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Softball: Lahners’ amazing catch in NCAA super regional

May 24th, 2013, 10:00 pm by

Washington’s Kylee Lahners makes a game-saving catch to rob Missouri’s Mackenzie Sykes of a two-run homer in the first inning of a NCAA super regional game on Friday. Photo courtesy of Clayton Hotze.

Washington outfielder Kylee Lahners, a former three-time All0County selection at Laguna Hills, made a leaping backhand catch to steal a two-run homer from Missouri’s Mackenzie Sykes in the top of the first inning of Game 2 of the NCAA super regional series on Friday at University Field in Columbia, Mo.

It ended up being a game-saving catch for the Huskies, who went on to beat the Tigers, 1-0, to secure a berth in the Women’s College World Series. Lahners’ catch made ESPN top 10 plays on Sportscenter.

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Boys tennis: University to face San Marino in regional finals

May 24th, 2013, 8:00 pm by

University blanked rival Corona del Mar, 7-0, on Friday afternoon to advance to Saturday’s regional finals. The Trojans will play San Marino, the CIF-Southern Section’s Division 2 champion, at 1 p.m. at The Claremont Club.

 

Below are the scores from University and Corona del Mar’s semifinal match.

Singles
1. Gage Brymer (Uni) def. Alec Adamson, 6-3, 6-2
2. Tyler Lu (Uni) def. Chaz Downing, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7)
3. Stefan Menichella (Uni) def. Bjorn Hoffman, 6-0, 6-2
4. Drew Dawson (Uni) def. Ryan Andrews, 6-1, 6-1

Doubles
1. Arash Hafezi/Eric Tseng (Uni) def. Josh Kliger/Carson Williams, 6-1, 3-6, 10-5
2. Konrad Kozlowski/Garrett Kurtz (Uni) def. Pedro Fernandez/Samee Aboubakare, 6-4, 6-4
3. Michael Chang/Arseni Yalouskikh (Uni) def. Jonathan Rhone/Tyler Gaede, 6-2, 6-1

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Los Al’s Nix befuddles El Toro in quarterfinals (video)

May 24th, 2013, 7:10 pm by

Los Alamitos’ Jake Nix tossed a complete game only giving up one run in a dominant ten strikeout victory beating El Toro 4-1, in the quarterfinals of the Division I playoffs.

Video by Jonathan Khamis, OCVarsity.com.

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Haylie Wagner’s blog on the road to the WCWS: Day 5

May 24th, 2013, 7:03 pm by

Michigan pitcher Haylie Wagner, a former three-time All-County selection from El Modena High, will be providing OCVarsity with a daily blog throughout the NCAA softball championships and hopefully into the Women’s College World Series.

Hey Everyone!

Today’s blog is going to be a little shorter but will hopefully have a lot more to talk about tomorrow!
I hope you all tuned in on ESPNU today and watched Michigan Softball!! It was a pretty intense game and the most exciting ending! If you all watched, we had a 2-0 lead going throughout the entire game until the 7th when Louisiana -Lafayette’s (Brianna Cherry) hit a two-run home run to tie it. LaLa went up in the 8th to have a 3-2 lead! Sara (Driesenga) did an amazing job pitching today, and then I came in for the last two outs of the game with runners on first and third. Yes, this was a very crucial moment and I embraced it all the way! We got out of the jam with a strikeout and pop up foul to Amy Knapp! It was our turn to come together as a team and get this win!

Haylie Wagner

Bottom of the 8th, and Caitlin Blanchard got HBP and then Ashley Lane hits a walk-off Home run to win it!! She had an Ash Bash as our SID would say! It was such an exciting experience and so happy to be part of this amazing team!

This game shows everyone one thing … never quit!! That is one of the reasons I love my team! We never quit and all we want to do is play. We are so pumped and we just want to be back on Alumni Field doing what we love!

Check in tomorrow on ESPNU at 12 PM ET (9 AM CALI TIME!)

So Pumped! Let’s do it! All the fans go watch! Need all the support we can!

Haylie Wagner

Michigan Softball #17

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Boys tennis: University, CdM advance to regional semifinals

May 24th, 2013, 3:24 pm by

Both University and Corona del Mar advanced to the semifinals of the CIF USTA Southern Regionals on Friday, meaning the county’s top two teams will play for a fourth time. The match is set to start shortly after 3 p.m.

No. 1 University knocked off ninth-seeded Harvard-Westlake of North Hollywood, 6-1, behind a sweep from their four singles players. Harvard Westlake’s only point came from No. 1 doubles, as Harrison Kalt and Dylan Eisner beat Eric Tseng and Arash Hafezi, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4).

Fifth-seeded Corona del Mar beat fourth-seeded La Jolla, 5-2. Alec Adamson, Chaz Downing and Ryan Andrews each won in straight sets in singles.

Below are the complete scores from the quarterfinal rounds involving University and Corona del Mar.

University vs. Harvard-Westlake
Singles
1. Gage Brymer (Uni) def. Michael Genender (HW), 6-2, 7-6 (7-4)
2. Tyler Lu (Uni) def. Samuel Hummel (HW), 6-1, 6-2
3. Stefan Menichella (Uni) def. Simon Gunter (HW), 6-2, 6-2
4. Drew Dawson (Uni) def. Parker Chusid (HW), 6-2, 6-1

Doubles
1. Harrison Kalt/Dylan Eisner (HW) def. Eric Tseng/Arash Hafezi (Uni), 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
2. Konrad Koslowzki/Garrett Kurtz (Uni) def. Max Rothman/Jaird Meyer (HW), 6-4, 5-7, (10-7)
3. Michael Chang/Josh Piatos (Uni) def. Henry Noonan/Josh Rubin (HW), 6-1, 7-6 (7-1)

Corona del Mar vs. La Jolla
Singles
1. Alec Adamson (CdM) def. Jake Roberts (LJ), 6-3, 6-3
2. Chaz Downing (CdM) def. Ryan Rosen (LJ), 6-2, 6-3
3. Marc Isaia (LJ) def. Bjorn Hoffman (CdM), 2-6, 7-6 (7-4), (10-3)
4. Ryan Andrews (CdM) def. Ibrahim Akbar (LJ), 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Addison Appleby/Eric Klein (LJ) def. Carson Williams/Josh Kliger (CdM), 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
2. Andrew Nguyen/Paul Kacik (CdM) def. Lawrence Rand/Nikola Nikolic (LJ), 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Pedro Fernandez/Samee Aboubakare (CdM) def. Sasha Kovacevic/Colton Kellogg (LJ), 7-5, 7-5

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Boys volleyball: CIF SoCal Regional semifinal results; finals schedule

May 23rd, 2013, 11:28 pm by

Here are the semifinal results from Thursday’s CIF Southern California Regionals. Finals are Saturday at Santiago Canyon College.

Division I

Huntington Beach def. San Clemente, 25-20, 25-18, 26-24

Loyola def. Otay Ranch, 21-25, 34-32, 25-19, 25-21

Final: Huntington Beach vs. Loyola, 7:30p.m.

Division II

Esperanza def. South Pasadena, 25-23, 25-23, 25-22

La Costa Canyon def. Eagle Rock, 25-20, 25-23, 25-16

Final: Esperanza vs. La Costa Canyon, 5 p.m.

Division III

Francis Parker def. Saddleback Valley Christian, 19-25, 25-19, 25-20, 22-25, 15-11

Bishop Montgomery def. Northridge Academy, 25-16, 25-13, 25-13

Final: Francis Parker def. Bishop Montgomery, 3 p.m.

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Softball: Thursday’s CIF-SS playoff scores

May 23rd, 2013, 9:52 pm by

CIF-SOUTHERN SECTION PLAYOFFS

QUARTERFINALS

THURSDAY’S SCORES

DIVISION 1

Norco 8, Rosary 0

Pacifica 13, Orange Lutheran 1

Yorba Linda 8, Etiwanda 2

Santiago of Corona 6, West Ranch 3

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Haylie Wagner’s blog on the road to the WCWS: Day 4

May 23rd, 2013, 9:44 pm by

Michigan pitcher Haylie Wagner, a former three-time All-County selection from El Modena High, will be providing OCVarsity with a daily blog throughout the NCAA softball championships and hopefully into the College World Series.

Hi Everyone!

I am really excited to tell you about today’s day because Michigan Softball had an amazing special guest come speak to us. JIM ABBOTT!!

For all of you who don’t know Jim Abbott is a Michigan Baseball Alum as well as a major league baseball pitcher! He played for The California Angels, The Chicago White Sox, Milwuakee Brewers and New York Yankees! What makes him just even better he played despite being born without a right hand!

Jim was in town today and he was able to talk to Michigan Athletic Department, and Hutch asked if he could come talk to us! We all got to practice early and waited for him.  Before that we got to watch a little bit of him playing online, and we were absolutely amazed. We were like little kids in a candy shop, we had balls ready to be signed and couldn’t wait!

When he got there he talked about a lot of things but the main idea that stuck out with us was Trust. In playing any sport the key things is trust, not just trusting yourself but your teammates as well.  He emphasized saying that at this point in the season we have to trust each other, our coaches, and ourselves because we have put all the work in now, and now is the time we show it off.  Another aspect he talked about was how every bit counts.  A couple inches on or off the plate can make or break a game, and that goes with hitting or pitching.  Every second counts and every movement you make makes a difference on the field.

Jim also had a special presentation and showed us how he caught and threw the ball.  Now, we all were taught how to catch, throw, and field with two hands but he had to do it with one.  How incredible is that! I am still amazed and in awe on how amazing this is.  If you have never a chance a great video to watch about inches is the Al Paccino speech in the

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Softball: Norco vs. Rosary Live Blog Remix

May 23rd, 2013, 9:14 pm by

I did a live blog for the Rosary-Norco CIF-SS Division 1 quarterfinal on Thursday at Cal State Fullerton. Here’s how it all went down:

LIVE FROM CAL STATE FULLERTON

I didn’t have to set up the Mobile OCVarsity Media Center today because Rosary is playing defending Division 1 champion Norco at Anderson Family Field at Cal State Fullerton.

Rosary whacked top-seeded Esperanza, 5-3, and outslugged Edison, 15-6, to reach the quarterfinals. Norco beat Oxnard, 3-0, and rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Cypress, 3-2, to rech the quarterfinals. The Rosary-Norco winner plays the Pacifica-Orange Lutheran winner in the semifinals on Tuesday.

No more messing around. Let’s get down to business.

IT’S TIIIIIIIIIIIIME!!!!

Norco, are you ready?

Rosary, are you ready?

LET’S GET IT ON!!!!

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Pacifica stifles and eliminates Orange Lutheran (video)

May 23rd, 2013, 8:38 pm by

Behind the arm of Kaylee Carlson, Pacifica went on to defeat Orange Lutheran 13-1. Carlson pitched a complete game only allowing one run. Nicole DeWitt finished 3-3 with two home runs.

Video by Jonathan Khamis, OCVarsity.com.

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Softball: Norco defeats Rosary, plus updates

May 23rd, 2013, 5:19 pm by

Kylie Reed picks up her fourth hit of the game with a two-out triple for Norco in the top of the seventh. She is 4 for 4 with a walk, two runs and a stolen base.

Tiffany Samsoe walks and Ashley Goodwin drives in Reed for her fifth RBI. Reed has scored three runs.

Rosary is facing an 8-0 deficit heading into the bottom of the seventh. This is it. Rosary is down to its final three outs.

Kaitlin Fitzgerald flies out to right field. One down.

Marissa Meyer draws a walk.

Lauren Rodriguez hits a hard shot in the sixth hole. Norco’s shortstop barely gets a glove on it, but she has no play. That will be a single for L-Rod. Rosary with runners on first and second.

Ashley Radziuk bloops a single to center field and … THE BASES ARE JUICED!!! This ain’t over folks.

Payton Lawton hits into a game-ending 4-3 double play. That’s Norco’s third double play of the game.

Norco beats Rosary, 8-0, and will play the Pacifica-OLu winner in the Division 1 semifinals on Tuesday.

Kaylin Crumpton leads off the 6th with a solo shot to left. Santiago regains the lead over West Ranch, 4-3, in Division 1.

Nicole DeWitt hits her second tw-run homer of the game to give Pacifica a 12-1 lead in the top of the seventh in Division 1.

Kaiser leads Sunny Hills, 9-7, after 4 innings in Division 3.

La Habra beats Peninsula, 1-0, to advance to the Division 3 semifinals on Tuesday.

Chino beats Dana Hills, 10-0, in Division 2.

Santiago leads West Ranch, 5-3, in the top of the sixth.

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Softball: Norco wants more

May 23rd, 2013, 4:58 pm by

Amanda Sandoval and Kylie Reed get back-to-back singles to lead things off for Norco in the top of the sixth.

Tiffany Samsoe sacrifices the runners to second and third.

GOOD LORD!!! Ashley Goodwin is up for the second straight inning. She has two homers and 4 RBI so far today. Rachel Meyer doesn’t give her anything to hit and THE BASES ARE JUICED!!! For the second straight inning.

Abby Lockman hits a grounder down the third-base line and Rosary 3B Kaitlin Fitzgerald makes the play at the plate. Two down.

Rosary just might get out of … Taylor Koenig singles to center field to drive in two runs.

Savannah Clark grounds … D’Oh!! E-5!!! Norco adds another run to take a 7-0 lead.

Norco 7, Rosary 0 after 6 innings.

Yorba Linda leads Etiwanda, 3-2, after 4 innings in Division 1.

Dana Hills trails Chino, 10-0, heading into the seventh in Division 2.

Brooke Marquez’s 2-run homer in the top of the fifth gives Pacifica a 9-1 lead on OLu in Division 1.

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