (6-2) plays Thursday at Saddleback at 2 p.m.

 

Nonconference

Orange Coast 9, Los Angeles Pierce 0

Singles – Minguez (OCC) def. P. Nguyen, 6-0, 6-3; Fisher (OCC) def. Lexas, 6-3, 6-2; Demiro (OCC) def. Cohen, 6-2, 6-3; Lepage (OCC), def. Castro, 6-1, 6-4; Saenz (OCC) def. Feldstein, 7-6, 6-1; Stuart (OCC) def Alele, 6-0, 6-1

Doubles – Minguez-Cesar (OCC) def. P. Nguyen-Cohen, 8-3; Fisher-Lepage (OCC) def. Lexa-Feldstein, 8-3; B. Nguyen-Seanez (OCC) def. Castro-Finkleberg, 8-5.

 

Cal Baptist 6, Vanguard 3

COSTA MESA — The Lions won twice in doubles in the Golden State Athletic Conference match Tuesday.

Fredric Sandberg won at No. 2 singles for Vanguard.

 

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Orange Coast 9,

Santa Ana 0

COSTA MESA — The Pirates dominated, dropping just three games in the entire Orange Empire Conference match Tuesday.

Melissa Boyer, Kalin Eshlelman, Hannah Mancino and Heather Wong each swept at love for OCC (6-0, 4-0 in conference).

 

Orange Empire Conference

Orange Coast 9, Santa Ana 0

Singles – Boyer (OCC) def. Trinh, 6-0, 6-0; Naughton (OCC) def. Ortuna, 6-0, 6-3; Eshleman (OCC) def. Clung, 6-0, 6-0; Mancino (OCC) def. Pastor, 6-0, 6-0; Wong (OCC) def. Ceja, 6-0, 6-0; Garofalo (OCC) won by default.

Doubles – Eshelman-Boyer (OCC) def. Trinh-Clung, 8-0; Wong-Mancino (OCC) def. Ortuna-Pastor, 8-0; Garofalo-Naugton (OCC) won by default.

 

Cal Baptist 6, Vanguard 3

COSTA MESA — Hana Jurcovicova and Betyel Tesfa both won in singles and teamed up to win at No. 1 doubles for the Lions in the Golden State Athletic Conference match Tuesday.

Jurcovicova and Tesfa beat Marcela Montanha and Danya Wren, 9-8, in doubles.

 

Golden State Athletic Conference

Cal Baptist 6, Vanguard 3

Singles – Jurcovicova (VU) def. Montanha, 6-4, 6-1; Tesfa (VU) def. Vescovi, 7-5, 6-4; Hascoet (CBU) def. Malakhova, 6-2, 1-0, ret.; Wren (CBU) def. Valingsten, 6-3, 6-2; Oliveira (CBU) def. Xavier , 6-3, 6-0; Savic (CBU) def. Furuvald, 6-0, 6-3.

Doubles – Jurcovicova-Tesfa (VU) def. Montanha-Wren, 9-8; Vescori-Oliveira (CBU) def. Valingsten-Xavier, 8-1; Hascoet-Savic (CBU) def. Malakhova-Furuvald, 8-4.